[Steely Tom]

I know a guy who keeps a DEC PDP-12 in his basement. The thing pulls about 25 kW, so he doesn’t turn it on very often.

[wally_bert]

I’ve worked with vintage Ampex AVR 2 and 6(?) 2 inch VTRs. The machines have held up better than most of the tapes I was sent.

The plan was to archive hundreds of quad tapes to digital beta. The digital beta format was dropped in favor of DVC pro. When (if ever) the digi beta deck at my former place of employment goes, who will care? No one cared about most of that old quad stuff.

Digital beta was to me much better overall than DVC Pro.

[Diamond]

The thing pulls about 25 kW, so he doesn’t turn it on very often.

I don't know why but I can't stop laughing.

I didn't know what a DEC PDP-12 was so I looked it up: