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Originally Posted by ppppenguin
All cassette formats must be omega wrap. It would take a very warped mind to design a lacing mechanism to do alpha wrap. I think all cassette formats used a 180 degree wrap, certainly U-Matic, Betamax, VHS and their derivatives such as Betacam and M format.
The VPR80 was a very late C format VTR. It may be omega wrap but I can't see how you can get the same track layout as other C format machines which were alpha wrap.
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I may be wrong, but I think the Quasar Great Time Machine may have been an alpha wrap...It definitely was the product of a sick mind. IIRC the 2 reel spools were coaxial and the head drum protruded into the cassette instead of the tape being removed from the cassette and threaded onto the drum.