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Old 12-29-2025, 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by old_tv_nut View Post
I would like to know how that worked without a time-base corrector. I can't think of a way you could guarantee the horizontal phase to match before and after the vertical head switch. I'd think it would be very sensitive to tape tension.
There is a slight flag wave at the top of frame. But because it is so low, I suggest the on this early machine, the mechanical tolerance were perhaps tighter?

But you do see the characteristic flag at the top and the head switch at the bottom of frame but they are not obvious.
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