[78-L] "You Gotta Be Kidding" department

[Steven C. Barr]

From: "Michael Biel" <mbiel at mbiel.com>
>>>>  Oboy. Hiss, misalignment, speed flux, flutter, tape jams
>>>>  ..how we've missed you. dl
> From: thatcher at mediaguide.com
>>>  I see irony in 78 fanatics complaining about fidelity
>>>  and playback problems.
>>>  Thatcher Graham Senior Field Engineer Mediaguide
> I see irony in this article about the comeback of an antiquated format
> (that never was so good in the first place) is in a publication called
> THE TELEGRAPH!!!!!
> On 8/2/2010 8:20 PM, Cary Ginell wrote:
> > Who? Us complain? Surely you jest.  Cary Ginell
> Most of us were open-reel folks who never much liked cassettes in the
> first place.  But  you do have a point.  For instance, Steve Barr was
> able to resurrect a melted cassette -- what would have happened to a 78
> left on that same dashboard in the same sun??
 the reasons I hated cassettes is that they were too damn small.
> They were too easy to lose.  NOW I deal with R-DATs, 8mm video, DV
> video, and CAMERA SD CARDS and those dang fool things are even smaller.
> Yesterday I was changing the mini-SD card in my phone and DROPPED IT,
> and it took me ten minutes to find the confounditandplaguetakeit thing.
>
In fact, I had the same thing happen to 6-8 78's! Fortunately. when I found
them, they were still warm enough to be flexible...so I could physically 
bend
them into "straight!"{

Steven C. Barr