FWIW, I've got a few working systems, F1, 601, 701 and two Betamax VCRs (PAL only). The 601 and 701 have a SPDIF output. They are still used in our studio for clients who require transfers.
Kees de Visser Galaxy Classics On 29 Apr 2013, at 17:59, Dave Malham wrote: > A few months ago I had to sort out a PCM701 with one of my spdif cards in > (the ones I used to do for Audio Design). We went through three PCM units > before we found one that worked fully in replay mode (the original, one > from the Uni and the final one, off Ebay). There seems to be something in > the electronics that becomes increasingly unreliable with time in, I think, > the clocking circuits which I find very worrying especially. Given the fact > that archiving houses (in the UK in particular, the British Library) very > sensibly bought up a lot of machines when HHB finally stopped sponsoring > production, there aren't likely to be many working boxes around any more, > so guard any you have that work very carefully! > > Dave > > PS I don't have any more of the spdif and the chip it was based on is no > longer available so I can't make any more! _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list [email protected] https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
