I replaced the obviously failed capacitor that I spoke of in this previous post, added a 2 amp fuse which had gone missing at some point in the annals of history, and then applied power to the Kloss VideoBeam 3000.

Delightful!

The closed door was the nearest thing I had to a flat white surface handy, clearly the positioning is out of whack. Given the results here, I'm not overly concerned with proper installation, as I do like the deep explosion of colors reaped through placement outside the range of focus and alignment.

Reminds me of the Martians in the 1953 version of The War of the Worlds, a fine collection of stills to be found here: http://www.cloudster.com/Sets&Vehicles/WarOfTheWorlds/MartianWarMachineSht3.htm

We're preparing for a move. This will absolutely disrupt an already shaky path of progress. How long? Who knows. Onward and upward, I'm fully looking forward to upgrading space. In the meantime, I'm going to endeavor to ramp up my posting here, so as to not lose sight. I think this is going to turn into more small posts and a few one liners.


Threaded tape on the Otari again, pictured here is a destructive alignment issue. Machine appears to be keeping speed (the first tape I played appears to have been recorded on a machine with SERIOUS issues, dishing up a heap of red herrings).

Once I have the tape path free of obstructions I plan on buying a proper calibration tape.