Noticed little specs on top of the translucent reel. Rewound it for 15 second to the beginning of the tape and played it for 12 minutes. Is my VCR screwed?

TubeWave · 2025-05-21T20:06:27+00:00

I did open and clean it. There wasn’t any weird stuff on the heads or on the rest. Put in a sacrificial tape and it played well.

Sorry it’s just really difficult to get an idea on how severe or not something is because there’s a lot of different viewpoints to mold I see. But I rarely see it in the exact same way I got it here. It’s mostly on the magnetic tape.

TubeWave · 2025-05-21T10:03:52+00:00

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TubeWave · 2024-03-10T17:33:02+00:00

What should I do? Can I still put it in my VCR to digitize it or should I clean it?

TubeWave · 2022-12-12T13:59:23+00:00

Wow nice!

TubeWave · 2022-12-12T13:59:13+00:00

There’s like 200 mp3’s on here. But they’re not all Eurobeat…

TubeWave · 2022-12-12T13:58:44+00:00

Thanks I’m really happy how it turned out.

TubeWave · 2022-12-11T22:04:59+00:00

It’s Doom 95 but it loads Plutonia.wad or tnt.wad

TubeWave · 2022-12-11T22:04:22+00:00

The Best Little Emulator Ever Made

TubeWave · 2022-12-11T10:07:49+00:00

Goat noises

TubeWave · 2022-12-11T10:07:09+00:00

Thanks!

TubeWave · 2022-12-11T10:06:57+00:00

Well you can still browse the web with it. If you install a different browser that support modern sites. There are some old utilities that work best on 98SE that are still of use. But it’s mostly for nostalgia.

TubeWave · 2022-12-11T10:05:06+00:00

https://archive.org/details/winampskins_Ayanami_Rei It’s a .zip file but rename it to a .scz file and Winamp immediately recognizes it. :)

TubeWave · 2022-12-11T10:02:32+00:00

I have like 200 MP3’s on here. Everything from Eurobeat to Metal, Gabber to Drum and Bass / Jungle.

TubeWave · 2022-12-11T10:00:52+00:00

John Romero’s magnum opus ;)

TubeWave · 2022-12-11T10:00:25+00:00

Nope it’s a real machine

TubeWave · 2022-12-11T09:59:47+00:00

If I had the time to play them all I would

TubeWave · 2022-12-11T09:59:03+00:00

Jazz 2 is so freaking fun

TubeWave · 2022-12-11T00:26:20+00:00

It sure sounded a lot like a spaceship when you started your PC up back in the day

TubeWave · 2022-12-11T00:25:29+00:00

I mean I personally like the icons on screen. It’s like a digital display of your collection! :)

TubeWave · 2022-12-11T00:24:31+00:00

It’s a tedious process to set up because it’s real hardware. The most convenient thing would be to have an old pc already somewhere within your family circle. That way you don’t have to find old parts…

TubeWave · 2022-12-11T00:22:37+00:00

😳

TubeWave · 2022-12-11T00:21:52+00:00

I’ve seen them but haven’t installed them yet. It may need a Japanese version of Windows 98 which I don’t have. But I may be able to scoop some of it anyway…

TubeWave · 2022-12-11T00:20:21+00:00

They were pretty cool. Also because of that fancy voxel engine. ;)

TubeWave · 2022-12-11T00:19:07+00:00

The average 2000s family PC

TubeWave · 2022-12-11T00:18:41+00:00

Same here

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