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Florence<p>More goods from Cable 10 Harvey: a box of new VHS tapes; most of them pro-grade Maxell T-60 and T-120.</p>
Florence<p>Update on this: I checked my dashcam, and it only started recording towards the end when they were putting the last tire back on, using a torque wrench. so I don&#39;t know if they used an impact before then or not.</p><p>At any rate, it turns out I actually have the other four standard lug nuts that came on the car from the factory, so I&#39;m going to have the dealership put them back on when I see them in a few weeks. If they won&#39;t consider the lock nut tool defective and replace it, then I&#39;ll just eat it and move on.</p>
Florence<p>Success! We are looking at the actual data on this EPROM chip. For now, the lower four bits at each address.</p><p>I am super stoked that this is actually working. I can&#39;t program, and I don&#39;t think I&#39;m much good at breadboarding, so seeing this just sit here and do exactly what I set out to do from the beginning is very affirming.</p><p>Next step is to implement the other tube for the upper four bits. But before that, probably buy some pre-formed jumper wire, because I&#39;m out of wire and this is a mess already lol</p>
Florence<p>I quickly whipped up this circuit to check my EPROM address selection code, with the tube connected to that output just to make sure the bits were changing. This alone is pleasing to look at lol</p>
Florence<p>I&#39;ve finally answered a burning question in my mind - if a PIC microcontroller can directly drive a Numitron tube. The answer is yes! At least, temporarily. Whether the chip will burn out eventually remains to be seen lol.</p><p>This is the first time I have ever seen a Numitron display in person. My plan is to employ both tubes in my EPROM byte-reading circuit :)</p>
Florence<p>More testing of the Sony CCD-V110 - now on battery power! One of the four batteries actually took a charge and lasted the half hour that this shoot took. The other three pretended to charge but didn&#39;t. I&#39;ll keep working on them.</p><p>What little the autofocus and power zoom still worked is no longer. That&#39;s okay; I&#39;ll just use this like I would use a camera at work. It just means it won&#39;t be well-suited to moving around.</p>
Florence<p>I can now say I don&#39;t recommend anyone attempt to disassemble a Videonics MX-1 unless necessary. It&#39;s doable, but not very fun.</p><p>The fader doesn&#39;t seem to come apart at all, so you have to desolder the potentiometer it&#39;s attached to so that you can pull the main PCB away from the front panel.</p><p>After all that, the keyboard is held in with plastic pegs and washers, just like in the original TitleMaker and the TitleMaker 2000.</p><p>Having gone that far I did decide to remove the keyboard PCB, breaking several plastic pegs in the process of course. I cleaned the contacts and put it back together, putting the washers on other pegs which were presumably placed for redundancy, and then I placed super glue on the broken remaining pegs to give the PCB the best chance of not breaking free when I press a button.</p><p>The patient survived the surgery, and the ailing buttons do work better now. I&#39;m not sure if I want to tackle the other unit or not.</p>
Florence<p>I&#39;m gonna need to buy some CR2032 holders, but with a temporary battery grafted on, this unit also works!</p>
Florence<p>Well I was wrong - it&#39;s a Motorola 68000, just like the original TitleMaker. It&#39;s funny how little the hardware actually changed with the new models.</p><p>And yes, the clock battery, a CR2430 equivalent, is dead! Hopefully a new CR2032 will fix this. Just gotta see if I have a holder or if I&#39;ll need to order one in.</p>
Florence<p>Videonics TitleMaker 3000 test</p>
Florence<p>Both Videonics switchers work! But aside from a good cleaning, I think both need their keyboards serviced. The cut buttons, which I reckon would have been the most used buttons, need to be pressed hard to actuate.</p><p>The keyboard assembly on the original Titlemaker is plastic riveted in place, so I hope these maybe are different so I can remove the PCB and clean the contact pads.</p>
Florence<p>My 2 Tube arrived!</p>
Florence<p>Videonics MX-1 video switcher works!</p>
Florence<p>Sony SLV-393 is not looking good</p>
Florence<p>Amazingly, the Sony CCD-FX520 did attempt to work for a few minutes. I never got it to turn on in Camera mode, but it did turn on in VTR mode, load a tape, and was able to very poorly record an incoming signal for a few minutes.</p><p>Once that nice bag is washed, it&#39;s gonna be an excellent place to put my Digital8 camcorders :blobcat_dundundun:</p>
Florence<p>Panasonic AG-455 test. Made in 1994.</p>
Jack<p>The only trans I don’t support is the General Motors 4L60E. Those paired with the 3.6L Alloytec can rightfully go to hell.</p>
Florence<p>Sony CCD-V110 works!?</p>
Florence<p>The haul of vintage TV equipment has arrived!</p>
Florence<p>LOL.</p>
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