Sony's first Industrial Betamax (SLO-260 from 1977)
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Sony's first Industrial Betamax (SLO-260 from 1977)
This video ended up being way longer than I planned even after trimming a lot, so hopefully the chapters help. This was apparently the first industrial Betamax VCR that Sony sold, and was a clone of the SL-7200/7200A, with a few additional features for the business market. 0:00 Introduction 3:29 Beta I Speed 6:12 Problem 1 - no tape loading 15: ...
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