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The shuttle controller behaved much like the [[Sony Umatic]] one which had preceded it, only this controller used a single jog controller and A/B switch rather than two jog controllers. However, the firmware in the RMG800U was missing one glaring feature, that was the ability to do subtractive edits (where the two out points are set, then one in point is set). Fortunately the controller used an NEC 78k clone (78214) so its ROMs were extracted and disassembled by [[Rob Sprowson]], but time ran out and the patch was never finished before graduation. | The shuttle controller behaved much like the [[Sony Umatic]] one which had preceded it, only this controller used a single jog controller and A/B switch rather than two jog controllers. However, the firmware in the RMG800U was missing one glaring feature, that was the ability to do subtractive edits (where the two out points are set, then one in point is set). Fortunately the controller used an NEC 78k clone (78214) so its ROMs were extracted and disassembled by [[Rob Sprowson]], but time ran out and the patch was never finished before graduation. | ||
In {{unsure|2002}} the SRS-365U was serviced by Savviles {{unsure|after problems were encountered}}, but was still not entirely reliable - it would periodically fail to record a viewable picture on the tape due to gross miss-tracking, but the fault was never repeatable - at [[Woodstock 2005]] two tapes were unplayable but the third to be recorded was fine. This lead to a fairly rapid retirement from active use, especially once the [[ | In {{unsure|2002}} the SRS-365U was serviced by Savviles {{unsure|after problems were encountered}}, but was still not entirely reliable - it would periodically fail to record a viewable picture on the tape due to gross miss-tracking, but the fault was never repeatable - at [[Woodstock 2005]] two tapes were unplayable but the third to be recorded was fine. This lead to a fairly rapid retirement from active use, especially once the [[JVC SVHS/DV]] combined deck was bought in late 2003. | ||
Today the older JVC VHS machine remains in use as VTB (after a small but vital pulley was glued back into its insides in early 2004), with the [[ | Today the older JVC VHS machine remains in use as VTB (after a small but vital pulley was glued back into its insides in early 2004), with the [[JVC SVHS/DV]] as VTA. The edit controller is still around but is no longer in use. | ||
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