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z

Jan 1, 1970
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got hold of a mystery gadget; a professional lookign circuit board
installed into a VCR tape box, with a video in rg connector, a video
out rg connector, and an 18 volt AC power jack. google comes up a
blank. anybody got any idea what this baby might be, while i go look
for an 18 volt wallwart?
 
got hold of a mystery gadget; a professional lookign circuit board
installed into a  VCR tape box, with a video in rg connector, a video
out rg connector, and an 18 volt AC power jack. google comes up a
blank. anybody got any idea what this baby might be, while i go look
for an 18 volt wallwart?

Wild guess: A Macrovision removing "video stabilizer."
 
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z

Jan 1, 1970
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Wild guess:  A Macrovision removing "video stabilizer."

ooh, that's an interesting guess; some sort of copy protection
deprotector. gonna be fun trial and erroring the answer.
 
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Don Stauffer

Jan 1, 1970
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z said:
got hold of a mystery gadget; a professional lookign circuit board
installed into a VCR tape box, with a video in rg connector, a video
out rg connector, and an 18 volt AC power jack. google comes up a
blank. anybody got any idea what this baby might be, while i go look
for an 18 volt wallwart?

Do you mean it has the same form factor as a tape cartridge- say a VHS
tape cartridge? In that case it seems like it is made to take the place
of the tape in the recorder, not do anything to or with a tape. Those
18V AC wall warts are quite common at places that deal with cable TV
equipment.
 
Z

z

Jan 1, 1970
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Do you mean it has the same form factor as a tape cartridge- say a VHS
tape cartridge?  In that case it seems like it is made to take the place
of the tape in the recorder, not do anything to or with a tape.  Those
18V AC wall warts are quite common at places that deal with cable TV
equipment.

no, the board is literally installed in one of those plastic boxes a
vhs comes in, with the two connectors screwed through the backbone of
the thing.

thanks for the info re the 18 volts, i hadn't been able to scare up
anythingn more than 12 in the generic adjustable wallwart world.
 
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