I love VCRs. (Among other things..)

jleemero · Post by **jleemero** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 4:36 pm

That's 43 tact switches.
Easily one of my best scores out of old/free electronics.

Got this thing a week ago out of a trash can.

Twilight Wolf · Post by **Twilight Wolf** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 4:38 pm

Was that a number pad originally or something? I can't imagine why you'd need so many buttons clustered together like that otherwise.

Anyways, sweet score. I'll have to dismantle one of my broken VCRs sometime.

thehackerinside · Post by **thehackerinside** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 5:10 pm

Was that a top loader? It's just they are the only ones I have ever seen with that many buttons.

jleemero · Post by **jleemero** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 5:12 pm

thehackerinside wrote:Was that a top loader? It's just they are the only ones I have ever seen with that many buttons.

Nope.

It had slots for two tapes.
You couldn't dub between them or anything, but you could set individual times for each (from what I could tell).
Kinda... Neat...

thehackerinside · Post by **thehackerinside** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 5:15 pm

jleemero wrote:
thehackerinside wrote:Was that a top loader? It's just they are the only ones I have ever seen with that many buttons.
Nope.

It had slots for two tapes.
You couldn't dub between them or anything, but you could set individual times for each (from what I could tell).
Kinda... Neat...

Sounded pretty cool! (Completely obsolete now but still cool)

Twilight Wolf · Post by **Twilight Wolf** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 5:29 pm

So was it a number pad of some kind, then? It looks like it based on how the tact switches are layed out.

XCVG · Post by **XCVG** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 6:09 pm

Tacts are useful, that's quite a bit. I like the jacks on VCRs too. DVD players have more though. I'm into robotics, electronics, and that sort of thing, so I salvage what I can.

gamecube6 · Post by **gamecube6** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 9:10 pm

Neat. Plan on using them for anything in particular?

jleemero · Post by **jleemero** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 9:48 pm

gamecube6 wrote:Neat. Plan on using them for anything in particular?

Nope, not really.
I have another hundred or so misc tact switches in boxes...

These are just more for the pile!

Super Cameraman · Post by **Super Cameraman** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 10:01 am

Twilight Wolf wrote:So was it a number pad of some kind, then? It looks like it based on how the tact switches are layed out.

jleemero · Post by **jleemero** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 11:30 am

Super Cameraman wrote:
Twilight Wolf wrote:So was it a number pad of some kind, then? It looks like it based on how the tact switches are layed out.

Yes, there was a number pad, along with numerous other misc. odd buttons.

Metallica Man X · Post by **Metallica Man X** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 6:00 pm

Nothin' better than salvaging a load of parts for free

recycling ftw!

gamecube6 · Post by **gamecube6** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 6:09 pm

Hundreds of tact switches?

Am I the only one who would be haunted by such a thing? They would be like "Uuuuuuuse meeeeee"

jleemero · Post by **jleemero** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 6:44 pm

gamecube6 wrote: Am I the only one who would be haunted by such a thing? They would be like "Uuuuuuuse meeeeee"

I have a lot of stuff really...
I do a lot of modding and electronics work, most of it hobby, but some stuff I do for a bit of cash.
(I've done over 30 Rapid Fire controllers. One of which was PS2...)

Plus, I salvage stuff like madness.
Any time anything breaks, step 1 is to see if the warranty is still good...
And if I'm lucky, it's not

Of course, in which case, I try and fix it...
No luck? Rip it apart!

I rarely pay for parts actually

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