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Mark Slater
@markslater.bsky.social

About 25+ years ago I had a *mahoosive* programmable Sony remote for controlling up to about 12 devices with a huge LCD touchscreen (early touchscreen technology too so with a plastic coating and weirdly tactile). It was great. It’s probably still in the back of a cupboard somewhere gathering dust.

Eric Adler
@ericadler.bsky.social

That's no volume know, that's a jog/shuttle know. You twist the outer ring to rewind/ forward the tape at speeds from 0.25× to 4x, depending on how far you twist [shuttle]. You spin the inner dial (with convenient finger detent) to step through individual frames on the tape [jog].

Jess
@jessarcade.bsky.social

Nice. I figured it wasn't a volume knob, but knowing the specifics is cool. Tape technology is so wild. I have a logic controlled Sony tape deck. It was fun looking at the logic gates that read the audio output to allow for stuff like "track skipping".

Eric Adler
@ericadler.bsky.social

Yes, in the sense that connecting two VCRs together allows for basic 'cut' editing. If you want anything fancier, or to hook up 3+ VCRs together, you'd need a switch/fader and possibly a synch generator.