TechmoanAbandoned Railway Carts - Mystery tapes from a disused comms room
2020 • E26 20. jun. 2020 15 m
Recovering the last recordings from a machine decommissioned decades ago.
In this video I’m attempting to find out what’s on a set of tape cartridges discovered in a disused comms room at a railway station.
The video follows the process through, from figuring out the most likely tape track layout, to transferring the tapes and ultimately playing them back.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Background Information
02:32 A look at the carts
04:41 A NAB cart
05:25 DJ Jingles
06:44 The Ansafone machine
07:27 Choosing a suitable tape player
09:28 Re-spooling & recording
11:17 THE ANNOUNCEMENT
12:11 Analysis
13:40 Round up
14:48 Credits
In this video I’m attempting to find out what’s on a set of tape cartridges discovered in a disused comms room at a railway station.
The video follows the process through, from figuring out the most likely tape track layout, to transferring the tapes and ultimately playing them back.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Background Information
02:32 A look at the carts
04:41 A NAB cart
05:25 DJ Jingles
06:44 The Ansafone machine
07:27 Choosing a suitable tape player
09:28 Re-spooling & recording
11:17 THE ANNOUNCEMENT
12:11 Analysis
13:40 Round up
14:48 Credits