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From: hughes@mother.DEC (Gary Hughes - CSSE uVAX & AI Systems Group)
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: Tape counters on VCRs
Message-ID: <295@decwrl.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 18-May-84 00:19:24 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 18 00:19:24 1984
Date-Received: Fri, 18-May-84 23:32:14 EDT
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The tape counter on my SONY (SL-T50ME) counts what appears to synch pulses 
on the tape. If you put a new (i.e. completely blank) tape in and fast 
forward, the tape counter does not change.

Gary
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