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From: arcorp@utcsri.UUCP (Alias Research Corp.)
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Subject: Super Beta I ?
Message-ID: <1974@utcsri.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 21-Jan-86 05:46:15 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 21 05:46:15 1986
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	I saw an ad that has a picture of a Sony SL-HF900
"HiBand Beta HiFi" that has record select that works at Beta 1.
When I phoned Sony about it, they confirmed that it was a misprint
that used an "early prototype".

	So I got out a screwdriver and looked inside the
regular North American unit that I recently bought to see
how things were behind the panel.

	Surprise! Even though the switch has only two positions
in its normal state, it will click into *three* different positions
if you remove the bezel and a blocking sleeve.

	As usual, it isn't as simple as that. When you click the switch
into the "illegal" position, it switches into (ugh) Beta III .
What nerve!

	I think its going to take a little more, like the schematics
of the Japanese model.


	Stephen Trutiak

	Alias Research Inc, Toronto