<div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks for the info, David. <br><br>It would probably make most sense to donate video equipment like this to the IMC. <br><br></div>Emily<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 1:41 PM, David Noreen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:davidnoreen@ymail.com" target="_blank">davidnoreen@ymail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light,Helvetica Neue Light,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div><span>Here's another suggestion for now and for future needs:</span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light,Helvetica Neue Light,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal"><span><br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light,Helvetica Neue Light,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal"><span>Freecycle is an interesting possibility for a Betamax VCR and for other things like this. If you're not already on the list, you
can join by going here:<br>----------------------<br><br>Invite some friends! Send them to:<br> <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freecycle-Champaign-Urbana/" target="_blank">Yahoo! Groups</a></span></div><div style="width:450px;font-family:'Georgia','Times','Times New Roman','serif';margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px"><table style="width:450px;height:170px;display:block" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="8" style="height:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:1px;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="min-height:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:1px;line-height:0px"> </div></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="5" style="width:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:1pt;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="width:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:1pt"> </div></td><td rowspan="5" style="vertical-align:middle;width:168px;height:168px;background-color:#000000;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="width:168px" align="center"><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freecycle-Champaign-Urbana/" style="text-decoration:none!important;color:#000000!important" target="_blank"><img alt="image" src="https://ec.yimg.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fs1.yimg.com%2Fdh%2Fap%2Fdefault%2F130909%2Fy_200_a.png&t=1414089323&sig=5GsIe.0FD.y_E0PGsKHWxg--~B" style="display:block;margin:auto" height="168" width="168"></a></div></td><td rowspan="5" style="width:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:0pt;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="width:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:1pt"> </div></td><td rowspan="5" style="width:14px;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:0pt;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="width:14px;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:14pt"> </div></td><td colspan="2" style="height:6px;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:0pt;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="min-height:6px;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:6pt"> </div></td><td rowspan="5" style="width:20px;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:0pt;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="width:20px;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:20pt"> </div></td><td rowspan="5" style="width:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:1pt;border-collapse:collapse" width="1"><div style="width:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:1pt"> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="width:100%;vertical-align:middle;font-family:'Georgia','Times','Times New Roman','serif'"><div style="line-height:16.5px;background-color:#ffffff;min-height:135px;width:245px"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-all"><span></span><span></span><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freecycle-Champaign-Urbana/" style="text-decoration:none!important;color:#000000!important;line-height:100%;font-size:18px;display:block" target="_blank"><span style="margin:0;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:3px;font-size:18px;line-height:21px;max-height:43px;color:#000000;overflow:hidden!important;display:inline-block">Yahoo! Groups</span></a><div style="font-size:13px;line-height:20px;color:#999999;max-height:81px;font-family:'Georgia','Times','Times New Roman','serif';overflow:hidden">Welcome to Freecycle in Champaign Urbana, IL Keep It Free, Legal, Appropriate For
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for and would like to give it away, then please email you to arrange for a time and place for you to stop by and pick it up. </span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light,Helvetica Neue Light,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal"><span><br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light,Helvetica Neue Light,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal"><span>--------------------<br><br>You might think this wouldn't work, but one member of Freecycle got a free LaserDisc player this way a while ago...<br></span></div><br><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light,Helvetica Neue Light,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal"><span><br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:16px;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light,Helvetica Neue Light,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal"><span>P.S. If somebody with the time to do this does so, could they donate it to the IMC after they finish making the video transfers, if there's room for it somewhere? Or, if not to the IMC, could they maybe donate it to a place where there are editing / video transfer stations available to the public? Thanks!<br><br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light,Helvetica Neue Light,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> Emily Knox <<a href="mailto:emilyknox@gmail.com" target="_blank">emilyknox@gmail.com</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> Jeffrey Putney <<a href="mailto:quaker@gmail.com" target="_blank">quaker@gmail.com</a>> <br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc:</span></b> "<a href="mailto:imc-makerspace@lists.chambana.net" target="_blank">imc-makerspace@lists.chambana.net</a>" <<a href="mailto:imc-makerspace@lists.chambana.net" target="_blank">imc-makerspace@lists.chambana.net</a>> <br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, October 23, 2014 10:35 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Imc-makerspace] Beta to the Max<br> </font> </div><div><div class="h5"> <div><br><div><div><div dir="ltr">We try. <div><br clear="none"></div><div>Actually I tell my students that it's important to have betamax, typewriters, etc in their libraries.</div></div><div><div><br clear="none"><div>On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 11:00 PM, Jeffrey Putney <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="mailto:quaker@gmail.com" target="_blank">quaker@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Oh what can't librarians do! ;-)<br clear="none">
Sounds like that's going to work! Thanks Emily!</div>
<div dir="ltr">Jeff</div>
<div dir="ltr">Sent from an android.</div><div><div>
<div>On Oct 22, 2014 9:58 PM, "Colten Jackson" <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="mailto:jazzyjackson@gmail.com" target="_blank">jazzyjackson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Would they be agreeable to hooking up recording equipment? That'd be pretty neat! </div><div><br clear="none"><div>On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 9:29 PM, Emily Knox <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="mailto:emilyknox@gmail.com" target="_blank">emilyknox@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">There's a betamax viewing station at the Undergrad library <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="http://www.library.illinois.edu/ugl/about/media_viewing_booths.html" target="_blank">http://www.library.illinois.edu/ugl/about/media_viewing_booths.html</a></div><div><br clear="none"><div><div><div>On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 9:10 PM, Jeffrey Putney <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="mailto:quaker@gmail.com" target="_blank">quaker@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;white-space:nowrap">Hey Everyone,</span><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;white-space:nowrap"><br clear="none"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;white-space:nowrap">Does anyone have a working betamax player? </span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;white-space:nowrap"><br clear="none"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;white-space:nowrap">We had a visitor tonight who was working on repairing an old Betamax player in order to pull data off of old tapes for a section of their thesis. In the end it seemed like it wasn't going to be revived but I figured I would ask in case anyone can help him out. Just let me
know and I can send you his contact info! </span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;white-space:nowrap"><br clear="none"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;white-space:nowrap">Thanks,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;white-space:nowrap"> Jeff <br clear="none"></span><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div>
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