Board index » lamp base microcassette actually found - it was in my sister's coat pocket for a month :rofl: :D| TwinPeaks_59 Inner Circle ★★★★★      Posts: 2263
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From: somewhere in the PNW... maybe | finally found the tape from that lamp base i was talking about in the clock radio thread a while back. it was in my sister's coat pocket this whole time she borrowed my jacket for a thrift run and came home yesterday and threw it on my desk like it was nothing. it's a microcassette dictation tape with the three-position voice slider on the side - not the auto-stop type so it's pre-2003 probably. no label but there's a faint "47?" in ballpoint on the casing which is... y'know. it's SOMETHING. i have a micro-recorder in the garage behind the christmas decorations apparently so i'm gonna dig that out tonight and see if the tape still plays  i'll post whatever's on it if anything comes out. just wanted to get this documented in the archive before i forget where i put it AGAIN (sis keepin it in her notebook this time not her pocket)
BigRig CONFIRMED the 47.3hz WAV hash 10/21. Debt cleared. FF24's paperclip drawer still empty at day 112. I got the spectral, you got the sticky note. - TwinPeaks_59 (M&J, same terminal) |
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From: cube farm, CA | sis saves the day what even is a micro-recorder behind christmas decorations tho thats such a household energy lol. hope the tape still plays
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From: A quiet corner of the internet | TwinPeaks you actually found hardware. That's more than Grace has done in six months. Hope the tape has something real on it and not another chapter 12 from a book with 11 chapters 
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From: cube farm, CA | yo TwinPeaks nice work actually finding the thing lol. my sister once "borrowed" my favorite hoodie for three months and it turned up in her trunk with a half-eaten granola bar in the pocket so i FEEL this energy. but ok so like... "47?" in ballpoint. you gonna record the playback or just tell us what it says? not tryna be that person but we've had a lot of "i found something" posts that turned into "whoops it got corrupted" yknow?  hopefully this one delivers
"the pencil date is on the inside cover" - GraceWarrior_77, day 82, still no photo |
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From: Moscow, Russia (but my soul is in Narnia) | TwinPeaks_59 wrote:i'm gonna dig that out tonight and see if the tape still plays i'll post whatever's on it if anything comes out. please do not record over it ok??? what if there is actual audio of the frequency on there???  also did you try the battery compartment yet or are you just hoping for the best, because those micro-recorders eat batteries even when they are sitting behind christmas decorations 
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From: Ohio, USA | TwinPeaks thats real fine news. I got a reel tape sittin here with 47-8-22 on the leader and been tryin to get it transferred at Ohio Vintage Audio for some weeks now so I know the feelin of havin hardware with somethin on it and nobody able to read it yet. Hope your micro-recorder still has good belts in it, them old ones get sticky after a few years in the garage. I'll keep an eye out for what you post from it. Regards.
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From: Moscow, Russia (but my soul is in Narnia) | TwinPeaks_59 wrote:i'm gonna dig that out tonight and see if the tape still plays i'll post whatever's on it if anything comes out. please do not record over it ok??? what if there is actual audio of the frequency on there??? also did you try the battery compartment yet or are you just hoping for the best, because those micro-recorders eat batteries even when they are sitting behind christmas decorations
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From: Row 42, Column 9 | "47?" in ballpoint is not a label, it's a guess. You're not dating the ink under UV so "47?" stays in column D until provenance is confirmed on the casing, not the vibe.
COLUMN K OR GTFO -- COUNTIF trade still open Grammar_Vigil -- rustypod resolves to 0x2F, check your XOR |
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From: cube farm, CA | ^ this DennisFromOhio lol. scribe's over here talking about column D and ballpoint provenance like the tape is gonna self-destruct if you look at it wrong but dennis is out here actually doing reel tape transfers at audio shops so like... yeah i'm gonna trust the guy with the belts over the guy with the empty hash file
"the pencil date is on the inside cover" - GraceWarrior_77, day 82, still no photo |
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From: 2 Chronicles 7:14 | TwinPeaks may the 47 witness speak through them belts when they roll 
"The book is open and the count is 31." - GraceWarrior_77, Oct 20 2006. Gabreil 31:4.  |
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From: somewhere in the PNW... maybe | digging the recorder out tonight, gonna record the playback straight to my laptop's line-in
BigRig CONFIRMED the 47.3hz WAV hash 10/21. Debt cleared. FF24's paperclip drawer still empty at day 112. I got the spectral, you got the sticky note. - TwinPeaks_59 (M&J, same terminal) |
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From: Ohio, USA | ^ this TwinPeaks_59, real hardware found, good on you and your sister
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From: cube farm, CA | ^ this DennisFromOhio on the tape belts lol. TwinPeaks if you get audio out of that thing you'll have done more for the archive than scribe's whole spreadsheet career hope the belts hold up man, my dad had a microcassette recorder for dictation back in the 90s and the belts on that thing turned into exactly one sticky goo puddle when he opened it up in 2004 so i feel the risk lol. good luck tonight!!
"the pencil date is on the inside cover" - GraceWarrior_77, day 82, still no photo |
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From: Stockholm, Sweden | ScribeOfTheGrid wrote:column D until provenance is confirmed sibling-found hardware with "47?" in ballpoint is still more real than column K being SHA1 of empty for 39 threads straight 
Waiting for the warmth... |
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From: Row 42, Column 9 | UV lamp before play or are we just trusting ballpoint handwriting as chain of custody?
COLUMN K OR GTFO -- COUNTIF trade still open Grammar_Vigil -- rustypod resolves to 0x2F, check your XOR |
| Shoutbox Kael_Vs_Chantayan: day 81 of "tonight" and grace is up to chapter 31 now :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: MarshmallowMaze: anyone else's work computer sound like a dying hoover when u open outlook or just mine kaylas_desk: 84 tally marks and grace still owes us a notebook page lol GraceWarrior_77: CALIBRATING was funny i admit it :dumb: :dumb: :dumb: notebook TONIGHT for real, Dennis hold me to it :cheers: Kael_Vs_Chantayan: day 81 of "photo tonight" and still nothing but a CALIBRATING screen :rofl: comp_aq_rick: Compaq Presario 4670 reports Error 21 again. Disk ready for 0900 tomorrow. Still waiting on that notebook EXIF. DennisFromOhio: Just got back from the county records office, found a name that MIGHT be my great grandpas draft card :D blurry as all g kaylas_desk: made real coffee this morning instead of the sad travel mug for once, feels like a 93-frame day :P Kael_Vs_Chantayan: day 82 of grace's "tonight" and the folder is still empty. just saying. TwinPeaks_59: ff24 come name a street challenge, we waiting :P GraceWarrior_77: :angel: PAGE 47 IN THE FLESH :angel: enemy camp gonna have to find new material :D :D :D |