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RE: "if he had wanted to go with analog tape"

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Ivan303

In Reply to: RE: he wouldn't have had to spend nearly as much to play good quality digital... posted by mhardy6647 on January 16, 2024 at 05:31:44

Yeah, near-100 yo technology. Much more better.

First they came for the dumb-asses
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a dumb-ass

Follow Ups:

Tape. Brought to you by the same folks who brought you WWII! :) - mhardy6647 10:34:07 01/16/24 (4)
We in the US have Der Bingle to thank for bringing it to our attention; thanks, Bing!

all the best,
mrh
- https://rxreels.com/blogs/news/how-a-gi-brought-hitler-s-r2r (Open in New Window)
Edits: 01/16/24 01/16/24
- Thanks for the belly laugh!!! (And a favorite Hitler story of mine.) - John Marks 15:55:31 01/16/24 (0)
  The Nazis used tape recorders to try to fool Allied intelligence personnel as to where Hitler actually was, on any given day.
  
  As in, if Hitler was supposed to be addressing a rally in Meisenberg, but he was actually in a meeting in Heidelberg, the Allied spooks would listen carefully to the Meisenberg broadcast of his speech, for the the tell-tale sounds of a 16-inch acetate radio transcription disk.
  
  But when the Nazis started faking Hitler's live events with magnetic tape, the Allied spooks were fooled.
  
  My favorite Hitler story.
  
  In the final days of WWII in Berlin, in the Fuhrer Bunker, Hitler asked a young officer to find out the identity of the Russian unit that was closest to killing him.
  
  The young officer later passed on the information. Hitler looked up at him and said words to the effect that, when Hitler was invading Russia, he could have slowed down the invasion and taken the time to kill them all, as they were not themselves engaging the Nazis. But, at the time, getting to Moscow was more important.
  
  Hitler sadly shook his head and said, "Young man: At the very end, it is the unthinking kindnesses one regrets most."
  
  That story is from Paul Johnson's "Modern Times."
  
  john
  - https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Times-Revised-Twenties-Perenni (Open in New Window)
- Yep, AMPEX in Redwood City.. - Ivan303 11:40:30 01/16/24 (1)
  Bing was an original investor of sorts, or so the story goes?
  
  I worked there for a few months in 1970.
  
  First they came for the dumb-asses
  And I did not speak out
  Because I was not a dumb-ass
  - I used to drive the site regularly when we lived in the Silicon Valley ('89-91, nt) - mhardy6647 19:14:42 01/17/24 (0)
    enn tee
    
    all the best,
    mrh
- Don't forget Les Paul ! /nt - Story 10:50:35 01/16/24 (0)

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