On Mon, 02 Apr 2001 11:33:33 -0700, Mike Thaler wrote:

>I have several remotes for dead units. The one that may be useful to someone is the
>sophisticated remote that came w. our 8mm Sony VCR. If anyone has a use for it - I'll
>mail it to them. Hate to throw it out.

Sometimes these work with other/newer gear. Funny discovery
with Panasonic VCRs (at least ones current a few years
ago...) - the fancy remotes would enable the fancy features
of the 'spensive models on the cheap models (Pan. built them
all about the same, but just didn't tell people that, and
removed the fancy-feature controls from the cheap decks and
their remotes - but the features were still on the
machines...;-). BTW, I use a compact Sony Hi-8 remote in
the field for my Mini-DV camcorders - it works everything
+ gives a nice, slow remote zoom...