sweetbeats
Reel deep thoughts...
Saw these on eBay...if you have a TSR-8 or 388 and are committed/addicted to it and intend on keeping it maintained and/or want the ability to thoroughly maintain it yourself OR give a technician the ability to thoroughly maintain it for you, you really ought to consider this RARE opportunity to get the respective OEM extender card(s). An extender card allows the respective plug-in card in the machine to be fully connected to the machine but physically extended outside the machine’s chassis. It is required for certain maintenance/troubleshooting/repair procedures. They are rare, no longer in production, and a pain to try and build yourself, speaking from experience. It is highly unlikely you will see these come along again. If you think $75 starting bid is high, it’s not. That’s how rare they are. wkrbee who is a long-time contributing member here and definitive subject matter expert on, among other things, vintage Tascam analog equipment, is the Seller. We’ve not discussed any of his items for sale nor did he ask me to peddle his wares...nor did I tell him I was going to do this. I’m just offering full disclosure and my personal endorsement I wouldn’t think twice about buying something from him. He’s got other interesting bits for sale too.
Anyway, here are links to the extender cards:
TASCAM TSR-8 EXTENDER CARD FOR THE RECORD PLAY PCB. ASSY. WITH TEST POINTS | eBay
TASCAM 388 EXTENDER CARD FOR THE RECORD PLAY AND DBX PCB. | eBay
TASCAM 388 EXTENDER CARD FOR THE POWER SUPPLY, REEL TENSION, AND BIAS PCB. | eBay
Anyway, here are links to the extender cards:
TASCAM TSR-8 EXTENDER CARD FOR THE RECORD PLAY PCB. ASSY. WITH TEST POINTS | eBay
TASCAM 388 EXTENDER CARD FOR THE RECORD PLAY AND DBX PCB. | eBay
TASCAM 388 EXTENDER CARD FOR THE POWER SUPPLY, REEL TENSION, AND BIAS PCB. | eBay