Posted by whiteShadow
I don't think it was VHS. But I couldn't tell what it was.
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Posted by pastawrangler
Definitely not VHS. They look like the kinds of carts that radio stations used to use, most if not all of which would loop at some point. What the hell was this place for? I know you don't have the answer, but I'd love to know too.
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Those are almost certainly Fidelipac/NAB cartridges. They were used to record and play back short little soundbites or advertisements between the music segments. A couple friends and I found a bunch at an abandoned radio station that miraculously still had power. After jury-rigging one of the surviving Fidelipac decks to connect to his laptop's Line-In we were able to digitize a few of the tapes on-site.
There's usually some kind of history about the local area recorded on them, such as what bands were in town and other events.