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1997 April 1997 PALsite first went on line with information about 4 models. May 1997 Relocated to http://www.PALsite.com June-July 1997 More model listings added, the technical pages expanded and picture gallery created. Betamax Web-Ring created with PALsite as a founding member. August 1997 New Home Page design introduced. PALsite now has information on over 30 different European models. September 1997 Beta Glossary introduced. October 1997 The British Amateur Television Club magazine CQ-TV publishes an article about PALsite. November 1997 PALsite Puzzle Pages go online. December 1997 Glossary and Puzzle pages backgrounds added. Format and About PALsite pages uploaded. More terms added to Glossary page.

1998 January 1998 SLC9 overview updated Repair guide updated Betamax features guide added February 1998 Updated Gallery Pages including tape pages and a thumbnail gallery Tape page overhall. A2Z index page added. Model overviews added for Sony, Sanyo and Toshiba, March 1998 Updated the puzzle index page. Connector pages updated. More video models added. More pictures added to the tape gallery. Stunning Betamax parts and spares pictures added. April 1998 2/4/98 - Betamax Article published in the New York Times featuring PALsite. "Also Loving And Losing: Betamax Fans" PALsite is one year old! Happy Birthday. Toshiba V33 model pages added. May 1998 Lugosi's VCR site joins the Betamax WebRing PALsite press-release sent out to comemorate one year at ElektraTec. Updated SLO-1700 overview and technical pages. Updated site banners. New indicators added to the models. New NEC gallery started. Video galleries updated with new models. June 1998 4/6/98 - Entry on PALsite (Elektratec) published in 'Netlife' in the Electronic Telegraph (UK). "The old ones are the best" Pre-recored tapes for sale page expanded. PALsite mailing list created. Sony Betamax through the ages added. Entry on PALsite published in the "Television" trade magagzine (UK). July 1998 Remote control gallery added. Electronic Telegraph entry added. More tapes for sale. August 1998 Beta Lore pages moved to PALsite. Entry on PALsite published in '.net' magazine's August issue (page 20). Glossary page split into smaller pages. Sony SL-T7 model added. Sanyo VTC-M20 pages updated. Nice pictures gallery updated. September 1998 Repair Centre added with 24 new pages. More tape images added. October 1998 Sanyo VRC 100P pages uploaded. More tapes for sale. December 1998 This month saw a major change for PALsite which moved to it's own domain and became www.PALsite.com and www.PALsite.org. This site is now hosted on it's own virtual server and we hope to tap in to the advantages of the new server and improve PALsite over the coming months. A couple of interactive pages created: Tell PALsite why Betamax is better? and Tell PALsite what VHS Stands for?. Even more tapes for sale. A new Beta-Lore submission V2000 PALsite launched. This brand new PALsite is dedicated to the Philips V2000 video format.

1999 January 1999 Another Beta-Lore submission. ... and another. February 1999 Sanyo VTC-5150pages uploaded. Many thanks to Colin McCormick for providing information and pictures. SonySL-HF300 page added - Thanks to Marcus Voyles for information and pictures. Another Beta-Lore article. March 1999 Comprehensive head parts for all Sony models A new Beta-Lore article. More repair centre pages - heads, upper drum, erase head, back tension tape. Glossary updated with more links and entries. May 1999 SL-8000 technical info for converting mains voltages. June 1999 More entries added to the directory page. Auction and classifieds web pages now also added to the directory page. Classification labels are now also shown. July 1999 Two new Beta-Lore articles. New Betamax Votes Page. September 1999 Comprehensive Sony pinch rollers and remote control parts lists for almost all Betamax models. A new addition to the Betamax Web-ring: Welcome Greo Greg Kimnach October 1999 Minor updates and fixes to some pages. Include some missing part numbers. November 1999 Comprehensive Sony belts parts lists for almost all Betamax models.

2000 May 2000 More work behind the scenes completed. PALsite now hosted on a different server. July 2000 Update the SL-C9 tech page. August 2000 Fix for a number of broken links on the site. October 2000 Added Pro-X tape info. Thanks go to Colin McCormick for the images.

2001 January 2001 New Beta-Lore article. March 2001 New Beta-Lore articles. Updated Models page. June 2001 Advertising fly sheets for the VTC-5000 and VTC-6500 from Mark Fountain. August 2001 The URL of the Betamax Chat Page has changed to http://www.palsite.com/chat_page.py?site=Betamax VTC-M30 model added. Thanks go to Graham Pullman. November 2001 Updated DCDC repair information. Thanks go to Terry Magee and John Rowing.

2002 January 2002 Updated M30. New pictures.Thanks go to John Parkin. New VTC-M50 Hifi model.

2003 August 2003 Beta-lore articles re-indexed according to submission date. September 2003 New NEC model added PVC764. Thanks go to Sebastian Balzer. New Sanyo model added VTC-6000. Thanks go to Marek Gorecki. New Universum model added VTR10300. Thanks go to Sebastian Balzer. Updated images added to the SL-HF100. Thanks go to Sebastian Balzer.

2004 November 2004 New tape photographs added to the picture gallery.

2006 July 2006 There have been problems with www.chat-page.com being regularly attacked by bots, as a result the domain has had to be suspended. The .co.uk version though is still up and running as usual. Chat page front end has been added. This is hoped to eventually replace the other site. Quick fault submissions on the technical pages can now be made by all visitors to the site. Sanyo VTC-5000 TV advert - in DivX format. A new technical centre has been added bringing together all the model tech pages.

2009 December 2009 Added the VTC-M30 specification page added and an image of the remote control. Thanks go to Noel Higgins. Images updated for the VTC-40 and VTC-M50 models Thanks go to Noel Higgins.

2010 January 2010 Added the VTC-NX100 specification page, a new image and a model comparison table. Thanks go to Noel Higgins. New images added for the SL-C9, VTC-5000. Black SL-C9ES images added for the overview and tech pages. Thanks go to Noel Higgins. The thumbnail model view has been updated and upsized. Images updated for the SL-HF77, SL-HF150, SL-F30, SL-HF950, SL-C40, VTC-M20, SL-C30, SL-T7, SL-T50 and the SL-800ME. Thanks go to Noel Higgins. New images added for the Betamax features page. February 2010 New unit added, the PCM-F1. Thanks go to Noel Higgins. New models added, the Titan VCR 2000, the Sony SL-T30 and the Sony SL-S2000. Thanks go to Noel Higgins. Updated repair information for Sony head motors / hall effect sensors. More image updates for the SL-F30 and the V-5470. April 2010 New images added for the SL-F60. Thanks go to Noel Higgins. Updated fix for the SL-HF950 reel rotation problem. Thanks go to Noel Higgins. May 2010 New advertising brochure images added for the VTC-M20, VTC-M30, VTC-M40 and the VTC-NX100. Thanks go to Kevin Lambert. New model added, the Sony SL-T9. Thanks go to Noel Higgins. RMT-212 and other remotes added to the SL-C9 accessories page. New model added, the Toshiba V-5250. Thanks go to Noel Higgins. New images added for the SLO-1700. June 2010 New model added, the Sony SLO-420P. Thanks go to Noel Higgins. New images added for the VTC-5150. September 2010 New images added for the SL-F1. Thanks go to Noel Higgins. October 2010 New models added, the Sony SL-C35 and the Toshiba V-51. Thanks go to Noel Higgins. New models added, two V-31 clones, the Titan VCR2400 and the General VG-240A. Thanks go to Noel Higgins. New images added for the VRC 100P Sanyo Betamovie camera. Thanks go to Noel Higgins. New model added, the Toshiba V-9680. Thanks go to Noel Higgins. November 2010 New accessories added for the SL-F1. Thanks go to Noel Higgins. Major problems with the chat pages... ongoing. December 2010 Updated the SL-C7 RMT-200 remote image. Click to enlarge it. More images for the Toshiba V-9680. Thanks go to Noel Higgins. New images for the Toshiba V-9600. Thanks go to Noel Higgins.

2011 January 2011 Gear fix solution added to the SL-F30, SL-F60, SL-HF150 and the SL-HF150. Thanks go to Noel Higgins. March 2011 Sanyo VTT5800 companion tuner unit for the VPR5800 picture added.

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