I've done nothing with Matilda for over a year except move...getting ready to move again, but the destination should be permanent.
I guess the only MM-1000 related activity would be the selling off of a few very spare bits, and acquiring a bunch of more pertinent spares. A friend of mine had the idea at one time of putting together a frankenpex MM-1000 and had most everything to do it, but other projects took priority and space was at a premium, so he just needed to get rid of the stuff, so he offered this stuff for the price of shipping and I said "sure"...
12 AG-440/MM-1000 electronics modules complete with amp cards, 5 of them "A" variety and 7 of the B type:
A spare +24V transport power supply:
A spare control relay box...I already have a couple of these, but THIS one has the very rare extra set of tension resistor contacts with switch to toggle between 1" 8-track and 2" 16-track tensions:
6 +39V 4-channel electronics power supplies, 2 with the rack-mount panel:
A small collection of MM-1000 manuals...I'm most interested in the two blue binders...those comprise the manual set for my version of the MM-1000; I have a high-quality digital version of this I scanned from a borrowed manual set, but until now I haven't owned my own manual set for my specific generation of MM-1000:
There are some other MM-1000 bits in the boxes too I believe, but I seriously haven't even had time to open the boxes up...they've gone straight into storage. There are a couple non-MM-1000 goodies in the mix too...don't know WHAT I'm going to do with these...
A complete Ampex AG-440-8 1" 8-track head cable set with head connector box assembly...I have so much of these types of cable and connectors as a result of having several spare sections of MM-1000 harnessing...dozens and dozens of those 1, 2 and 3-pin circular mil-spec connectors...plus the mini Winchester connectors...anyway, what was I gonna say?
And an Otari CB-110 autolocator and factory trolley...Again, what was I gonna say? I don't own another piece of Otari gear...
Not gonna lie, this does make me feel a bit like I have to say things like "I'm not a hoarder...I *swear*." There will come a day when the MM-1000 project is "done"...fully refurbished and operational, and at that point I will finally know what all I really need of all the spares I have, and there will be some thinning. Until then I'm thinking it doesn't hurt to hang on to and/or acquire cheap spares if they come to me. Actually, I guess it does hurt...this stuff is HEAVY...and I have to MOVE IT ALL AGAIN!