A once common yet unseen device

I’ve used one of these - most people I know have too, yet this is the first time I’ve seen one. When it comes to the joy of watching things working, the Kinetic appeal of this is up there with a Lava Lamp. UPDATE: Here’s what happened to this machine next 00:00 Start 00:51 What it did 02:58 A look inside 05:14 What’s on it? 08:22 This is what. 09:54 FAQs Answered 14:12 Credits If you want to watch an hour of tape looping - here’s the video Massive thanks to Neil for supplying this rare Machine. FAQ) How did the machine know where the start of the announcement was? Did it use a foil splice or a cue tone - or was it something else? A) It’s just a loop of tape with an announcement repeated a number of times which has then been stuck together at the end with normal splicing tape to form a loop. No metal foil. No auto-triggering pulses. Just a simple repeated audio recording on a loop of tape. I double checked with Neil who dealt with these things fo