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* Pre-August 1985 prints would have an orange or green sticker on the supply reel.
** Pre-September 1981 prints would have either "Q.C. WHS" or "Q.C. WHSE" on the sticker.
* Some tapes with a blank barcode sticker on the tape guard have the pull-my-finger sound at the end of the tape before the tape either cuts to the fullscreen static or stops itself. Some EP mode tapes until mid-1997 also had this sound at the end after the static, and before the tape reaches the very end.
** Sometimes the moaning sound only lasts 3-5 seconds and/or has a slightly different pitch.
* Most 1986-1992 tapes duplicated at Rank have an ink print date on the bottom left side.
* Some 1986-1995 tapes have the white test pattern with a 1000 hz looping beep-tone at the end.
* Some 1996-2001 tapes also have the white screen test pattern mentioned above, but in this case, it's usually only on EP mode tapes and (sometimes) carryovers from pre-1995 pressings.
* Most 1981-2006 tapes have a year-week code.
** The first number is the last number of the year the tape was printed. The last two numbers indicate the week.
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