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== How to Tell ==
== How to Tell ==
* Most tapes did not have any form of printing; however, some had the Vaughn V printed above the recording tab, with a number representing the tape length next to it, while others had a small V-XX tape length above the recording tab and an equally-sized long string of numbers on the spine like this for example:
* Most tapes did not have any form of printing; however, some had the Vaughn V printed above the recording tab, with a number representing the tape length next to it, while others had a small V-XX tape length above the recording tab and an equally-sized long string of numbers on the spine (e.g. '''V-60 2-9406080134''').


* Early tapes had dark red printings (e.g. '''[Vaughn V]3286 159900''').
'''V-60 2-9406080134'''

* Early tapes had dark red printings like this for example:

'''[Vaughn V]3286 159900'''


* Tapes with these dark red printings had a few extra seconds of black screen following the blank space at the tail-end.
* Tapes with these dark red printings had a few extra seconds of black screen following the blank space at the tail-end.
* Not a single tape from this duplicator had anything in the vertical blanking interval.
* Not a single tape from this duplicator had anything in the vertical blanking interval.
* Tapes duplicated at the plants acquired with Centercom Inc. continued to use that duplicator's printings, like this for example:
* Tapes duplicated at the plants acquired with Centercom Inc. continued to use that duplicator's printings (e.g. '''<big>2</big> 65951354 0914 02213 <big>T75</big>''').

'''<big>2</big> 65951354 0914 02213 <big>T75</big>'''


* On some copies of Samurai Shodown: The Motion Picture, the above printings were gray, due to the tape being white.
* On some copies of Samurai Shodown: The Motion Picture, the above printings were gray, due to the tape being white.