Cleaning VCR heads is a dirty job, and everybody’s had to do it…but not any more. Each technology has its own Achilles Heel; for the VCR, it’s the tiny gap that’s part of recording and playback heads.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Today’s archive page is from June 5, 1983. Drucker advertises a sale on various electronics. Highlights include: A Pioneer cassette deck, at $99; a Panasonic portable cassette ...