the 488 was a good machine (with Dolby C as opposed to Dolby B), I had one of the horrid old 144 machines. then I had the Fostex A8, then a tascam 8 tracks on a cassette. Then he vss880 and now this Boss thing i think is the last thing I'll get.

its not as good as the vss88o, but it has a bigger memory.