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  1. ianthepostie

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    This nice Sanyo has been sitting on Ebay for ages now. Really good price too! Only trouble is its collection only. Surely there must be someone near Uxbridge who could pop along and snap it up? I'd drive up there myself but I've already got 3 of these and dont have the room for another. Plus I'd get "that"look from the other half:loldiag:.

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sanyo-Vi...dio-Cassette-Recorder-6-Speakers/113882696647
     
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    I hope all are doing ok, I know most of you have zero interest in this thread but I'm battened down in my bunker trying to stay motivated and I'm still looking over the internet while doing paperwork.

    I saw this gem, there can't be many of these out there. Back in the 70's belt buckles were a status symbol, belts were sold without the buckle and you'd but one to finish off your own personal look.
    https://www.ebay.com/itm/JI15174-NI...319166?hash=item59475c46fe:g:giMAAOSw9fleYREP
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    I found this Sony M-450 on Ebayuk sold for parts / repairs.i put in a opening bid of £4.5 and won the auction and it arrived today and would you believe it seems to be fully operational and also it has a headphone jack but it is I believe only Mono but I am checking on this
     

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    Just mono, I think the only stereo Sonys are the M-80, M-1000 and the M-50, too bad your not closer, I have a handful that came with other units I would have given you, some of the parts are interchangeble with the stereo players.
     
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    Yes mono only but it is a nice thing . It has a bit more about it than the 7sual dictation machines I used to use in the office which were generally Phillips. It also reminds me of the hours I spent with sellotape cut into slivers to repair the micro- cassettes when they broke in The secretaries’ playback machine. If the break was ,as normal , at the start of the tape it was not too difficult to reconstitute the tape but if it split in the middle it was much harder. I used to have a collection of old micro -cassette tapes I kept in case I broke the cassette when splitting it to repair , Happy days
     
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    The tape repair kits were very nice, even the cheap ones.
     
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    I have never seen a tape repair kit for a micro cassette or any other tape for that meatter
     
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    For the person that almost has everything, the AKAI Tape Splicer. These hold the overlapped broken tape, and takes a clean cut. The operator usually applies pre-cut splice tape on the back side. A must for anyone using cassette tapes. I used to do a lot of splicing for a company that made head cleaning tapes, we were always testing new formulations and I had to hand load the cassettes.

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/Akai-Tape-...278418?hash=item3414bdbd12:g:8RYAAOSw-a5dkPPx

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    That looks like a really nice one Philip Tayler, the splice tape is probably goo but it's nice to get that perfect cut on both edges.
     
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    This is posted more for the history buffs, the Ampex Micro 34 Portable Radio Cassette Player. I'm not sure if I've seen this one before, I know the Micro 32, a tape player without a radio but this is a true early boombox although it's made in Japan it was probably subbed out for manufacturing, I'm guessing this was built around 1974. Ampex had the name and early entry into the cassette world, they could have been a contender but didn't seem to have a lot of interest in the consumer models. This model has an etched number on the side, in the old days you could go down to the local police department and have them etch in a number in case the equipment got stolen (and recovered). They also did this for bikes and maybe larger construction equipment.
    https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Am...881693?hash=item4b745e429d:g:XQkAAOSwB05eSWWE

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    The style of the controls and the separate eject button screams Sanyo to me

    http://www.richardsradios.co.uk/sanyocassette.html
     
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    These are super rare, or maybe not but more of a footnote in BB history, the AIWA CS-TR55U. I have it's sister box that has two cassette decks, this is the analog clock version. I've only seen one other model with an analog clock, a really old Standard that was probably JDM only. These are just a tad better than entry-level but they are nice looking and the clock really makes it stand out.
    https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Ai...a=1&pg=2334524&_trksid=p2334524.c100667.m2042

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    I actually looked seriously at buying one of these when they came out. If my memory serves me correctly, the tape was used to record and reload audio binary (Sharp version of BASIC) in a similar way to the ZX81 did. I believe there were a few companies who sold pre-recorded cassettes of programs, mostly marine and aviation navigation, cargo stability and similar calculation intensive tasks.
     
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