I found the thread I said about in my last post. http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=5850.0 Looking around the rest of that...
I used the Mitsubishi for about eight years with no major problems. I was going to say it was nothing fancy, but it was actually a "portable"...
All I can say, from personal experience, is that if there is something you really treasure, and you think someone else or better still a museum or...
We had all sorts of makes over here including Panasonic. The people i bought my first house from in 1986 had a £600 HiFi Stereo Panasonic in their...
A couple of weeks ago someone was commenting that manufacturers like Sharp seemed to lose interest in Top End boomboxes during the 1980s and was...
I have bought quite a few belts from fixyouraudio and he has been very helpful, especially when the ones he sent didn't fit due to Panasonic...
Different Countries did different editions probably to suit the local charts. There are loads of Now tapes available in the UK. A single google...
Did you ever get the Now That's What I Call Music series in Singapore ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now_That's_What_I_Call_Music! The MegaHit...
That just reminded me about a BT Tonto I once owned. (one of the many computers that fleetingly went through my collection). The hardware wasn't...
The buyer of Sinclair Computers, Alan Sugar hasn't done too badly for someone who started out selling car aerials from his van. TooCool didn't...
My parents wouldn't let me have a part time job while I was at school as they both worked and didn't want any extra hassle. However, they fully...
I just checked my Sanyo personal stereo and it is still working fine with the belt from an Ebay pack I fitted a few years ago :reelspin::reelspin:
If the Black Watch still works it is worth quite a bit these days. Of course things like that weren't cheap back then, especially compared to the...
I missed your introduction as well, so welcome and thanks for doing the catalogue scans. I think I am between your age and Mister X. You are...
According to Wikipedia it came out after DAT and ten years after CD. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NT_(cassette) With buffering to give gap free...
Mini reel to reel fans might like to look at http://www.dustygizmos.com/arcpages/arctape.htm He doesn't have that National / Panasonic though
I would like a copy of the pdf if possible to add to my catalogue collection I bought the ICF7600DS new in 1989. Pretty much the same radio as...
The UK equivalent is Servisol...
When you say pressing the play button harder it plays clearer do you mean speed wise or loudness wise ? Either way I am wondering if the head /...
Too fast could mean the pinch roller is exerting less force than the tape up reel so the tape is being pulled past the capstan. I had a car...
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