Billboard 1982 - "Power of the Chip, Puts Future in Pocket" https://books.google.com/books?id=e...bAhViMn0KHf_4BsYQ6AEIJzAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
Billboard 1/23/82 "Tiny Tapes Spotlighted In Vegas" "The format accounts for approximately 30% of the Japanese hi fi market, according to a spokesman from Aiwa." This is about stereo microcassettes! I had no idea they had such a big market share, it was a very small niche product here. The article starts on page 4, I can't get the link to start there. https://books.google.com/books?id=t...bAhUCLnwKHeeaC6EQ6AEILzAC#v=onepage&q&f=false
Billboard 10/16/82 https://books.google.com/books?id=m...bAhUnqlQKHRM5Bg4Q6AEINzAE#v=twopage&q&f=false
Billboard 6/12/82 "Sizes And Prices Are Dropping In Personal Stereo Mart" https://books.google.com/books?id=G...bAhUnqlQKHRM5Bg4Q6AEILzAC#v=onepage&q&f=false View attachment 13115
Thanks Mystic! I've been on a mini-microcassette buying binge and was looking up some information and found these great articles. Popular Science 9/81 "The surprising sound of microcassette stereo" https://books.google.com/books?id=n...bAhUKLHwKHdPHDLoQ6AEIJzAA#v=onepage&q&f=false View attachment 13116
Popular Science 11/82 "You'll never miss a ball game with go-anywhere TV" https://books.google.com/books?id=7...bAhWqjFQKHdtBD4YQ6AEIMzAD#v=twopage&q&f=false
That GE is not a bad looking box Reli and some of the Reader's Digest Audio Equipment are pretty nice. I've got a Tuner/Amp combo that dates to maybe mid-70's and is pretty beefy, made in Japan, and still works great. I think Reader's Digest had a payment system set up for installment payments on the audio.
Popular Science 11/1970 "Cassette Tape Systems: Now They're Hi-FI" https://books.google.com/books?id=9...bAhVHqlQKHURuBgUQ6AEIKzAB#v=onepage&q&f=false
Ward S. Cornelius's Contribution, I'm not sure what he added in 1982 https://patents.google.com/patent/US4535475A/en?oq=US3943564A
I found this in the old forum, I forgot about how much great information that is stashed away down there, most of the new threads were talked about years ago, it's interesting to see a new version of them. This was posted by Jens AKA "TPR" one of the first guys to really dig into boombox history and he did a ton of posting about boxes. His research led to the Boombox Data Base on CD with over 20,000 boxes, pictures and information. The story on the demise of this project is also fascinating, look it up as Jens posted a follow-up a few years ago after he had disappeared from the forum for a few years. When asked where he got this information he replied "the library, microfilm" and I think he lived in Germany. Coney Onkyo Boombox Alarm. Infrared-ray sensitive alarm device built into electronic equipment https://patents.google.com/patent/US4646071A/en?oq=4,646,071
Sharp, Combined digital audio disc player, radio and tape recorder https://patents.google.com/patent/USD318863S/en?oq=USD318863S
