It was probably for brushing off any flakes, it did it's duty and now is gone. For how much tape flaking happened, it's surprising these decks...
Sony Hotline Catalog, it looks around 1984? I'd say this was more for kids, there's no high-end models but there's some neat stuff like the saw...
Hitachi CAP from 1985, it this the smallest portable? I know it was in the running. I'm trying to figure out how the radio pack plugs in, it...
Oh yea, another oddity not on walkman.land yet..........
I love the oddball units, this is kind of tame but still a favorite of mine. I recently posted one for sale in the mega-sale thread, they do come...
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1984, I need to start a thread with the "ON AIR" Models, they broadcast on FM so you don't need a headphone cord or you want to play on your...
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From TDK's 1986 Brochure (in the cassette ad thread), MC Metal around $10 USD each, big money! [ATTACH]
Found over on X, a TDK Brochure from 1986, why don't they post the front or back covers? Surprisingly they still had micro cassette metal tapes...
Toshiba Walky 1985. It's interesting to see what the most expensive is, the RT-KS1 is right up there but I've never seen that model before,...
Did this get posted already? From 1972, the three girls are a music group called, that's right, you guessed it, "School Mates." They must be...
Sony 1972 [ATTACH]
I wonder how the head cleaning feature worked, does it have a post with cleaning cloth on it?
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Plus the headphones are off and that was the major selling point of the portable.
I don't have a ton of interest past 1985 boomboxes and Walkmans but these higher end units are always cool to check out. There wasn't a ton of...
A small catalog listing for the Sanyo WMR-CM with a silly money price of 69,800 yen, wow! [ATTACH]
Another later catalog with just parts posted [ATTACH][ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Sony Hi-Res MD [ATTACH][ATTACH]
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