show your newest vintage electronic entry !

…looks like you‘re having loads of fun with that amp, congrats

 

In the U.K. only schools and real enthusiasts with large bank balances / credit card limits could afford disk drives.
Most people used cassette decks similar to the one shown (which I suspect has a Radio Shack A.K.A.). By the mid 1980s you would expect a Sinclair or Commodore magazine to have a cassette tape with a couple of game demos (with limited levels) taped to the front.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/406170886412
Then there were the Mastertronic games cassettes sold for just £1 each in every other Newsagent.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/226995845714

 

hmm, it's more a simple voice-recorder. the housing is not modified, as i can see. the conectors are for earphone, ext.mic and remote. i guess they used just those with adaptors to the machine. maybe i have to play a little bit to find out what's the secret about it

 

In the 1980s we had one of these at work along with the TMS990 minicomputer it was designed to be used with.

More details here
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/ti/ter...ilent_700_Model_732_733_Brochure_Sep_1973.pdf

I suspect that might have been the first time I saw a cassette deck with soft touch controls.
I expect they used those so the computer could control the decks.
Since then I have wondered what specifications the cassette decks had.
As they were only required to store data they might have been optimised for that.

 

my dad had a Commodore PET 3032 (in fact, he still got it), that had a built-in cassette memory. my first computer in 1983, a VIC20 had that, too

 

those camcorders came out when i was still in training to become a tv-radio-technician (mid 80'ies). i remember that i loved fixind them, i even joined a Blaupunkt-training in Hildesheim (Germany) on camcorders and if i remember right, they had Panasonic inside (?)

 

Kodak.
Someone was discussing the same model here
https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/showthread.php?p=1276432

The Wikipedia page on 8mm only suggests Panasonic made 8mm camcorders for other companies but none for themselves.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_mm_video_format
Probably a similar situation to Sanyo (when they were firmly in the Betamax camp) making and selling Fisher VHS VCRs

As for testing you could try and get a battery case or split open the dead battery and connect wires into it. I used battery cases with NiCads inside when I was messing around with a Sony 8mm camcorder in the late 1990s. I didn't have much success with the early NiMHs which couldn't supply the required current.

Speaking of Sanyo and AA batteries have I shown you this ?



A camcorder design which can use a rechargeable battery or six AAs.
I got given this for free at Hamfest. A friend bought a nice camcorder case
he fancied for £1 but that price included the camcorder inside it so he gave that to me.

p.s. I hope "Advanced Fuzzy Logic" didn't apply to the picture.
We can probably date this from that term which was the in buzzword for a couple of years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuzzy_Logic_(Super_Furry_Animals_album)

 

there's one in germany for sale, unfortunately pick up only, but i guess that can be arranged or discussed with the seller:

https://www.kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/videokamera-cr-8010-blaupunkt/3205007207-245-1991

in fact, they show up often and cheap, here's one for 25 bucks in a suitcase:
https://www.kleinanzeigen.de/s-anze...-titelgenerator-im-koffer/3192267176-245-5122

 

i think the interesting gadgets wich come with them, are tv-modulators - you can use them to built your own little stereo mini-tv-station with only a few meters range (sourced from.ex. by a dvd-player) to be able to use your pocket tv's...

 

Yes the Sanyo is 8mm. I had to download a manual to find the eject button, which is cunningly hidden under the viewfinder when it is folded down.

The first camcorder we bought, in 1998 was a High8 Sharp Viewcam which cost £550 back in 1998.
Here is some footage shot with it. Fast forward to 2:05 to see a Boombox.


When we bought it Mini DV was out. However, they were over £1000.
Check this out to see all the different formats and prices back in 1999.
The Mini DVs start appearing at about 9:04


By 2005 I picked up a JVC Mini DV for under £200 in the January sales.
One of many lessons about the cost of being an early adopter.

 

I got the set, but it needs some revisions. I think the woofers are dead.

The sound quality is quite excellent and detailed on all sources!