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RCA Victor Boombox

newjackrichie - 2009-07-09 15:02

I know its not a boombox.....but damn look at the size of that cassette!!!!!

Does anyone know what format that thing is? I have to find a cord for it to see if it works. I looked inside and there is tubes in there so it must be pretty old???









newjackrichie - 2009-07-09 18:48

So after some googling I found out this actually was the first "cassette".


Go HERE to see a video from RCA on this tape technology. Go to the 8:30 mark to see it in action. Pretty cool.

dougie - 2009-07-10 19:54

That is just too cool. Cool

stbnyc - 2009-07-11 23:15

woooah thats a huge cartridge!

newjackrichie - 2009-07-12 00:06

I finally got a power supply for it. It powers up but the mechanism won't turn the tape. Boo.

But I plugged my ipod into the inputs and it puts out sound. Oh and it has tubes in it...oooooh.

kballenger53 - 2009-07-12 14:41

That's from mid to late 60's!!! I remember some of my father's buddies from Nam having one of those whenever they dropped by.

That was like Betamax as compared to VHS.

Boy how times have changed.

'NUFF SAID

ako - 2009-07-12 20:16

i actually have a couple IN THE BOX scotch tapes like that. never used.

these machines are cool. i have a video favorited on youtube showing the different systems they came out with for this format. look it up...