I've had this, admittedly grubby, shoebox cassette recorder for a while, I think it originally belonged to my sister, like most of my collection it badly needs a clean
A look at the computer compatible cassette recorders I have Of course, we all knew "Computer compatible" was just a way to sell low quality crappy cassette recorders no-one would ever want to listen to music on But computers like the ZX Spectrum loved the sharp sound output Did you use one of these with your Speccy? Many of us did, well I didn't because I started with a datasette with my Commodore Plus 4, and when I "upgraded" to my Sinclair Spectrum 128, I used the headphone output on my Bush Midi Hifi system.And then I moved on to 3 1/2 inch floppys with my Amiga 500 PlusBecause that's what I'm like!
I've had this, admittedly grubby, shoebox cassette recorder for a while, I think it originally belonged to my sister, like most of my collection it badly needs a clean
I got this cassette recorder with my Acorn Electron, it's a shoebox style cassette recorder as was the style at the time, but slightly wider. It was released in 1979 and has all the usual features you would expect for the time, like auto stop, built-in microphone, headphone out and microphone in through a DIN connector. It can be powered by the mains through a normal C7 (figure-8) lead, or by five C cells. The automatic in the name probably refers to the auto stop feature
With a recent Sinclair Spectrum Plus ebay purchase I aquired this shoebox cassette recorder as well. The listing said it was non working and would need new belts, but look how cool it is
This shoebox cassette recorder was included with the bundle of a Sinclair Spectrum Plus bought from a car boot sale in Cornwall
I found this chonky shoebox style cassette recorder in a local charity shop (Goodwill) It was a bit of a surprise to see it there, so after £10 was exchanged it was mine. Sony called their cassette recorders "Cassette-Corders" for some reason.
A look at all the Commodore Datassettes I have
I hope you all find this as interesting and as nostalgic as I do.
Special thanks to my long-suffering partner Denise for putting up with all this "nonsense".
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