Some more proof that Olympus was looking to get into automotive tape decks with microcassette....
For those wondering about a microcassette/minicassette deck, here it is. https://patents.google.com/patent/US4216509A/en?oq=US4216509A [ATTACH]
It looks like Olympus was looking into the auto market for the microcassettes....
More early Olympus Microcassettes https://patents.google.com/patent/US4139167A/en?oq=US4139167A [ATTACH]
Not only were they great tapes, they were reasonably priced. Maybe it was a Midwest thing but these were a staple at any collage around me. A...
Happy Halloween! I've been checking out our meager selection of Pumpkin Beers and found this happy surprise at Trader Joe's. For our European...
Can anyone guess what model Olympus this is? https://patents.google.com/patent/US3521010A/en?oq=US3521010A [ATTACH]
Another Olympus https://patents.google.com/patent/US4120037A/en?oq=US4120037A [ATTACH]
Olympus Tape Recorder & Computer https://patents.google.com/patent/US4237540A/en?oq=US4237540A [ATTACH]
We had about seven late 70's bands considered "corporate rock" that had huge arena hits but hardcore rock fans thought they were part of the...
Also take a really good look at the head, sometimes there's tiny pieces of tape on it. I don't know what kind of cleaning you did, people used...
I think the service manual is in this thread on Tapeheads, the good ones have a troubleshooting chart. http://www.tapeheads.net/showthread.php?t=46749
The author doesn't seem to like Journey much, maybe he should read our thread on modern music being really bad. As a side note I was at a local...
That's unbelievable awesome Walkman archive, you even have the TV, true marvels of 80's engineering. I've said it before, phones have killed all...
I'm loving that Sony Precise V7. They took the Space 1999 Style and didn't make it cheezy. You need to find some cool Sony Speakers that match...
Imagine this made into a compo style boombox, even still this would be ultra-impressive in any car or on a shelf as a mini-system. This may be...
There's some interesting nuggets in this book, Japanese Manufacturing Investment In Europe, unfortunately some pages are blacked out....
I found a book online that had partial pages you could read and it talked about the European Factories and production numbers, now I wished I had...
I found some information, some of these are really neat....
I just noticed your set was made in the UK, I know Longman has brought up Japanese Manufacturers that set up shop over there, I had no idea the...
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