As a kid I'd get "Computer Shopper" Magazine, it was much larger than 8-1/2" x 11" and thin newsprint paper about 1" thick. They had every...
Very nice, it almost looked like the speaker grills were for your shelves, that gives me an idea to make doors that have speaker cloth over them...
Welcome to the forum, it's a very addictive hobby especially when you start looking for tapes to play.
Welcome! The owner of the site lives there, one of these days I'll check out his CJing. (cassette jockey)
This website does a pretty deep dive into the machine and circuitry. Translated...
OMG, the Soyuz and Apollo Capsules, where have I seen that before? The printer was silly money at 150,000 Yen, yep the most expensive part of the...
https://hatenanews.com/articles/201302/12770 [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Another photo on the interwebs. Printers were big money back then, I begged my parents for one to go with my Apple II+ but never got it. I had...
It looks like the IBM 5100 from 1975 is (one of) the firsts. No mention of this Sharp anywhere but it was commercially available and in a Sharp...
The tapes are the hardest thing to find! Did the GE Player come with the TV set? I wonder if they sold it on it's own......
Plus it's stereo which didn't really take off here for a few more years.
From the International Sharp User Group Newsletter https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/downloads/44183 [ATTACH]
If your trying to build one, Philips P50 looks like an AKA [ATTACH]
Another sold in 2021 for around the same price, translated from the listing..... This is Sharp's Latte Caputo PC-2000. A phantom all-in-one...
From a recent Sharp Facebook Post [ATTACH]
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Surprisingly there's also two USA Patents on it, they are just for the LCD unit. 3902169-Drive system for liquid crystal display units 3976994-...
Beautiful!!!! Thanks for sharing.
Those reels might be worth more than the machine. I keep wanting to swap out my TEAC for a Sony but it's a long walk to the shop and these things...
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