Re: Original Commodore Cassette Recorder

From: William Levak (wlevak_at_cyberspace.org)
Date: 2000-05-23 08:25:32

I have 5 of the version on the left, 2 actually work.  I'm working on the
others.  This is the second version.  The first PETs had a different
recorder with black keys.  Both of these are obviously from audio
recorders as the mounting for the speaker and the battery compartment
are clearly visible.  Some of them still had the condenser microphone in
them.

How do you know this is a Sanyo?  There are no labels on it.  Commodore
was very thorough in removing anything that could identify it.

The other 2 in the picture are the same mechanism in different cases.  I can't
be sure from the pictues though.  I think this mechanism is also from an
audio recorder.  The frame on the machanism seemed to fit the same case as
the older versions.

I was thinking that if I could find the original recorder, I could put
the Commodore modified works into the original case and see what you could
have had if Commodore had not mangled the case.

On Mon, 22 May 2000, Larry Anderson wrote:

> 
> Mine are hacked SANYO units (don't know the exact model though), there
> is a picture on-line showing the three Commodore datasette's that will
> fit in a PET case, the first is of course the original modified unit.
> 
> http://www.jps.net/foxnhare/pet/c2nfr.jpg
> 
> William Levak wrote:
> > 
> > The original Commodore cassette recorder was actually a modified production
> > line audio cassette recorder.  This was true of the first three versions
> > of the recorder.  The second version with the five white keys was the most
> > plentiful.
> > 
> > Does anyone know what the original recorders were (make & model) before
> > Commodore modified them?  They look similar to Panasonic recorders, but I
> > have not seen one that is the same except for Commodore's modifications.
> > 
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