Sabamobil
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Sabamobil was a tape cassette system from SABA from 1964.
It used a commercially available four-track ¼ inch - tape on 3-inch coil (corresponding to 7.62 cm), with two channels mono each side with a belt speed of 3¾ IPS (~ 9.5 cm / s) and was Compatible with reel audio tapes except for the ends of the tape secured against pulling out . According to the unsecured tradition of one user, the Sabamobil could also be used as a dictation machine.
The cassette was either completely screwed on or opened as an empty cassette without tools by removing two retaining clips in order to insert existing 3-inch reels. The tape head and capstan were placed between the reels.
In the US, the player cost 136 US dollars , which would correspond today 1,118 USD, a cassette 14 USD (now 115 USD) and the adapter for installation in the car 45 USD. The model TK-R12 had an AM - Radio receiver for medium wave built with and could also with five tubular batteries of type D ( Mono cell operated). It appeared in the year following the introduction of the compact cassette and quickly lost its market share to the 8-track cassette and compact cassette.
A similar technique, which used 3-inch coils available on the market at the time, was used in the Philips Norelco EL3581 dictation machine . However, it differed in the tape speed and the division of the sound tracks.
Web links
- Techmoan : Forgotten Format: The Sabamobil , YouTube, June 22, 2017 (English)
- Picture gallery of the Sabamobil in the steam radio forum
- Technical data from the Sabamobil at the Rottenburg an der Laaber Radio Museum
- The SABAmobil at UKWFM
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Techmoan: Forgotten Format: The Sabamobil , YouTube, June 22, 2017
- ↑ Sabamobil TK-R12 , Radiomuseum.org, accessed on June 24, 2017
- ↑ The SABA Sabamobil, a noble part of the cassette device. , Tonbandmuseum.info, accessed June 24, 2017
- ↑ Philips EL 3581 (1958 - early 1960s) , Museum Of Obsolete Media, accessed June 26, 2017