Date   : Thu, 13 Jun 2002 13:27:46 +0200
From   : "Mark Usher" <mu.list@...>
Subject: Re: Need to buy a cassette deck

There are almost continuously cassette decks on ebay for Beebs /
Electrons. 

regards,

Mark Usher
The BBC Documentation Project
http://www.bbcdocs.com

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-bbc-micro@...
> [mailto:owner-bbc-micro@...] On Behalf Of Tom Cumming
> Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 10:55 PM
> To: bbc-micro@...
> Subject: [BBC-Micro] Need to buy a cassette deck
> 
> 
> A friend of mine is trying to find a suitable cassette
> recorder for use with a BBC Model B. Ideally it needs a mono 
> earphone out socket, line-level aux-in socket, and a motor control.
> 
> I am told that the Sony one that is sold in the Maplins and
> Argos catalogues are not suitable as they do not have an 
> aux-in socket, only a microphone socket which expects a much 
> lower-powered input and so distorts everything. Can anyone 
> confirm whether this is true?
> 
> I have also seen the one on the Radio Shack website, but this
> would mean an expensive import from the USA. I also know I 
> could use a hifi seperate tape deck, but would prefer a 
> portable. Second-hand need not necessarily be ruled out. I 
> have looked on www.8bs.com for second hand ones but there are 
> not any at the moment.
> 
> Does anyone know of any suitable new machines for sale in
> this country, or of any good places to buy secondhand ones in 
> the Plymouth/West Devon area of the UK?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> 
> Tom Cumming
> tcumminguk@...
> 
> 
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