I bought a third party tape deck at a thrift store in the 90s (I've since sold or disposed of it).
I noticed an unusual label, it appeared to have 3 layers. I removed and kept the labels. This was the top one:
under that:
And there appears to be another under that! I can't get it to it without rippig apart the whole thing. Could it be Altai? Were there more companies involved?
Interesting archaeology.
Datassette Mystery
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That is so cool! As you can see in the Wiki article photos of the clone datasettes, some manufacturers were obviously using the exact same hardware and merely re-labelling it. However, it's quite interesting to see from your example that they were not merely getting it from a central manufacturer, but rather buying off one another (or perhaps the factory was reselling and relabelling it after the first - and second - buying company went bankrupt or something).
Another possible scenario is simply that the company changed names for some reason and had to relabel all old stock (notice the stickers use exactly the same fonts).
It is great you thought to keep the labels before you sold it!
Another possible scenario is simply that the company changed names for some reason and had to relabel all old stock (notice the stickers use exactly the same fonts).
It is great you thought to keep the labels before you sold it!
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Try taking an iron and a slightly damp cloth to heat up the label and apply a slight bit of steam to it. The heat should help to reactivate the adhesive and help you separate the labels.
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I have a cassette clone with a similar label, maybe mine has
the 'hidden' label that Jeff couldn't peel off?
Here's a photo of the label, with the cassette player:
http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/28 ... 8028moukID
BTW, if anybody wants this thing, let me know.
-Brian
Edit: I love the way webshots puts the photo on a simulated
mousepad, to lure me into purchasing that. Yeah, that looks
cool. I'll take a dozen coffee mugs with the data cassette
photo on it, please.
the 'hidden' label that Jeff couldn't peel off?
Here's a photo of the label, with the cassette player:
http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/28 ... 8028moukID
BTW, if anybody wants this thing, let me know.
-Brian
Edit: I love the way webshots puts the photo on a simulated
mousepad, to lure me into purchasing that. Yeah, that looks
cool. I'll take a dozen coffee mugs with the data cassette
photo on it, please.
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