Fixing Some Retro Cassette Players

[@KAPTKipper]

It's the belts, it's always the belts. The Sears is a Sanyo M2541.

[@CanadianRetroThings]

Thanks! Now I can look up info about it.

[@ygstuff4898]

Ohhhh....those nice "white" CCR tape recorders, almost specifically designed for use with the Cocos. I didn't have one, and I always wanted one to match my white Coco and white printer. But I enjoyed my large, black, 2nd-hand Realistic tape recorder that worked perfectly.

[@CanadianRetroThings]

@@ygstuff4898 The CCR82 is the perfect size to pair with the MC10!

[@miked4377]

good job ken ..luck or no luck...

[@CanadianRetroThings]

It works and that it what is most important in the end!

[@MrJacksspleen]

I still have ptsd from owning a cassette player that would record at one speed and playback at another. I couldn't load my saved programs on other people's machines without bringing my own player. I also now recall that the player speed would change depending how much tape was.left on the reel. So it was never a sure thing that I could load what I had previously saved. It took 6 months for my hair to grow back after purchasing my first floppy drive.

[@CanadianRetroThings]

Tape drives are an experience! The only time I use them now is when I find cassettes with home made programs on them, then I save them to a modern device for future loading!

[@KAPTKipper]

As much as I hated tape, the one aspect of the Commodore design that was actually good, was it didn't make you fiddle with volume or tone controls. Too bad it was the slowest tape load

[@8_Bit]

I spent many days in early 2024 trying to get an Atari tape deck working but didn't manage to get it to 100% and thus no video was made. What a waste! I'm glad yours were successful!

[@CanadianRetroThings]

Funny, I just finished watching your video about the tape drive as an game controller! It's a tape deck kind of day!