Sabamobil was a magnetic tape audio cartridge format made by SABA that came to the market in 1964. It used already-available four-track ¼

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tape on 3-inch reels (7.62 cm), with two mono channels per side, using a tape speed of 3¾ ips (9.5 cm/s), and was compatible with

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except the against remove secured ends of the tape in the reel. The cartridge could be opened without the need of any tools by removing two holding clamps. Tape head and capstan were placed between the reels.Techmoan
Forgotten Format: The Sabamobil
YouTube, 22 June 2017 In the US, the player was offered for (equivalent to $ in ), a cassette was (equivalent to $ in ), and the adapter for installation in car was (equivalent to $ in ). The model TK-R12 also had an builtin

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receiver and could also be operated portable with five D-type batteries. The drive assembly had no drive belts. It appeared in the following year of the introduction of the

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and lost its market shares soon to 8-track and Compact Cassette, which both came in smaller cartridges. A similar technique to reuse standard 3-inch reels was the design of the

dictation machine A dictation machine is a sound recording device most commonly used to record Speech communication, speech for playback or to be typed into print. It includes digital voice recorders and tape recorder. The name "Dictaphone" is a trademark of the ...

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Norelco EL3581'', but with rearranged tracks and slower tape speed.Philips EL 3581 (1958 – early 1960s)
Museum Of Obsolete Media, retrieved 26 June 2017

External links

* Techmoan
Forgotten Format: The Sabamobil
YouTube, 22 June 2017
A picture gallery of the Sabamobil
at Dampfradioforum

at Radiomuseum Rottenburg an der Laaber

References

{{Use dmy dates, date=October 2017 Consumer electronics Tape recording Discontinued media formats