Great work and story!

good advice about recording with a bad pinch roller

I bought a new 170 model in the 90s and barely used it. The optical output wasn't working, and I took off the bottom cover to see what would happen. To my surprise I found two shorted welds. I fixed it and was able to transfer the SPDIF audio to the PC. In 2018 I looked to see if it worked, but no. I decided to change the strap. I opened it very carefully and found a similar square belt to change it. After reassembling it and charging the battery I was able to verify that it worked correctly in both digital and analog. Last week I wanted to try it with a DC tape and "power ON" appears and then "Power OFF" and then it turns off. It was no use recharging the old 4.8V NiCd battery or directly with the external power supply. I doubt the strap has broken again, but I'm afraid of having to open it again...The plastic exterior is sticky.

Brilliant!

Hi I have a question,please. I bought a philips WFD792 hifi unit but unfortunately it came with WFD798 speakers and sub through which we can connect the surround speakers system. The issue is the the WFD792 doesn't have a DIN out socket to connect the sub. What can I do in this case? Thanks in advance

Were all portable DCC players that bulky? The old analogue portable Compact Cassette players were much more compact than that by 1996.

What an incredibly fiddly business. Even DAT is fiddly enough.