Sabamobil was a magnetic tape audio cartridge format made by

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that came to the market in 1964. It used already-available four-track ¼ inch tape on 3-inch reels (7.62 cm), with two

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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 A tape head is a type of transducer used in tape recorders to convert electrical signals to magnetic fluctuations and vice versa. They can also be used to read credit/debit/gift cards because the strip of magnetic tape on the back of a credit card ...

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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AM- broadcast 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 Compact Cassette 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 for playback or to be typed into print. It includes digital voice recorders and tape recorder. The name "Dictaphone" is a trademark of the company of the same n ...

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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

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Techmoan Matthew "Mat" Taylor, better known by his channel's name Techmoan, is a YouTuber and blogger active since May 2009, featuring consumer tech reviews and retrotech documentaries about technology of historical interest. Apart from reviews and te ...

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

at Radiomuseum

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