Realistic SCT-40 Cassette Deck

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This Realistic SCT-40 is a stereo cassette deck, it was first sold by Realistic in 1985 and discontinued 12 years later in 1997.

The main SCT-40 features are, tape type selection and capable of handling normal tapes.

Tape eject is operated mechanically and the cassette needs to be placed with the side to be played facing forward in the cassette well.

Historic events

1985 Video8 was introduced, the year that Sony introduced the Handycam, one of the first Video8 cameras.

1986 IBM-PC DOS Version 3.2 (updated) released.

1987 S-VHS (Super VHS) introduction in Japan, an improved version of the VHS standard for consumer video cassette recorders.

1988 Sony begins producing VHS recorders

1989 Introduction of Hi8 video format, an improvement of Video8

1990 Commodore announces the Amiga 3000 computer.

1991 The first digital 2G (Second Generation) cellular technology was launched by Radiolinja in Finland on the GSM standard

1992 Philips launched the DCC (Digital Compact Cassette) format

1993 Intel introduces the "Pentium" processing chip.

1994 Launch of Digital Video (DV), a digital video format that has since become a standard for home and semiprofessional video production.

1995 Ebay the online auction website was founded as AuctionWeb

1996 Introduction of the first smartphone, the Nokia 9000 Communicator which incorporated PDA functionality

1997 Start of the Nakamichi cassette deck resource on Geocities.com

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Realistic SCT-40 Cassette Deck

This Realistic SCT-40 is a stereo cassette deck, it was first sold by Realistic in 1985 and discontinued 12 years later in 1997.

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