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This Realistic SCT-43 is a stereo cassette deck, it was first sold by Realistic in 1985 and discontinued 12 years later in 1997.

The features of the SCT-43 include, tape type selection and capable of handling normal and chrome 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.

Compact Cassette

Historic events

1985 Sony and Philips produced the standard for Compact Disc Read Only Memory (CD-ROM) computer discs that would use the same laser technology as the audio CD.
1986 IEC (60094-7) standard on magnetic tape sound recording and reproducing systems
1987 The brand AKAI is no longer used and is replaced by A&D in Japan when merged by Mitsubishi
1988 NeXT Introduction - the Introduction to the NeXT Generation of Computers for Education
1989 Commodore announces that 1 million Amiga computers have been sold.
1990 Release of Photoshop 1.0 for Macintosh computers by Adobe.
1991 Invention of the MP3 digital audio format
1992 The Atari 2600 is finally discontinued 15 years after its introduction in September 1977
1993 The first graphical program able to view data on the "web" is released through a program called Mosaic
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 MultiMediaCard (MMC) flash memory memory card standard unveiled by Siemens AG and SanDisk

Features of Realistic SCT-43

Compact Cassette
General
Stereo
Head
Head Configuration
4 Track / 2 Channel
Tape Speed
Speed
1⅞ ips - 4.76 cm/s
Tape
Tape
Normal Tape Capabılity Chrome Tape Capabılity
Transport
Transport
Mechanical Tape Loading

Similar to Realistic SCT-43 from the period 1985 - 1997