Reliving My Early Days
RCA RP-1800A player, "Weird Al" Yankovic - Alapalooza
RCA RP-1800A player, "Weird Al" Yankovic - Alapalooza
I'm currently trying to repair an old radio I found on FB Marketplace, but I can't find the name/model number of it, making it impossible to find the schematics for it
Edit: Based on the Radio Stations, i was able to Date it roughly between 1957 to 1959.
Lots and lots of tapes!
1 empty 3”(?) reel 1 empty 5” reel 4 empty 7” reels 1 empty 10” reel
4 unused Ampex 456 10” tapes
1 Philips Tape kit (Knife and labels, green, red and white leadertape, white adhesive tape, switching foil)
3 Philips 7” tapes (1 normal, 1 Longplay, 1 Doubleplay) 1 Scotch Classic 7” tape 13 BASF 7” tapes 4 Kodak 7” tapes
2 Gevasonor 3” tapes 1 Philips 3” tape 1 Agfa 3” tape
1 5” tape made for EREF Electronics of Scandinavia 4 Philips 5” tapes (1 Longplay) 2 3M Scotch 5” tapes
2 5” tapes w/o box, very filthy 12 7” tapes w/o box, very filthy
Physical media is magnificent!
This beast is more modern, can play 10” reels , has 4 channels and weighs an absolute ton!
A 7 inch single! If you grew up with The Muppets you know what song this is…
Do you have any cool vintage formats lying around? Show them off!
Dear lord this format is expensive. This will have to be the last on this format for the year!