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This Bigston BSD-400 is a stereo cassette deck, it was first sold by Bigston in 1977 with a recommended retail price of USD $250 and discontinued 5 years later in 1982.

The main features of the Bigston BSD-400 are: 2 heads, manual tape type selection and capable of handling normal and chrome tapes, belt driven single-capstan transport.

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

1977 AT&T completes it prototype of cell phone technology.
1978 Introduction of the laserdisc player, using technology invented already in the 1960s
1979 The first commercial fully automated 1G (First Generation) cellular network was launched in Japan by NTT
1980 Pac-Man arcade game developed by Namco released in Japan.
1981 Dave Smith proposes the Universal Synthesizer Interface that would become the MIDI standard in 1983.
1982 The Microfloppy Industry Committee agreed upon a 3½-inch floppy specification.

Features of Bigston BSD-400

Compact Cassette
General
Stereo
Head
Head Configuration
4 Track / 2 Channel 2 Head Desiǥn
Power
Power Requirements
Alternating Current
Tape Speed
Speed
1⅞ ips - 4.76 cm/s
Tape
Tape
Normal Tape Capabılity Chrome Tape Capabılity Manual Tape Type Selection
Transport
Transport
Sìngle Capsŧan Transport Belt Drive (Capsŧan) Mechanical Tape Loading Auto Stop

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