[78-L] Early portable electric recording?

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bud Black" <banjobud at cfl.rr.com>
> Anybody ever hear of a wind-up tape recorder?  In 1959 I was interviewed 
> by
> a gentleman of the press who used a small tape recorder in which the
> sound/record system was battery operated, but the drive capstan and the 7"
> reels were spring driven.  I don't recall the manufacturer.
>
Back around 1970, there were Aiwa battery-powered "mini-tape-recorders!"
They were NOT "capstan-driven,? so that what you heard depended on the
battery voltage...!

Steven C. Barr