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Busselton Historical Society > Records

Microcassette Dictator - Sony

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Sony

c. 1980

Overview

Item A: Microcassette Recorder
Item B: Soft brown pouch (case)
Item C: Microcassette

Historical information

The Sony BM-510 is a handheld microcassette recorder/dictaphone, known for its durable all-metal build, long play mode, and use in transcription. Powered by AAA batteries or an adapter. Main advantage was being small enough to fit in a shirt pocket.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-124-2026.007

Item type

Office Equipment

Themes

Material

Inscriptions and markings

On device: "Sony BM-510 Micro Dictator. Microcassette Dictator. Made in Japan. Serial No. 13973"
On cassette: "MC-30BM. Sony. For Business Memo Use. Japan. Microcassette. Side A"

Contextual information

A microcassette recorder is a small, portable analog device for recording voice, using tiny microcassette tapes about half the size of standard audio cassettes. Designed primarily for dictation, memos, and answering machines due to their portability and slower speeds,

Keywords

Place made

Japan

Year

Primary significance criteria

Social or spiritual significance

Last modified

Wednesday, 7 January, 2026

Completeness

100

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