24.06.2023, 19:22
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The first existing BASF Chromdioxid was introduced at the 1971 radio exhibition (Funkausstellung) and then sold in the grey KK8 library/mailing boxes only. The boxes were sealed with a foil bearing the same design which was printed onto paper j-cards for regular snap pack boxes about a year later.
On this page, you can see the first official Chrome line-up from BASF:
http://agfabasf.com/catalog/basf/basf-1971-us/
Or do you have an even earlier one, a prototype or similar? One thing there is, sometimes the C-120's came with one of the shell halves made in clear plastic and without labels. These were mainly for demonstrating the then new SM tape guides. First picture in this posting:
https://tonbandforum.de/showthread.php?t...3#pid59353
(The other side looks exactly as the regular black ones with silver labels; only that the screws are on side 1 instead of side 2 as on all other German BASF cassettes of that time.)
Best regads
Martin
The first existing BASF Chromdioxid was introduced at the 1971 radio exhibition (Funkausstellung) and then sold in the grey KK8 library/mailing boxes only. The boxes were sealed with a foil bearing the same design which was printed onto paper j-cards for regular snap pack boxes about a year later.
On this page, you can see the first official Chrome line-up from BASF:
http://agfabasf.com/catalog/basf/basf-1971-us/
Or do you have an even earlier one, a prototype or similar? One thing there is, sometimes the C-120's came with one of the shell halves made in clear plastic and without labels. These were mainly for demonstrating the then new SM tape guides. First picture in this posting:
https://tonbandforum.de/showthread.php?t...3#pid59353
(The other side looks exactly as the regular black ones with silver labels; only that the screws are on side 1 instead of side 2 as on all other German BASF cassettes of that time.)
Best regads
Martin