Panasonic Portable Cassette Recorder RQ2100

you may have seen a portable 8-track tape player  from the 1970s made by panasonic that's often   called dynamite or tnt because of the unique shape  of its handle that doubles for carrying it around   and changing tracks and that's a very popular  and collectible piece of vintage portable audio   equipment ones in pristine conditions  can sell for several hundred dollars here i have the cassette counterpart to the  dynamite 8-track player from panasonic this   was their take 'n tape portable cassette recorder  model rq-711s it was made from around 1973 to 1975   and it was advertised together with the dynamite  8-track player and just like the dynamite 8-track   player it was available in multiple colors  blue yellow red and white color i have here i found this one in a thrift store and the only  thing i had to do to get it working is to clean   out old battery corrosion once i did tha