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Panasonic Portable Cassette Tape Recorder RQ-2103 Japan Made, 1985 Number of Transistors Semiconductors present. Main principle Audio-Amplification Wave bands - without Details Cassette-Recorder or -Player Power type and voltage Batteries / addl. power jack / 4 x 1,5; 6 Volt Loudspeaker Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 3 inch = 7.6 cm Material Plastics (no bakelite or catalin) from Radiomuseum.org Model: Portable Cassette Tape Recorder RQ-2103 - Panasonic, Matsushita, Shape Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains) Dimensions (WHD) 139 x 52 x 250 mm / 5.5 x 2 x 9.8 inch Notes Panasonic Portable Cassette Tape Recorder Model RQ-2103. Auto Stop, One Touch Recording, Quick Review, Built-in Condenser Mic. SlimLine Design. Made in Singapore. Acessory: AC Adaptor Panasonic RP-65A (AC120V - DC6V). Optional: Car Adaptor Panasonic RP-698 Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg) 0.930 kg / 2 lb 0.8 oz (2.048 lb) Panasonic Corporation was founded in 1918 in Osaka, Japan as Matsushita Electric Housewares Manufacturing Works. Numerous other Matsushita companies were founded, spun off, re-acquired and merged in the course of the years. In 2013, most of them are consolidated under Panasonic. Headquarters in 2013: Panasonic Corporation 1006, Oaza Kadoma, Kadoma-shi Osaka 571-8501, Japan Panasonic is considered the biggest company in Japan for electric household supply. Brands: National, National Panasonic, Panasonic, Technics. They have numerous production facilities and subsidiaries around the world. The history of Panasonic, formerly Matsushita, dates back to a small shop in Osaka where Konosuke Matsushita, along with his wife and brother-in-law Toshio Iue, started manufacturing light sockets. Matsushita Electric Housewares Manufacturing Works was established in 1918 and underwent several name changes, becoming Matsushita Electric Manufacturing Works in 1929. In 1931, Matsushita formed the joint venture Kokudo Electric to produce radios, taking control of it later that year. The company faced challenges but eventually developed a successful 3-tube radio set in 1931. Matsushita expanded internationally by setting up an export department and printing catalogs in English in the same year. By 1935, the company produced 600 different products, and exports grew with the establishment of Matsushita Electric Trading Co. In 1935, Matsushita entered the television industry, launching their own TV R&D department and creating a prototype TV set in 1938. During World War II, Matsushita became Japan's largest radio manufacturer. In 1952, Matsushita Electronics Corporation was established in collaboration with Philips, and the first Matsushita TV receiver was introduced. The National brand, registered in 1925, became prominent in 1959, while Panasonic was established for the US market in 1955. Until around 1985, equipment in Europe was sold under the National brand, and Matsushita combined National and Panasonic in branding. Technics, introduced in 1965 for high-end speakers, became a well-established brand in the Hi-Fi market. Matsushita acquired companies like JVC, National Storage Battery Co., and National Electric Lamp Co. In 2003, the global brand was unified as Panasonic, leading to changes in regional product brands. The company officially became Panasonic Corporation in 2008, and in 2012, the Sanyo brand, founded by Toshio Iue, was phased out.