QT-50 Cassette Recorder This portable tape player and recorder by William Lansing Plum for Sharp, released in 1985, also played AM/FM radio. The colorful pastel shell and control buttons nodded to an emerging—and enduring—trend: electronics as personal fashion accessory. Photo 9 of 10 in July/Aug. 2016 faves by Tim Vienckowski from Remember When TVs Looked Like This?

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QT-50 Cassette Recorder
This portable tape player and recorder by William Lansing Plum for Sharp, released in 1985, also played AM/FM radio. The colorful pastel shell and control buttons nodded to an emerging—and enduring—trend: electronics as personal fashion accessory.