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Sony FX-300 Jackal: A technological marvel of the late 70s (2021)


I’m a child of the 1970s and I’m glad I never knew about the Sony FX-300 “Jackal 300.” It would have been the ultimate unobtainable machine of my dreams…this, even des…

I’m a child of the 1970s and I’m glad I never knew about the Sony FX-300 “Jackal 300.” It would have been the ultimate unobtainable machine of my dreams…this, even despite the lack of shortwave. A mini CRT television screen (to watch Voyagers!, Space 1999, G-Force, and Ultraman) Precision analog tuning Top-Mounted cassette player/recorder AM/FM reception Built-in speaker Earphone/Mic external ports And let’s face it: a killer design that smacks of the Apollo era (Kei Niigata, I’ll be terribly disappointed if I learn you’ve never owned one!)

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