"Sigi Rindler" <srindler@da2.so-net.ne.jp> wrote in message
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>I might get a huge transcription job (listening to tape and typing the
>text). My old but heavy-duty Sony machine is beyond repair.
>
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> Sony has two models (BM-87DST and BM-850T2). I haven't succeeded in
> locating these machines here in Japan and guess that they might use
> different model numbers.
> Does anybody know where to look for?
> The BM-87DST uses normal audio tapes.
>


The 87DST is there (Shinjuku Nishiguchi Honten and Multimedia Akiba), not
cheap though...

http://www.yodobashi.com/enjoy/more/i/cat_1045_125_1439528_11634626/1234832.html

Try http://www.ecat.sony.co.jp/pdf.cfm for the other one.

HTH