It's a Philips 'Continental 100'. Pre compact-cassette, it has cute 4" (max) tape reels visible on the top under clear plastic cover. It works fine, the only problem is that crack in clear plastic as seen in picture.

I'm glad I found one, for $10, as it brings back memories of the early 60s when an older kid I knew had left school, got a job, turned into a Bodgy, showing one of these off at a Milk Bar in Brisbane's Boondocks (Hemmant/Tingalpa.)

Owner's manual has circuit: Unit only needs six transistors to accomplish mic/head preamp, push pull output, and bias osc. The output transistors, OC72s, also function as a strong bias osc (33 kilocycles) in record mode.

A seventh transistor, an OC70, is wired as a diode (collector-base linked) for the Record-level meter rectifier. Since Mullard/Philips transistors were handmade and expensive back then, thus the low transistor count, one wonders why they "wasted" a transistor for a small signal rectifier when a crystal diode would have done?

I suppose the transistors were about 10 plus years old at this stage.
And the bean counters wanted to reduce stocks.
I remember buying my first OC44 around 1959, one pound nineteen shillings.
About $4.00, more than my weekly paper run wage at the time.
JJ

I received a Philips electronics kit for Xmas when I was 11 years old.

Three germanium transistors. AC 126 X2 AC 128 X1 Blew them up methodically while learning electronics. No wonder they were nicknamed
'Geronimos".

Silicon transistors were a gift from heaven for a fumbling novice like myself. BC108's were the best, very forgiving (within limits)

What I remember most about the Philips kit were the shiny new aqua blue electros and the bright coloured resistor bands.

Photo uploaded.

Aka EL3585?

https://reel-reel.com/tape-recorder/philips-el-3585/

With steel motor & chassis + six D cells weight is 8.2 lbs, like a Bowling ball

"Aka EL3585? https://reel-reel.com/tape-recorder/philips-el-3585/"

This link leads to another link regarding an earlier iteration of these where they mention "Die Diode OA91 wurde ersetzt durch einen als Diode geschalteten OC70." (we know where in the circuit.)

As I previously mentioned this makes no sense....until we recall a peculiarity of the early sixties: the marketing ploy of manufacturers bragging about the number of transistors in their radios, generating an Arms Race to up the transistor count (the Japanese in particular playing this game.) There was even some analysis at the time with engineering critics pointing out redundant circuit tricks to up the count. Looks like Philips were drawn into this also

It was no different to buying a car back in the day. Usually, cars come with one engine choice now but back in the 1970s you could opt for one of five different engines if you grabbed yourself the legendary, Bathurst-winning Torana. A 2 litre four, 2.8 or 3.3 litre six or a 4.2 or 5 litre V8. So everyone from nuns and bowling teams right up to rev-heads wanting to impress their mates and everyone in between had a Torana to suit their needs. The more litres under the bonnet, the higher the bragging rights.

A husband who bought his wife a radio that had eight transistors and a six inch speaker to replace a five transistor model with a tinny four inch speaker probably kept his place at the head of the table.

On Torana: I did photo work for a car magazine. The Editor had a moribund hatred of them. Unless it was a real wow, ever boy racer had one thought it was fabulous when in reality nothing was fact as they were just as common as a flock of thousands of Cockatoos.

The Opel engine was a worry: Gutless wonder a far as I was concerned. I had a run in with one privileged idiot one day travelling between Wangaratta & Wodonga. Mum & I were in the 1958 Zephyr which I had just recently repaired for having the audacity to blow a head gasket.

This clown obviously saw us gaining on him and was doing everything possible to stop us passing him. Unfortunately he did not know that a Zephyr is designed to run at 70mph all day on an English motorway and has a big capacity radiator. So I sat behind him ensuring that he had to maintain a speed to stay ahead. Very quickly I realised that the thing had an Opel motor, as it was hot day and the traces of smoke from the exhaust were a dead giveaway that it was getting seriously hot.

I did try a couple of passing manoeuvres To maintain interest as, I knew there was a hill coming up and that would be his downfall, whilst I hung back. When he hit the hill, that was the end of his power as the engine by the smoke had nothing left and being a moron he would not understand this and his arrogant stupidity. Meanwhile Zephyr was quite happy with no concerns, as all was 100%.

Just before the Crest (dual lane) at the point he was likely realising he was in trouble and falling back, I moved on him with ease & Mum was laughing at the look on his face, as the Zephyr cut him down with more to spare and left him in its wake.

Hopefully that taught him an expensive lesson, that road rage has ramifications. Zephyr engine must be getting tired, but its still on first life.

How about the Holden-assembled Vauxhall Viva?

I didn't think much of the Opel 1.9 though though the Holden 2 litre was exactly that - a 2 litre engine which later saw service in the Commodore (bad choice due to the Commodore's weight and the Toyota Corona. I drove a couple of 3.3s and a 4.2 and a Premier 3.3 S block before shifting to Commodore wagons. I found the Toranas cheap to run but too small for my 6 foot 3 frame. They were great cars and I loved the bench seats and wished Holden still made them. My first Commodore was also a bench seat with a column shift. Still great to drive but a shit transmission.