Sorting out a box of valves, to try and find something, To my surprise, underneath the box I found a Sony Diskman. Even though I worked for Sony, I never actually owned one.
Honestly don’t remember ever seeing it before. Must’ve been in with the valves, and got overlooked. It had 20-year-old alkaline batteries in it, which had leaked all over the place.
Miraculously the leakage had missed the circuitboard.
Lots of cleaning up with vinegar, the contacts were back to almost perfect.
Lots of polish, plastic polish and a service and all is well again.
I’m quite pleased I now own a minty one by accident. 🙂