And here ends my series on Casio keyboards with inbuilt tape decks, with perhaps the most useful of these devices, (though I will amend my earlier post on KX101 - it IS much finer than I guessed), the CK-500.

Close inspection reveals that this is indeed a Casio MT-65/68 with twin tape decks and a radio! The 65 controls have been shrunk, retaining full functionality - this aint no crippled mutant casio.

And what is so special about the MT-65? Nothing much, except it is THE definitive 80’s Casio - a mighty beast with full accompaniement options, the full gamut of vowel consonent generated tones, ability to modulate the vowel and the consonent tones against each other to create new sounds and the finest reverb that has ever graced a home keyboard.

The MT-65, or rather the brown version the MT-68, is what CasioNova straps on when he appears in public, and here it is with TWIN tapedecks. In fact this thing lets you also listen to Radio National - combining several of my favourite activities in one, the CK-500 lets you lay down some fat riffs to Philip Adam’s raps.

Not exactly a portable, the CK-500 is mains powered and twin speakered - still with a nice fat strap it would be possible to strap it on.