This cassette deck was introduced in 1979 by an Austrian company that was best known for their film camera products: eumig (Elektrizitats Und Metallwaren Industrie Gesellschaft mbH. in Wien)
Excellence both in engineering and styling combine in the Eumig FL-1000 to create a cassette deck with unexcelled performance, versatility, and elegance. The front-loading, microprocessor-controlled tape transport features Eumig's exclusive opto-electronic servo system and a sophisticated 3-head esign that lets you monitor directly from tape as it is recorded. Built-in test facilities permit optimizing performance for every tape type and brand, including the new metal-alloy formulations. Eumig innovation developed the opto-electronic capstan servo-control system used in the FL-1000. Traditional flywheels respond slowly and may induce rumble. The lightweight Eumig disc, with its 2500 precisely-spaced, photo-etched radii, on the other hand, produces 15,000 pulses per second as the capstan rotates. By comparing the counted pulse-rate against a fixed reference, instantaneous speed-correction signals can be applied to the capstan within microseconds, helping lower the wow and flutter to a mere 0.035% WRMS.
The FL-1000 incorporates not only the usual 3-position "bias/equalization" switch but also a built-in Computest facility that provides individual adjustments for sensitivity and bias for cassettes of each type. When the Computest switch is engaged, normal machine inputs are bypassed, and the letter "t" appears on the digital readout. A 400Hz test tone is used to set sensitivity for proper Dolby level, and a combined 400/14,000Hz tone permits bias adjustment for a flat frequency response across the entire audio range. Both test positions use a Balance Scope, consisting of two LEDs which flash equally and alternately when the correct setting is achieved.
Unique among audio components, the Eumig FL-1000 cassette deck can be directly interfaced with almost all 8-bit computer systems (1979), such as the Commodore "Pet", Apple II, Radio Shack, etc. With the multi-machine control program, up to 16 FL-1000's can be individually controlled, simultaneously or sequentially, for any mode and any section of any tape. You can control each and every function of the FL-1000 including record, play, stop, rewind, fast forward, load counter, load memory, go to and many more. While the multi-machine control program will probably find principal use in commercial applications such as broadcast station or discotheques, even the owner of a home computer will appreciate index program facility that computer interface with FL-1000 provides. Under computer direction, the titles and locations of up to 15 selection per cassette side can be digitally recorded by the FL-1000 (subject, of course, to user change) on the first few seconds of each side of your cassette. In this way, by merely inserting a programmed cassette in the FL-1000 and punching a few buttons on the computer, you can read out its contents on a CRT and instruct the FL-1000 to play the selections you wish to hear in any order - with, for example, a "rewind" command at the end of your musical menu.