So this is something i have been wondering about a looooong time.
How did the companies back then name and number their models?
I mean some are pretty clear:
RC: RadioreCorder or something I guess
SCR: Stereo Cassette Radio
...
...
But then there are some I stumble about:
QT: Does that mean like cu-tie for mini boombox?
RX: R might be radio but X?
PC: Does that mean 3-PieCer?
And then the weirdest one:
GF....what the heck? The only thing I know that GF is short for is girlfriend. Where the Sharp designers THAT lonely?
And the letters are not enough - what about the numbers?
Okay, there is the GF-555, GF-666, GF-777, GF-999. Where is the GF-888 and the GF-111 - GF-444? Are those the mysterious Sharp prototypes that were never released?
And how did they come up with 9696? Why not only 96?
I get the Conion idea. 100 sounds cool. So does GF-1000.
But how on earth would Clairtone name it 7879 (I think that is what it is)? Is there anything that says less about it? Why that number?
And where is the JVC M-100?
So basically what I am asking is if any of you have ever wondered about that, too or if some of you maybe actually have an idea what that stuff means and where it comes from. 
I would be really interested.
How did the companies back then name and number their models?
I mean some are pretty clear:
RC: RadioreCorder or something I guess
SCR: Stereo Cassette Radio
...
...
But then there are some I stumble about:
QT: Does that mean like cu-tie for mini boombox?
RX: R might be radio but X?
PC: Does that mean 3-PieCer?
And then the weirdest one:
GF....what the heck? The only thing I know that GF is short for is girlfriend. Where the Sharp designers THAT lonely?
And the letters are not enough - what about the numbers?
Okay, there is the GF-555, GF-666, GF-777, GF-999. Where is the GF-888 and the GF-111 - GF-444? Are those the mysterious Sharp prototypes that were never released?
And how did they come up with 9696? Why not only 96?
I get the Conion idea. 100 sounds cool. So does GF-1000.
But how on earth would Clairtone name it 7879 (I think that is what it is)? Is there anything that says less about it? Why that number?
And where is the JVC M-100?
So basically what I am asking is if any of you have ever wondered about that, too or if some of you maybe actually have an idea what that stuff means and where it comes from.
I would be really interested.
