Since @overmodulated was interested in Woolworths this song owes its existence to their record buyer who said that if Stock Aitkin and Waterman...
Here is information on the German stores https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolworth_Deutschland The U.K. stores lasted until 2009. One of the...
If the date is correct coudn't Hitachi claim "prior art" over the StereoBelt (although of course we will never know if Mister Rabbit has a mono or...
You should find a means of formatting any drive up to 2TB in FAT32. Back in the Windows XP days it was just an option in the drive formatting box....
1990 and Woolworths are pushing blank cassettes as the ideal gift (again) [ATTACH] On the subject of Woolworths I was in Poland last week and...
Was 1993 Peak Gadget ? [ATTACH]
More expensive pocket TVs from 1991. Like I said in another thread teenagers were earning and average of £12.70 a week back then.
Sticking with 1991 and Dixons (which were high street Camera and Electronics stores) want you to buy your Christmas presents there. [ATTACH]...
In the 20th Century Boots (now back to being a Chemist owned by Walgreens) has aspirations to be a department store, as shown by this adverts from...
I haven't but I have seen a few pictures. To me the obvious starting point would be a car stereo (plenty to pick from) and a 12V power tool...
Traditionally Stylophones have used a stylus (hence the name). Both the Omnichord and Toshiba use finger resistance so even the thinnest gloves...
Friday and Saturday in the early 1990s seem to be best for adverts. I wonder how much money Dixons made on those portable CD players ? [ATTACH]...
When the future becomes retro. I actually had a play on an Omnichord back in the 1980s. I recall that they seemed expensive compared to Casio...
I recall going to a HiFi show around then and one stand had a "mobile" decoration made from about fifty CDs hanging from the top of their stand. I...
You could play the £3.99 adverts one or any other pre-recorded cassette. Probably no better than in a £30 Sony WM22 but you could. I have always...
Saturday 13th November 1993 and the big U.K. retailers are advertising heavily with two page spreads Comet have managed to cover three of our...
Win a portable DCC player. Unfortunately the offer closed in December 1993 [ATTACH]
My only encounter with DAT tapes was these. I think they turned up in a pile of junk donated to the Ham Radio Club. No use to me or anyone else...
For some reason the words "ITT Radio" immediately made me think of "Pony". I was right https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/226139236511 They must have been...
I just realised the Sony is "active matrix" so basically like all LCDs used for video today. How many people remember the dreadful "dual scan"...
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