A very corporate film about Sony's factory in Wales. [MEDIA] This is where most Raspberry Pi computers are made. An example of what a modern,...
The English version of the advert is already on the first page. However while looking for it in Practical Electronics I was surprised at the...
I can believe 1978 as the silver is so 1970s. By the 1980s black was the in colour. Some good information on the Boombox wiki...
Here is a cheap fun item people in the U.K. should be able to get for less than the price of a coffee. I was in T.K. Maxx (the same company as...
After hours of work and a set of JIS screwdrivers, and "Tacky Wax" (good tip from a camera forum) to get the last screw in it is all back...
Have a fiddle around on the marked connector to see which bits move. To me it looks as if the bare wires at the end of the cable might be gripped...
No. I had some video tapes with a similar "Lifetime Guarantee" and was speculating what they would do if you sent one back. My best guess is that...
This is what the general public were buying from the Sears catalogue [ATTACH] I would guess the Sony would be bought by a) The type of person...
Loads more pictures here https://epepnet.co.uk/ As background, if you bought a transitor radio in Britain in the 1960s there was about a 50%...
One much closer to home. This is where Philips designed and made their first CD player chipsets. It is actually where I now work, but for a...
A photo of myself at the Sony Headquarters back in 2006. I believe they have moved since. No I didn't visit. It was half way between our hotel and...
Here are some more general pictures https://world.casio.com/corporate/history/chapter01/ I remember a kid at school showing off his Father's LC78...
I wonder how many people know that Bentley cars are made by the same company as my wife's Skoda. I doubt if they share any parts though. That...
Do you have an oscilloscope. The cheapest eBay special would allow you to trace the signal and find where you lose it. Am I right that models like...
Years ago I saw a TV programme about how Swatch saved the Swiss watch industry which was slow to adopt quartz. They asked the CEO of Swatch what...
I found a pretty cool website showing historic Casio watches https://casioau.com/pages/casio-watches-history Fifty years since they released...
They have actually been part of the same company since 1985. https://zealande.com/blogs/we-talk-about-watch-models/who-owns-omega-watches In fact...
Items are worth what people are prepared to pay at the time. I do believe that there is a "nostalgia wave" which will probably fall back in a few...
I have been looking in Practical Wireless and elsewhere. The first thing I found is bizarre. A Cassette Tuner pack from 1968 predating the Walkman...
If you have a scrap hard disk (of the spinning rust type) they contain very powerful magnets.
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