Calculators were far more common, all LED or VFD of course. The school actually had about a dozen Busicom calculators in the maths department....
So you have done the twin cassette decks and added a CD to your boombox. What next ? JVC thought the answer was twin CDs. this is their PC-XT3...
Back in 1977 there was a boy in the year below me into electronics who I referred to as "The Kid with the Digital Watch". In a school of 1200...
With Derek's recent posting of Sony catalogues I thought I had to add this too this thread. [ATTACH]...
They have played that a couple of times recently when the Wave105 "Golden Hour" has been 1977, with the DJ commenting that back then it sounded...
According to the BoE that is £1200 in 2019 money. I was going to say I have never spent such a large amount on an item that didn't have wheels or...
The C6 seemed to be very popular hence ending up with three. One of them ended up being worth a lot to my new boss in 1989. He was still in the...
There was a Sony dealer near college (which was where I bought my CFS-45L). I would often go in there to have a look at the latest products. Once...
I have commented on several forums how the people I bought my first house from in 1986 had a £600 Panasonic HiFi VCR in their £24000 house. The...
From the CDP-35 1986-87. https://www.hifiengine.com/manual_library/sony/cdp-35.shtml I agree with Machaneus in thanking you for posting these....
At £2600 in 2019 money I would hope so. When it was announced that our local Ice Rink was closing in 1995 I really wanted a camcorder to record...
I have that ICF-A8L clock radio on page 6 of your last post. I bought in a charity shop in about 1995 and actually used it quite a few years. It...
Sharp MR990 ? https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2008/09/01/the-bizarre-sharp-mr-990-synth-boombox/ Not full size keys, but the Casio CK500 ?...
Are people aware of this Japanese book ? [ATTACH]...
Thanks to both of you for that bit of history (although to me anything since the 1980s seems recent):old: Looking at the comparison chart I...
A nice video with plenty of background information and clips. Regarding the waterproofing it is unlikely that the radio will get that wet but...
Here is a boxed one in the USA....
I would guess the Sony speakers are something like these...
Unlike the $7000 Sanyo I think that is a sensible price.
I've never seen one, or even a UK advert or catalogue entry for one. Tablehooters took ages to track one down. I forgot to add a link to his...
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