Mattel made some cool stuff. Check out the Optigan [MEDIA] A Rompler from before the invention of ROM ICs.
Did you check out the prices ? I would guess the Sony Radio would still fetch a decent price. In fact proof that it does and more pictures....
The car was 1984 but fitting the stereo was in 1996. Another activity was filling in all the rust holes in the front valance with plastic padding....
Another thing that has lapsed into history is the ritual of fitting a Radio Cassette in the new girlfriends car. I did that three times. If I say...
Both my 1970s Fords would have had plenty of room, with room the full width of the car under the dashboard. In my MK1 Ford Escort there was plenty...
I found this quite interesting https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/mannerisms/memory-lane/jolly-little-doddle-2019-06/#comment-1193407 In...
The page shown is from the 2002 Argos catalogue. I didn't see your Philips in the years before or after. For completeness here are the other...
The only 21st century Philips equipment I have had was a DVD player which seemed OK while I was using it. At work we have a load of fairly old...
For £1 I would have snapped that up. In fact I am still in that mode with twentieth century calculators. On sale in the Argos Winter 2002...
In the 20th century LEDs weren't really bright enough for backlighting, so if it was fitted manufacturers used power hungry and failure prone...
Some interesting old leaflets there. In the 1980s my Father, who collected tin toys, bought quite a lot that were made in China. The style of the...
Browsing through Google Pictures, this one...
It is a fact that Technics scrapped all the SL1200 turntable tooling when they decided that Vinyl was dead - just before it became fashionable...
Are you familiar with Techmoan's Youtube channel ? He like illuminated meters and displays. [MEDIA]
The Crosley reminded me that Aldi have got a Boombox (or probably more realistically a Squeakbox) in again. The graphics are different to last...
In the UK listening to Police Communications (or anything else other than broadcasts and amateurs) was always technically illegal despite the fact...
[ATTACH] I recently found this in the loft. Not a very special cassette player being nearly all plastic, but it is one of only two cassette...
Almost the same as the ICF 5500M (which has Marine Band instead of PSB) I found at the local car boot sale....
It probably sounds far better than any modern flat screen TV, and better than a lot of the sound-bars sold to go with them.
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