A nice article here:

http://www.businessinsider.com...ck-right-now-2013-10

This is worth a quote to be put here from that page:

Boom boxes were to the '80s what absolutely no sound system is to us today (sigh).

Absolutely true!

Loved my Speak and spell, fun and educational too and with a few mods can be used to communicate with aliens, as seen in ET!