How many of you are old enough to know what these are for?

[Perknose]

Not so hard to find when they are in my daily driver.

Had a couple meself. A turd brown '63 Monza coupe with that performance tuned 2 speed Powerglide (my very first car) and later, a beautiful red 1966 Monza convertible with a four speed, a white top, aftermarket dual exhausts on the 140hp engine, and those signature Corvair oil leaks!

 

[feralkid]

I miss the warming up of the tubes.

I'm not saying anything.

 

[feralkid]

Anyone have those Flexi records? They were square, flexible records in books. As recent as the '90s Thompson was sending those out as demos for their Vocal Eliminator.

I remember National Geographic had "the song of the humpback whale" in square, tear-out format.

If you played it at 78 it sounded like Bluegrass.

 

[dawp]

My first 45 was this song as it was just released in 4th grade.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoRa-S8mckI

I used to 'rip' album sides from the radio onto reel-to-reel.

this was my first 45, got it free with purchase at a WELLS dept. store back in the early 70's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqZhM75aGMg

 

[PsiStar]

Are there still roller rinks around?

somehow I missed this part of the thread. And this seems like a perfect response for the one at sea .... or where ever.

Where a couple of my younger friends work off their ... steam ... ?

http://www.myspace.com/mollyrogerrollergirls

Actually they are "pretty" organized & get involved in charity ... don't think I want to cross one on the rink tho.

 

[sdifox]

I remember Zenith TV integrating phone into the tv.

That was phenomenal, especially since there was also a remote.

Wait, it was a Westinghouse... I think...

 

[PsiStar]

Heathkits!! OMG ... Heathkit was bought by Zenith (I am pretty sure). That TV was a Heathkit & I sooo almost bought it! I had built a few things for others ... people that had more money than time & I was kid with more time than money.:\

 

[dennilfloss]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml1696pN-yE

Ah hell...someone already beat me to it!

fuck it...I'm leaving it in for the extra torture.

Some of us still like Melanie.

 

[dennilfloss]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQwKDijLqyg

Many thanks, Perk, for this link.:thumbsup:

 

[dennilfloss]

I was 12yo. Love this song.^_^

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iuy7-c38Z6M

 

[shortylickens]

Ahh the good old days. I miss the 80's, having a turntable and a laserdisc in the same room.

 

[Gillbot]

Had the tape drive, speech synthesizer and everything!

 

[lxskllr]

Pic Clipped

Had the tape drive, speech synthesizer and everything!

This was my first computer. I had a Commodore color monitor, printer, and 51/4 floppy drive. The graphics capabilities amazed me at the time :^D

 

[sdifox]

Had the tape drive, speech synthesizer and everything!

That was an upgraded model. I was playing with TI86/a back in the days. No reset button, you can buy a module, or just pound it near the power switch

 

[Rubycon]

Tape drives that took regular audio cassettes. They were fun to put in a boom box and crank up the volume. Everyone in the neighborhood heard the screams! Luckily "full range" speakers with whizzer cones are more tolerant of such abuse than a two way with a little tweeter than can handle 1/2W square wave power.

 

[ebaycj]

Dude, you're missing out. Fried Spam and eggs is the shit. I love the stuff.

Is it really better than a nice piece of fried Ham ?

No.

 

[sdifox]

Tape drives that took regular audio cassettes. They were fun to put in a boom box and crank up the volume. Everyone in the neighborhood heard the screams! Luckily "full range" speakers with whizzer cones are more tolerant of such abuse than a two way with a little tweeter than can handle 1/2W square wave power.

When I got my Apple ][ (first one in the city), it did not have a dedicated tape drive. so we tried every cassette player we had, starting with the best decks. None worked. The computer didn't respond til we used the cheapest car deck we had. Turns out the better cassette players were filtering out some noises

 

[Rubycon]

When I got my Apple ][ (first one in the city), it did not have a dedicated tape drive. so we tried every cassette player we had, starting with the best decks. None worked. The computer didn't respond til we used the cheapest car deck we had. Turns out the better cassette players were filtering out some noises

Sounds like they had Dolby Noise Reduction.

That was one of the biggest issues with recording FM stereo broadcasts - the lack of a proper MPX filter. This was to remove the pilot tones (typically inaudible around 19kHz) which were sent to tell the receiver to switch to stereo mode.

If this narrowband signal is in place it will cause the Dolby circuits to mistrack wreaking havoc with your highs.

 

[sdifox]

Sounds like they had Dolby Noise Reduction.

That was one of the biggest issues with recording FM stereo broadcasts - the lack of a proper MPX filter. This was to remove the pilot tones (typically inaudible around 19kHz) which were sent to tell the receiver to switch to stereo mode.

If this narrowband signal is in place it will cause the Dolby circuits to mistrack wreaking havoc with your highs.

Yeap. DNR was doing a number on the signal.

 

[lxskllr]

Is it really better than a nice piece of fried Ham ?

No.

I'd rather have Spam than ham.

 

[Rubycon]

Remember these?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjqTltTgsPA&

I had one even older than this - the laugh was funnier and the record could be flipped over. The other side played a bird which really didn't make a lot of sense.

 

[lxskllr]

Remember these?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjqTltTgsPA&

I had one even older than this - the laugh was funnier and the record could be flipped over. The other side played a bird which really didn't make a lot of sense.

Oh yea. I never had one, but it was one of those things you'd see around every so often :^)

 

[Rubycon]

The same record player was used for Alf's voice here!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DICd9AwMfBw

Only phrase missing in this video is "Let's go check out the fridge!"

Yeah I had one too. (1990) :$

 

[SparkyJJO]

I'm only 22 but I remember those adapters.

 

[lxskllr]

The same record player was used for Alf's voice here!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DICd9AwMfBw

Only phrase missing in this video is "Let's go check out the fridge!"

Yeah I had one too. (1990) :$

:^D

That technology lasted a pretty long time. My daughter had a toy phone as a baby, and it had a record inside that played the sounds. I was kind of amazed when I opened it up. This was some time after 1998. I would have thought they'd be using something a little more modern. I guess if it works, it works eh?