The iPod of its day.

Onkel Neal · 07-15-09, 12:42 PM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8117619.stm
Giving up my iPod for a Walkman

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It took me three days to figure out that there was another side to the tape.

Kids!!

Yes, I still have my old cassette player and the foamish type of belt bag I used in the '80s and '90s. I got pretty good at changing cassettes while riding my Suzuki...only lost a few

A cassette could hold 18 songs, now my iPod shuffle holds 800 !

AVGWarhawk · 07-15-09, 12:46 PM

Yes, the simpler days. The biggest question was to use TDK or Maxell cassettes for recording your music.

UnderseaLcpl · 07-15-09, 01:31 PM

Did this kid actually write this article? If so, he's got a lot of potential as a journalist or author.

Task Force · 07-15-09, 01:34 PM

:rotfl:He couldnt figure out how to work a walkman... eventhough I was born in the 90s... I could figure one out way quicker than that...

goldorak · 07-15-09, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Yes, the simpler days. The biggest question was to use TDK or Maxell cassettes for recording your music.

Ah the good old days when pirating music (copying your friends music on cassette) didn't ruin your life and get you a 2 milion dollar fine.
I'd say that times have worsened indeed.

Task Force · 07-15-09, 01:42 PM

And I just noticed neal changed his avatar... again... lol...

First it was the cowboy, then the green baby, then the cowboy again, then something else now... err a dude with a flag...:rotfl:

AVGWarhawk · 07-15-09, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by goldorak

Ah the good old days when pirating music (copying your friends music on cassette) didn't ruin your life and get you a 2 milion dollar fine.
I'd say that times have worsened indeed.

Yeah and we used a thing called records that when scratched really ticked you off. From these records the music was recorded.

GoldenRivet · 07-15-09, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl

Did this kid actually write this article? If so, he's got a lot of potential as a journalist or author.

agreed!

well done.

i remember the old casette walkman days.

got one collected up at school once (but i got it back)

i remember it was such a big deal when the CD versions began to come out... i think they are still on sale at wal-mart... for about $3

GoldenRivet · 07-15-09, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Yeah and we used a thing called records that when scratched really ticked you off. From these records the music was recorded.

i dont care what sound device you use... nothing beats the sound of an old vinyl.

AVGWarhawk · 07-15-09, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

i dont care what sound device you use... nothing beats the sound of an old vinyl.

A lot of people say that. The turn-table or record player as I called them was like gold.

goldorak · 07-15-09, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

i dont care what sound device you use... nothing beats the sound of an old vinyl.

Nothing except a sacd.
I prefer Vinyl, even seeing at my local mall new pristine Vinyl records being on sale again is very cool. Its tempting to start collecting again, but they release only pop/rock music. I want classical, need to update my Von Karajan's Beethoven Symphonies Vinyl Boxset.

Oberon · 07-15-09, 02:51 PM

One thing I don't miss about walkmans is your music suddenly going slow mo and then stopping, and then when you open it up, the walkman has eaten the tape

Funny now, infuriating as hell back then.
Then the CD walkman! Great unless you were jogging then it was jump, jump, jump, jump, disc. Then some clever chap gave us the anti-skip function for joggers and those who travel on buses with useless suspension to get to school

Now it's music on your mobile and Ipods with 800 songs. I'm just 25 and I feel old whenever I think about technology

But Vinyl, man, just hearing a vinyl record with the hiss and occasional crackle, takes me back

Oh, and Neal...I LOVE YOUR SIGNATURE!!!

SteamWake · 07-15-09, 02:52 PM

LOL my wife got me some ipod knock off for christmass.

It took me like a day to figure out how to get music onto it let alone listen to it and organize it. :rotfl:

AVGWarhawk · 07-15-09, 02:56 PM

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LOL my wife got me some ipod knock off for christmass.

I got one also. It is called, 'The Tightwad" instead of 'Ipod'.

SteamWake · 07-15-09, 04:47 PM

Mine was actually pretty damn cool it even has video .. that is if you can see video on a 1.5" screen :rotfl:

But it stores quite a bit of music and has shuffle and all that fancy crap. Honestly I dont even know where it is right now.

I ended up putting books on it and giving it back to the wife

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UnderseaLcpl Silent Hunter Join Date: May 2008 Location: Storming the beaches! Posts: 4,254 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Did this kid actually write this article? If so, he's got a lot of potential as a journalist or author. __________________ I stole this sig from Task Force

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Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	:rotfl:He couldnt figure out how to work a walkman... eventhough I was born in the 90s... I could figure one out way quicker than that... __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

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Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	And I just noticed neal changed his avatar... again... lol... First it was the cowboy, then the green baby, then the cowboy again, then something else now... err a dude with a flag...:rotfl: __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

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SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	LOL my wife got me some ipod knock off for christmass. It took me like a day to figure out how to get music onto it let alone listen to it and organize it. :rotfl: __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

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SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Mine was actually pretty damn cool it even has video .. that is if you can see video on a 1.5" screen :rotfl: But it stores quite a bit of music and has shuffle and all that fancy crap. Honestly I dont even know where it is right now. I ended up putting books on it and giving it back to the wife __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Yes, the simpler days. The biggest question was to use TDK or Maxell cassettes for recording your music.

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Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	One thing I don't miss about walkmans is your music suddenly going slow mo and then stopping, and then when you open it up, the walkman has eaten the tape Funny now, infuriating as hell back then. Then the CD walkman! Great unless you were jogging then it was jump, jump, jump, jump, disc. Then some clever chap gave us the anti-skip function for joggers and those who travel on buses with useless suspension to get to school Now it's music on your mobile and Ipods with 800 songs. I'm just 25 and I feel old whenever I think about technology But Vinyl, man, just hearing a vinyl record with the hiss and occasional crackle, takes me back Oh, and Neal...I LOVE YOUR SIGNATURE!!!