I could track down the original, to find out how much it cost at the time. I have an idea, but I'm not certain of the brand. I DID find a fascinating article about the rise and fall of LED WATCHES & the rise of the LCD watches.

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/four-revolutions-led-watches

#Retrotech

Does anyone know where I can get my hands on some old token ring gear?

What hashtag do you even use for that?

#NetworkEngineering#IT #retrocomputing #retrotech

Does anyone know where I can get my hands on some old token ring gear?

What hashtag do you even use for that?

#NetworkEngineering#IT #retrocomputing #retrotech

Today’s #RetroTech Old Tat

Sony M-909 MicroCassette Corder, 1991

Smallest Cassette Tape Recorder - to my knowledge

Uses MicroCassette Dictation Cassette

Voice Activated Recording, Auto Reverse, supports both speeds - 2.4 cm/s & 1.2 cm/s

Another example of just because Sony could, they did

@obsoletemediauk

Todays #RetroTech Old Tat Arrival at AVAV Towers

Peirce Wire Recorder Cartridge, c1945

60 mins run time, built in counter

After initially building Wire Recorders for the US Military, Peirce became a subsidiary of IBM. Later becoming IBMs Dictation Division

It’s a heavy duty beast

Shown next to Audio Cassette for scale

Another, very kind donation from Thomas in Germany

@obsoletemediauk

Todays #RetroTech Old Tat Arrival at AVAV Towers

Peirce Wire Recorder Cartridge, c1945

60 mins run time, built in counter

After initially building Wire Recorders for the US Military, Peirce became a subsidiary of IBM. Later becoming IBMs Dictation Division

It’s a heavy duty beast

Shown next to Audio Cassette for scale

Another, very kind donation from Thomas in Germany

@obsoletemediauk

Today’s #RetroTech

Shyvers Multiphone 1939

World First Streaming Service. At its peak over 8,000 units were installed

Unit connected to Dedicated Phone Line
Drop coin & connect to female DJs
They pick & play your request, from 78, down the phone

Based in Seattle. Service ceased about 1959, when Jukeboxes started to offer 100 plus Selections

@obsoletemediauk

Today’s #RetroTech

Shyvers Multiphone 1939

World First Streaming Service. At its peak over 8,000 units were installed

Unit connected to Dedicated Phone Line
Drop coin & connect to female DJs
They pick & play your request, from 78, down the phone

Based in Seattle. Service ceased about 1959, when Jukeboxes started to offer 100 plus Selections

@obsoletemediauk

Today’s #RetroTech Old Tat

Sony M-909 MicroCassette Corder, 1991

Smallest Cassette Tape Recorder - to my knowledge

Uses MicroCassette Dictation Cassette

Voice Activated Recording, Auto Reverse, supports both speeds - 2.4 cm/s & 1.2 cm/s

Another example of just because Sony could, they did

@obsoletemediauk

So you replace a fuse with an iron nail, which causes a transistor to run so hot it burns a hole in the PCB. So what do you do? Apparently some fine repair tech came to this problem and the apparent solution was to jumper over the now totally burned traces and then add wires and hang the now missing transistor from those. Because why not?

This is a WhiteStar pinball platform driver board I got for spares long ago, but I think it's glorious in all of its tech goreness.

#pinball #arcade #electronics #techgore #retrotech

So you replace a fuse with an iron nail, which causes a transistor to run so hot it burns a hole in the PCB. So what do you do? Apparently some fine repair tech came to this problem and the apparent solution was to jumper over the now totally burned traces and then add wires and hang the now missing transistor from those. Because why not?

This is a WhiteStar pinball platform driver board I got for spares long ago, but I think it's glorious in all of its tech goreness.

#pinball #arcade #electronics #techgore #retrotech

Working on a sequenced music engine for the Sega Saturn. Got it playing back both PCM samples and 4-op FM patches!

(the screen is turned off in OBS b/c my laptop really struggles and the music timing gets a bit screwey)

#retro #retrogamedev #retrotech #SEGASaturn #homebrewgames #gamedev #chiptune

Working on a sequenced music engine for the Sega Saturn. Got it playing back both PCM samples and 4-op FM patches!

(the screen is turned off in OBS b/c my laptop really struggles and the music timing gets a bit screwey)

#retro #retrogamedev #retrotech #SEGASaturn #homebrewgames #gamedev #chiptune

Dreaming of getting my hands on a Lenovo ThinkPad X201 tablet someday! Imagine the possibilities with a clean install of Slackware. That legendary keyboard and robust build would be perfect for a lightweight and customizable Linux experience. Anyone in Brazil 🇧🇷 know where to find these gems? Let's make it happen! 🤩
#ThinkPad #Lenovo #Slackware #LinuxDreams #RetroTech