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
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
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
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
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
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
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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.
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.
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
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