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Oh! Only a few hours ago I was lamenting I never had a cassette deck; I was born in the 70s and went from [0] (like the top picture) straight to cd. So I never
by anonzzzies 2y ago
Oh! Only a few hours ago I was lamenting I never had a cassette deck; I was born in the 70s and went from [0] (like the top picture) straight to cd. So I never had anything for playing or making cassettes like the other kids. I made mix tapes on this enormous thing which no one else could play.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tape_recorder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tape_recorder
- Moru 2y agoMy dad had something like that too. We got to play a bit with it but mostly used to record conversations with old relatives or musicians in the family. I think it had 4 channels that you could switch between separately. We got normal tape recorders pretty early so it was more a fun thing for us to play with.
- Cthulhu_ 2y agoI've seen one of those at a music shop once, it seemed to be studio grade equipment. The book it came with had the electrical diagrams of the whole thing, so you could in theory repair / re-engineer its electrical components. That was a rare thing to see.
- imp0cat 2y agoI believe including diagrams for the ease of repair was actually quite common back then before all production was heavily automated and moved overseas.
- anonzzzies 2y agoThose schematics used to be included with computers too in the 80s. It was normal as far as I know as we had them with anything electronic. At least where I was. Do not remember when it stopped.
- HeyLaughingBoy 2y agoYep. I have a full set of IBM schematics of the original PC on a bookshelf somewhere in the basement.