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Old Mac Geezer
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Reply #15 on: June 04, 2021, 09:35
I have a phonograph from 1962 that I bought on ebay years ago from a retired repairman who completely reconditioned it. |
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Syntho
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64 MB Posts: 103 System 7 Newcomer!
Reply #16 on: June 04, 2021, 10:35
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Quote from: Knezzen I actually found one in my stash of things! Need to test it and see if it still works though. Fire it up and let me know. I can do repairs if necessary. Will pay you for everything 
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eelco
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32 MB Posts: 41 System 7 Newcomer!
Reply #17 on: August 01, 2021, 20:34
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I have loads of retro tech still in use! Apart from the ubiquitous retro computers (the oldest one being my 1980 TRS80): Our almost daily driver is a 1993 Renault 19. I regularly use an Akai GX-630D tapedeck (1976) and Quad ESL63 electrostatic loudspeakers (1981) to listen to music. Got a phone system using a 1982 Ericsson TDK65 and a sixties pulse dial phone (can't use that to dial outside numbers though).
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Bolkonskij
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Administrator 1024 MB  Posts: 2023
Reply #18 on: August 03, 2021, 17:59
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wow, a 1993 Renaut 19! I'm surprised it hasn't been eaten up by corrosion yet? My 20-yrs BMW just passed another general inspection and is ready to drive until July 2023 (and possibly even longer, motor and exhaust still scored very good and its only up to 185.000 km now). Had to renew the brakes (+ lines due to corrosion) but otherwise it passed with flying colors. Will continue to drive it until it really breaks. Another item I forgot to mention is an old stereo tower with a vinyl player of the company DUAL that I inherited from my dad. I only learnt after some time that these are obviously very popular within the vinyl community. Unfortunately, it needs some restoration. And it takes up a lot of space, so I'm not sure if I'll ever find a space for it.
Last Edit: October 21, 2021, 08:19 by Bolkonskij
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Tugboat
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8 MB Posts: 9 System 7 Newcomer!
Reply #19 on: October 21, 2021, 04:43
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I have, and occasionally drive, a 1959 Triumph TR3A and a 1959 MGA. The technology is, umm, primitive.
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Bolkonskij
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Administrator 1024 MB Posts: 2023
Reply #20 on: October 21, 2021, 08:21
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One vote for holding the next user meetig at Tugboat's and test driving his oldtimers!  @Knezzen your Ford Capri is a youngster by comparison ;-)
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68040
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512 MB Posts: 950 68k - thy kingdom come, thy will be done !
Reply #21 on: November 04, 2021, 10:05
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I still use an Amiga emulator (took me an eternity to get AROS setup on my ARM-UAE) to run some of my old programs from when I tought myself C and C++ with that trusy olf Metamcomco compiler. I also start an Atari ST emulator from time to time, to belittle that ugly TOS and mock Jack Tramiel in his grave. I recently started to unearth my ancient OS/2 WSeB setup, but found that over half my progs are missing there :-( I write almost all my notes with pen and paper and no touch screen is ever gonna change that. And I also used to write lots of postcards, but that was when we still had working post offices nearby and when you could go downtown w/o having to face dress up like a goon from Mad Max III.
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Bolkonskij
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Administrator 1024 MB Posts: 2023
Reply #22 on: December 14, 2021, 21:49
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Well, it's not exactly me and it's not exactly old tech as in "old" ... rather new-old. But Santa is going to bring the kids a cassette deck 80's style: http://images.macintosh.garden/2021/12/14/px2387_9.jpg I'm just tired of our 2-year-old mishandling all the CDs (fingerprints all over, sometimes with chocolate flavor etc.). We already went from buying commercial CDs to burning them ourselves (so you don't feel sorry losing one) but now I'm fed up. They're gonna get a real, sturdy cassette deck. Can't break much except getting the cassette's ribbon out - and that can easily be mended, as we all remember. Besides, it has a feature no cd player has: record. I remember how much fun my sister and me had to record our own songs, stories etc. nevermind it's just mono ... I'm honestly surprised they're still building them. Anyone know if there's still new media produced like with vinyls? The model in the above screenshot is from "Auvisio" and garnered some positive feedback. Looking forward to try it out. EDIT: Just scanned the local classifieds and there's literally tons of "grab old kids nighttime stories for free" ads. This is not only going to be a fun trip to my childhood, it's also a mostly free one :-)
Last Edit: December 14, 2021, 21:53 by Bolkonskij
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wove
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1024 MB Posts: 1363
Reply #23 on: December 15, 2021, 02:56
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I have a very similar looking device I purchased ~1967. It is a Norelco, which I think is what Phillips was sold under in the US at that time. I had lots of fun with. My kids used it and they had lots of fun with it as well. They get really excited about hearing the sound of their own voice. And yes they are almost indestructible devices. They use to make regular cassette mailers and when I left home I remember a few times I exchanged tapes with my folks back home. I can imagine your kids will have great fun with the device. Download stories from the internet. Have text to speech read the stories. Use the sound out on the computer to the microphone in on the tape unit and record the stories. I suspect with the old stories and the computer generated voice the kids will get a real chuckle.
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Bolkonskij
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Administrator 1024 MB Posts: 2023
Reply #24 on: December 16, 2021, 11:18
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Using Text-to-speech is an excellent idea, wove! I haven't thought about it, but sure sounds like a fun idea to try. I'll report back after the holidays with how it went :-) Does your '67 Norelco still work? The older I get, the more I appreciate these older but sturdier mechanical devices. (aka before the controllers took over) My neighbour is a retired satellite engineer who used to build stuff to last (you don't want a component to fail once that thing is up in orbit). He's very much influenced me to see and appreciate the "old mechanical stuff" over whatever gadgetry they come up with today.
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snes1423
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256 MB Posts: 458 A Man born of Mechina
Reply #25 on: December 17, 2021, 18:53
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I have a Hewlett Packard cassette player/radio and my grandpa who is a cherry farmer has his car from when he was 18 he loves car shows out in the country oh and i almost forgot  i have a 1902 Kodiak Brownie that has been in my family since 1902 it needs some serious leather stitching though and we cant find a place in Michigan to develop the film and we also have records and a 1887 gramophone that whenever we try to play a record it just makes a squeaking sound and i will wear to dances my great grandpas old tuxedo from 1933 which is in immaculate condition still
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Knezzen
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Administrator 512 MB Posts: 608 Village idiot
Reply #26 on: December 18, 2021, 15:02
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Writing this on my Silicon Graphics Fuel running IRIX 6.5.30. Wonderful machine
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wove
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1024 MB Posts: 1363
Reply #27 on: December 18, 2021, 17:37
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The old Norelco probably still works fine. I have had no use for it for long time, so it just sits on the shelf. If reasonably looked after quality made items from most any era have a long life span. In the US one sees a good number of old Ford Model "A"s around from the late 1920s to early 30s. This leads many to assume that Model "A"s were good cars. Truth though is Model "A"s were mostly poorly poorly made. Owners ended up just parking them somewhere, because they grew tired of always have to fixing them. So you find and old Model A it can probably be fixed up. While better cars like Pontiacs for the same era are long gone, they just plain ran until they broke beyond repair. So anyway finding old things that are "fixable" does not necessarily mean that a quality item has been found. When anyone says to me "They don't make cars like they use to." My reply is always, "Thank god." I put together a nice component stereo system in the 70s, and 20 years ago I gave it to my son, who still has it set up. I tend to be a minimalist. If I need blues music I can listen to RMF Blues streaming from somewhere is Poland and get all the blues I need without have an corner of my room devoted to record storage. And would I end up hearing anything new if I all listened to is what I already had. I like things to last as long as useful, then ideally just vanish.
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68040
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512 MB Posts: 950 68k - thy kingdom come, thy will be done !
Reply #28 on: December 28, 2021, 17:44
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PS: Bolkonskij - you have never seen me as a kid, fiddling *all* that tape out of a cassette deck and turning it into a nice pile of brown spaghetti. I betcha your two year old has a few surprises left for you. ;-)
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Bolkonskij
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Administrator 1024 MB Posts: 2023
Reply #29 on: December 30, 2021, 13:20
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Yeah, Karolina (the 2 year old) already managed to drag out the "brown spaghetti". But hey, it's old tech! Just takes a pen to fix that and here we go again. The CDs she got into her hands ended up scratched and full of fingerprints. That's a lot harder to fix. Kids love the cassette deck btw. especially the part of recording their own songs or stories (oldest one is a first grader and records stories that she reads. "Th-e-r-e wa..was a c..a..s..t..l..e") Now with that in mind I need to find one of the MacRecorder adapters that would give your beige Mac audio in .. :-)
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