Zeitgeist Archaeologic discoveries: Sony Walkman

"It took me three days to figure out that there was another side to the tape. That was not the only naive mistake that I made; I mistook the metal/normal switch on the Walkman for a genre-specific equaliser, but later I discovered that it was in fact used to switch between two different types of cassette."

A 13-year-old discovers the 30-years-old Sony Walkman: Giving up my iPod for a Walkman at BBC.

Via Engadget.

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Reply no.: 1

6 Jul 2009, 2:17 PM

gupi:

aaah, the long-forgotten Hitachi days ...
thanks for rewinding my memories

Reply no.: 2

6 Jul 2009, 2:35 PM

Kit:

I remember your Hitachi like it was yesterday. Dear God, it looked to me like the most advanced piece of technology on Earth.

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