Thirteen Year Old Perplexed By 80's Techonolgy

[oldskool69]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/01/BU2618GKE7.DTL&nopu=1

 

[monchito]

that was nothing he should have saw one of our boomboxes

 

[redbenjoe]

"credible piece of technology"



thanks for sharing !!

 

[Radio raheem]

My god we are getting old not as old as ira though lets get old togeather

 

[Johnny]

My kids, jus go "WOW!!!" and that thing is "LOUD" or Dad, looks like you got ripped off again

the last one my least favorite...

 

[MasterBlaster84]

My kids, jus go "WOW!!!" and that thing is "LOUD" or Dad, looks like you got ripped off again

the last one my least favorite...

Now that's funny Johnny. It is funny to see kids reactions to what used to be high tech to us.

 

[Radio raheem]

Its strange that johnny you would think because it's loud the kids would love it, i love the walkman but sometimes i realy wish it hadd'nt been invented because then we may of had some decent boxes still being made not that im after anymore boxes, i think i have my fair share but i would'nt turn down another m90 if one came by .

 

[MasterBlaster84]

sometimes i realy wish it hadd'nt been invented because then we may of had some decent boxes still being made not that im after anymore boxes, i think i have my fair share but i would'nt turn down another m90 if one came by .

I think there would be a whole lot less hearing loss too.

 

[Fatdog]

Here's my reply that I posted on Facebook about this:

Snot-nosed little punk! What an idiot. Took him three days to figure out that you could flip the tape over? These are the future leaders of our country? Geesh.

 

[oldskool69]

These are the future leaders of our country? Geesh.

 

[MasterBlaster84]

Here's my reply that I posted on Facebook about this:

Snot-nosed little punk! What an idiot. Took him three days to figure out that you could flip the tape over? These are the future leaders of our country? Geesh.

:'-(

 

[ahardb0dy]

kid can probably do comp. programming in 3 languages but doesn't know you can flip the tape over, ????

 

[Johnny]

Here's my reply that I posted on Facebook about this:

Snot-nosed little punk! What an idiot. Took him three days to figure out that you could flip the tape over? These are the future leaders of our country? Geesh.

:'-(

Teach them to mess with our hobby, wish I had there number... I'd prank call 'em j/k

 

[monchito]

can you imagine even younger kids once they get older they will have a hard time knowing what a boombox is ,,my little granddaughter know what a boombox is she has a few you have to start them out early

 

[Johnny]

can you imagine even younger kids once they get older they will have a hard time knowing what a boombox is ,,my little granddaughter know what a boombox is she has a few you have to start them out early

I already have set my daughter up with one... her brother has a shelf system... no saving him..

 

[2steppa]

Here's the full UK article...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8117619.stm

Hissy, warbly?

Er, that thing must be a beater, my Walkman always sounded superb, as would any other decent one in good condition...

And they've deliberately chosen a big bulky example for maximum 'comic value'... *sigh*

 

[71spud]

Here's my reply that I posted on Facebook about this:

Snot-nosed little punk! What an idiot. Took him three days to figure out that you could flip the tape over? These are the future leaders of our country? Geesh.

:'-(

I am too busy rewinding my DVDs to worry about what these kids are up to anyway.

 

[Gluecifer]

Here's my reply that I posted on Facebook about this:

Snot-nosed little punk! What an idiot. Took him three days to figure out that you could flip the tape over? These are the future leaders of our country? Geesh.

:'-(

I am too busy rewinding my DVDs to worry about what these kids are up to anyway.

ahahah!

Kids are kids, no matter what generation; and without fail they all think they know better than the generation that preceded them.



Rock On.

 

[ViennaSound]

Remembers me this one:

Nothing more to say.

 

[BoomBoxDeluxe]

Yes.....A sign of the times, right there.

Imagine not figuring out for a few days, that there was music on THE OTHER SIDE of the tape?!

Let's face it peoples, you can't flip one of these new-fangled Pod-things.....they don't have Side-B and Auto-reverse.

Plus-sides about walkmans......

1.......No software to go wrong, BUT they can eat tapes, and need re-belting here-and-there.

2.......At least when the batteries wear out, you *CAN* replace them. Tried replacing a nackered Pod-battery recently?!

3.......No compression, so it's all there, even the tape hiss. Unless that is, you have noise-reduction.

4...... Good-quality sound on Chrome or even Metal. Some Normal tapes performed quite well also!!

5...... Removable Memory Cartridge Drive thingy. Er....what's it called again? OH YEAH! Cassette! ( with a pod-thing, once it's scewed, its screwed.) Also, you can't drop your pod into a Hi-fi and play the music on it. With cassette, you CAN!

6.......You know I'm gonna say it..........IT'S ALL ANALOG, BABY!!!!!!





Yeah OK, they did have their downsides, just like pod-things do. But you know, when there's nothing better than the best, you just get on with it. Worn out batteries and chewed tapes were the norm, but I learnt something over the years.....DON'T play original cassettes. Make a copy onto a blank tape, using a tape deck that you know you can TRUST, and then use the copy. If the copy then gets moshed, its no biggie.



-BoomBoxDeluxe.