Old Timers Lounge....The Unofficial Remember When Thread - Blu-ray Forum

dvs1270 · 03-07-2010, 12:04 AM

It's saturday, I'm at work, I have 15 more long minutes, & I'm bored. I have a small "all-in-one" radio by my desk. Hmmm...cassette deck. Click...eject. Nice & fluid movement. I then had a remember when moment. Very vividly, I remember going to J.C. Penny's (yes kids) & seeing my first dual cassette deck with soft eject

Eventually, they worked their way to boomboxes & yours truly was king for a month after getting one of the first offerings. Imagine 6 or 7 eight-year old boys, standing in circle around a boombox, watching a cassette tape eject.

toef · 03-07-2010, 12:18 AM

Anyone here subscribe to this magazine?

P@t_Mtl · 03-07-2010, 01:22 AM

This was my Ipod when I was a kid

Lord_Stewie · 03-07-2010, 01:47 AM

Ahh the good old times....

P@t_Mtl · 03-07-2010, 02:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Lord_Stewie

Ahh the good old times....

Was just watching Hot Shot 2 last night, Charlie Sheen as John Rambo

Lord_Stewie · 03-07-2010, 03:03 AM

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Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

Was just watching Hot Shot 2 last night, Charlie Sheen as John Rambo

Grumpz · 03-07-2010, 04:24 AM

I remember being the first kid to roll into school with a portable cassette player that had...AUTO REVERSE!

I blew my buddies minds!

"Hey watch this, side A is finishing...click...music again!"

"OMG BILL, YOU DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO FLIP THE TAPE!"

Lord_Stewie · 03-07-2010, 04:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Grumpz

I remember being the first kid to roll into school with a portable cassette player that had...AUTO REVERSE!

I blew my buddies minds!

"Hey watch this, side A is finishing...click...music again!"

"OMG BILL, YOU DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO FLIP THE TAPE!"

Dude you are really old.

Rob71 · 03-07-2010, 04:20 PM

My first handheld game.

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Q? · 03-07-2010, 04:23 PM

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Sussudio · 03-07-2010, 04:24 PM

I KNEW Rob would be making an appearance in here......

I jest

Rob71 · 03-07-2010, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Sussudio

I KNEW Rob would be making an appearance in here......

I jest

I just had to outdo the "young'uns" and their cassette decks.

dvs1270 · 03-07-2010, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Grumpz

I remember being the first kid to roll into school with a portable cassette player that had...AUTO REVERSE!

I blew my buddies minds!

"Hey watch this, side A is finishing...click...music again!"

"OMG BILL, YOU DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO FLIP THE TAPE!"

yeah, my soft eject was outdone by a friend that had program select on his panasonic. he could skip forward 1, 2, 3, or 4 songs.

Grumpz · 03-07-2010, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by dvs1270

yeah, my soft eject was outdone by a friend that had program select on his panasonic. he could skip forward 1, 2, 3, or 4 songs.

ACK! You beat me to it. I wasn't the first for that though, my buddy Corey was. He had a Sony deck in his car and could "seek" forward and backward.

Zman2k2 · 03-07-2010, 07:50 PM

I had a buddy that bought a cassette deck for his car. The security for it was to remove the entire unit, and take it with you. Not the faceplate, and not some flip around to disguise unit. But to pull on a handle and remove the entire deck and take it with you. And I thought it was the coolest thing.

Grumpz · 03-07-2010, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Lord_Stewie

Dude you are really old.

I think I'm middle of the road in here, 37 next month!

Grumpz · 03-07-2010, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Zman2k2

I had a buddy that bought a cassette deck for his car. The security for it was to remove the entire unit, and take it with you. Not the faceplate, and not some flip around to disguise unit. But to pull on a handle and remove the entire deck and take it with you. And I thought it was the coolest thing.

Ohhhh, that's too funny. My first 3 decks were all like that, until I bought an Alpine. Even that didn't stop some punk from ripping out the whole chassy, while the faceplate was in the house with me!

I also had the Sony Diskman for Car. It ESP (electronic shock protection that read 5 seconds ahead and buffered the audio so there'd be no skipping) and cd to cassette adapter. At the time, the Car diskman was $200 bucks, a cheap CD deck was $400!

SquidPuppet · 03-07-2010, 08:38 PM

I remember when these were invented

And I remember when this was the only option...

Lord_Stewie · 03-07-2010, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Grumpz

I think I'm middle of the road in here, 37 next month!

Happy Early B'Day.

dvs1270 · 03-07-2010, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Grumpz

I also had the Sony Diskman for Car. It ESP (electronic shock protection that read 5 seconds ahead and buffered the audio so there'd be no skipping) and cd to cassette adapter. At the time, the Car diskman was $200 bucks, a cheap CD deck was $400!

AHHH! you beat me. i also had one of those ant-vibration mounts. thought i was the man. LA Sound 100 amp, 2 bottom of the line Punch 10's, & bass boost active on the Diskman.

03-07-2010, 12:04 AM	#1
dvs1270 Active Member Member since:Jan 2010 Location:Columbus, GA Home Theater Gallery:14 Blu-ray collection:59	Old Timers Lounge....The Unofficial Remember When Thread It's saturday, I'm at work, I have 15 more long minutes, & I'm bored. I have a small "all-in-one" radio by my desk. Hmmm...cassette deck. Click...eject. Nice & fluid movement. I then had a remember when moment. Very vividly, I remember going to J.C. Penny's (yes kids) & seeing my first dual cassette deck with soft eject Eventually, they worked their way to boomboxes & yours truly was king for a month after getting one of the first offerings. Imagine 6 or 7 eight-year old boys, standing in circle around a boombox, watching a cassette tape eject. Last edited by dvs1270; 03-07-2010 at 12:06 AM.

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