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

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.

MaCruz · 03-08-2010, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob71

My first handheld game.

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OMG!! I had the same exact one!

Grumpz · 03-09-2010, 12:22 AM

Does anyone remember the name of that portable game console that had it's own screen and controllers on in a case?

Mid 80's, shortly after the atari pong gadgets.

dvs1270 · 03-09-2010, 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Grumpz

Does anyone remember the name of that portable game console that had it's own screen and controllers on in a case?

Mid 80's, shortly after the atari pong gadgets.

you're not talking about the Coleco Adam are you?

Rob71 · 03-09-2010, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Grumpz

Does anyone remember the name of that portable game console that had it's own screen and controllers on in a case?

Mid 80's, shortly after the atari pong gadgets.

Vectrex. I will have one soon.

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Grumpz · 03-09-2010, 05:30 PM

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Vectrex. I will have one soon.

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BOOM! My cousin Trevor had that. It didn't last long, but it was the cat's ass for a month or two!

dvs1270 · 03-15-2010, 01:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Rob71

Vectrex. I will have one soon.

Attachment 15693

oooh.....the one that got away. my first table top was the coleco pacman.

Teabaggins · 03-09-2010, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob71

My first handheld game.

Attachment 15620

hmm, mine would be considered NSFW I'm sure...

Rob71 · 03-09-2010, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Teabaggins

hmm, mine would be considered NSFW I'm sure...

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!

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, 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, 08:19 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!

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03-07-2010, 04:24 AM	#1
Grumpz Blu-ray Guru Member since:Mar 2009 Location:Winnipeg, MB Blu-ray collection:22	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!"

03-07-2010, 04:20 PM	#3
Rob71 Blu-ray Knight Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Florida Home Theater Gallery:13 Blu-ray collection:295 Trading Score:5	My first handheld game. pock22.jpg

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Q? Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Dec 2008 Location:Nuuk, Greenland Blu-ray collection:168	[reserved for future use]

03-07-2010, 04:24 PM	#5
Sussudio Blu-ray Champion Member since:Sep 2008 Blu-ray collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:11	I KNEW Rob would be making an appearance in here...... I jest

03-09-2010, 12:22 AM	#8
Grumpz Blu-ray Guru Member since:Mar 2009 Location:Winnipeg, MB Blu-ray collection:22	Does anyone remember the name of that portable game console that had it's own screen and controllers on in a case? Mid 80's, shortly after the atari pong gadgets.

03-07-2010, 07:50 PM	#19
Zman2k2 Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Calgary, Canada Home Theater Gallery:5 Blu-ray collection:136 Trading Score:54	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.

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