30 yrs ago today... The Sony Walkman

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07-02-2009, 08:13 AM

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I had a great walkman going through grade school. It was made by Aiwa and was roughly the size of a cassette too...bought it in Japan. I remember being the guy with the "coolest" walkman in school because no one had seen something that "small" before...

I had a radio made by AWIA, it was about the same size as the first ipod shuffle. This was back in 1984.

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07-02-2009, 09:04 AM

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I still have my sport one...lol.

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07-02-2009, 09:13 AM

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I miss my Robert Palmer tape

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3geoXOdnJQ

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07-02-2009, 09:25 AM

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I read one story today, a 13 yr boy in England was given one this week for him to see what it was like. He couldn't believe how big it was. He also had it for three days before he realized that there are two sides to a cassette tape.

My first walkman had auto reverse.

I could rock Milli Vanilli and Def Leppard without taking the tape out. Endless hours of entertainment.

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07-02-2009, 09:31 AM

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^Auto reverse was the shit.

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07-02-2009, 09:38 AM

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This brings back memories....I had the sony super walkman, bright silver and was barely bigger than a cassette tape. Had the play reverse button, you could just tap it and it would play the other side of the tape. I remember buying blank tapes by the case, was always a big deal making them fly mix tapes!

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07-02-2009, 09:43 AM

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had a sony walkman. i remember being

when i got a second one that had am/fm.

lawl. i remember listening to bart simpson rap songs on it.

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07-02-2009, 11:47 AM

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blast from the past.. i had the yellow water proof one too... those things used to eat up mu AA batteries...

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07-02-2009, 12:31 PM

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but THIS ONE! oh, man, this was my childhood right here:

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07-02-2009, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by bigman

It's the opposite. We had it good back then. Think about it, kids now arent excited about shit anymore. They expect major advancements in technology on a yearly basis. When i was growing up in the 80's technology didnt move nearly as fast as it does today and everything was exciting. My walkman was the most awesome thing in the world, i carried that, and later my gameboy everywhere. Today, if a kid cant carry one device that plays music, movies, games, browses the internet, and makes phone calls, they dont want it. Kids today have great technology, i'll give them that. but, today's technology has made them numb to the next great advancements. And dont confuse people wanting the new"it" thing with people being genuinely excited and awed by new technology.

I somewhat agree. I know people that just live by their iPhones. They do everything on it, couldn't imagine life before they got one. On the other spectrum though, I know some people who bought an iPhone barely use it at all, then went and bought a 3GS the day of. I'm a

so I often find myself amazed at the capabilities of our new technology. To fully appreciate new technology, you have to understand how it functions. Most people don't care to know what goes into making this technology functional and therefor don't appreciate it as much. This in turn causes them to become "detached" from their devices.