Walkman -end of a long run

[mete]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...ortable-cassette-player-stopped-30-years.html

Thirty years is a long time in these rapidly changing electronic world !

 

[m_calingo]

No doubt the Smithsonian will reserve a space for it on display.

 

[proud2deviate]

Holy crap, I had no idea they were even still making them! Can't remember the last time I used a cassette. . .

That's a die-hard gadget, though. Anyone know what the last production model was?

 

[Scott Free]

I've been cleaning out the garage. A few days ago, I found an adapter that allowed you to play a cassette in an 8 track player. I'm going to give it to someone for a Christmas gift.

 

[rt014]

I have one of those yellow 'water resistant' ones from the early 80's. Gonna hang on to it.

 

[Charlie Mike]

I always wanted a yellow walkman when I was a kid. Saved up and got an Aiwa when i was 12. I listened to the Tom Petty Greatest Hits tape until the tape was burnt out.

 

[Codger_64]

I need some new tapes for my 8-track. I gave up on finding them for my 4-track. :grumpy:

 

[Joben]

lol i had to look up what a 4 track even was Codger.

 

[Charlie Mike]

How about Hi-8 and BetaMax?

 

[pilote]

How about Hi-8 and BetaMax?

had a couple betamax machines...still got the hi-8 recorder...got a sony reel-to-reel in storage...had a DAT sony tape recorder...got a sony minidisk recorder...got a got a quadraphonic phone cartridge in a belt drive player for old records that i haven't played in decades...

and i still have and use a thin top model sony walkman cassette player for audio books i get from the library; works wonderfully too...