The Oldies Thread

noharmdone · December 6, 2012

chrissyjack said:
Ahh...Good old cassette tapes. Daughter took great pleasure in unravelling them. Couldn't always save them with the pencil/pen method

Copying ZX Spectrum games... blocking the holes in the top up !

Bigmaclad · December 6, 2012

noharmdone said:
BML.. I once worked for City FM, a radio station in Liverpool ( Castle St. ) and if you went out and interviewed someone, you did it on tapes, then had to got back to the studios, open up the tapes and cut the tape up to edit it.. literally with a knife..
I bet that dosent happen anymore !

Nope! We edit our stuff on computers and our recording devices just save them as audio files, much easier!

chrissyjack · December 6, 2012

noharmdone said:
BML.. I once worked for City FM, a radio station in Liverpool ( Castle St. ) and if you went out and interviewed someone, you did it on tapes, then had to got back to the studios, open up the tapes and cut the tape up to edit it.. literally with a knife..
I bet that dosent happen anymore !

Repairing cassette tapes with a bit of sellotape was fun. Cut off the chewed-up bit and stick the two ends together.

noharmdone · December 6, 2012

Bigmaclad said:
Nope! We edit our stuff on computers and our recording devices just save them as audio files, much easier!

Piece of pi*s that mate.. You should be made to use some sticky tape and edit by hand some casettes like...

chrissyjack · December 6, 2012

noharmdone said:
Copying ZX Spectrum games... blocking the holes in the top up !

Used to rent LP's from the library and record them. Got plenty of Goon Shows that way

noharmdone · December 6, 2012

chrissyjack said:
Used to rent LP's from the library and record them. Got plenty of Goon Shows that way

I bet the dont even tape the top 40 now, pausing it to keep the ads away.. Sunday evenings all X-Factor now !

chrissyjack · December 6, 2012

My first cassette player was similar to this. Came in a case and strap. Microphone.too

noharmdone · December 6, 2012

chrissyjack said:
My first cassette player was similar to this. Came in a case and strap. Microphone.too

Oh.. Thats the one...

noharmdone · December 6, 2012

A 'Midi-system' was a boss Chrimbo prezzie as well.. Played tapes, records, had a Radio...
Even a TV was a prezzie.. now its a given..

chrissyjack · December 6, 2012

noharmdone said:
Oh.. Thats the one...

Hitachi , I think it was. Got it in 1978. Used it to record the audio of ELO at Wembley from me brothers new portable telly. Batteries started running out half-way through. Made the tape run slower.

chrissyjack · December 6, 2012

noharmdone said:
A 'Midi-system' was a boss Chrimbo prezzie as well.. Played tapes, records, had a Radio...
Even a TV was a prezzie.. now its a given..

To be fair, these days kids only ask for two pressies at Crimbo. Any two from i-pad, i-pod, laptop, mobile phone,etc..