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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2018 3:16:41 GMT -5
Cassettes and other things Factory making them in automation style here.  Neat Gifs  1976 Superscope Radio Cassette Recorders -- my brother and I took turns using this back in 1977 and they were great and later that year; my brother brought another one and we both had one. I had this thing for 15 years until it's broke and beyond repairs. Great for long term use and it was rugged, but we played too many cassettes until it's worn out.  Another cool gif here.  Great Cassettes back then -- another favorite one to record music and your hearts desires.  1977 Panasonic RS-296US Cassette Jukebox -- I have never, ever seen one of these and that's would be a nifty thing to use for parties, being a disk jockey at school, and have an endless stream of music for you to enjoy.  MAXELL NORMAL BIAS UR-90 (15-Pack) Standard Size Cassettes -- I bought about 3-5 of these with my brother and we were taking recordings of music from records and transferred them into cassettes to make music for friends and did it for a year and stopped it our conscience that stopped that practice and didn't feel right about it. So, after a while we felt it is wrong to do this and decided to hang up our bootleg career for good.  Quite a variety of them back then when they were popular and widely available. The 70's and onwards up these things are still being used today and I have about a dozen of them today and occasionally play them for good old times sake.
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Post by brutalis on Sept 7, 2018 7:49:24 GMT -5
Cassettes and other thingsMAXELL NORMAL BIAS UR-90 (15-Pack) Standard Size Cassettes -- I bought about 3-5 of these with my brother and we were taking recordings of music from records and transferred them into cassettes to make music for friends and did it for a year and stopped it our conscience that stopped that practice and didn't feel right about it. So, after a while we felt it is wrong to do this and decided to hang up our bootleg career for good. @mechagodzillathose, those Maxell 90 minute tapes were my go to during the 80's. bought them by the bundle or case whenever I could. Was perfect time/length for making up my mix tapes and I had a stereo system connected to my television so I would also record TV shows onto cassette for listening to while I drove. Work was a 45 minute drive to and 45 minute from downtown and I could use all the drive time tuning out the world  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2018 21:41:03 GMT -5
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Sept 8, 2018 16:51:13 GMT -5
Cassettes and other thingsQuite a variety of them back then when they were popular and widely available. The 70's and onwards up these things are still being used today and I have about a dozen of them today and occasionally play them for good old times sake. I really miss cassettes. They are considered passé by most people but they combined ease of use and versatility in a way that our new fangled technologies can't equal. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2018 19:53:54 GMT -5
Cassettes and other thingsQuite a variety of them back then when they were popular and widely available. The 70's and onwards up these things are still being used today and I have about a dozen of them today and occasionally play them for good old times sake. I really miss cassettes. They are considered passé par most people but they combined ease of use and versatility in a way that our new fangled technologies can't equal. I agree with you all the way! Technology doesn't hold candle to the Mighty Cassette! |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2018 8:02:13 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2018 8:11:48 GMT -5
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Post by dbutler69 on Sept 9, 2018 11:22:13 GMT -5
Yvonne Craig as Batgirl was probably my first crush.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2018 5:09:34 GMT -5
Wonder Woman / Superfriends / Etc
Part 1 of 2 Wonder Woman publicity cel for Super Friends (1973)  Wonder Woman Super Friends Promo-Bumper Cel and Production Background (1970s)  Wonder Woman, Super Friends animation cel  Wonder Woman production cel and background from Super Friends
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2018 5:17:57 GMT -5
Wonder Woman / Superfriends / Etc
Part 2 of 2 The All New Super Friends Hour title animation cel, 1977 Personal Note: I was a Junior in High School when this show was on ... still a kid back then and still am.  Super Friends animation cel  Wonder Woman color model cel from Super Friends by Alex Toth Personal Note: I adore Alex Toth's work on that iconic cartoon show.  The All New Super Friends Hour bumper cel (1977)  Scooby-Doo and Wonder Woman publicity cel, 1970s Personal Note: I dig the Scooby Doo gang when they team-up with the Superfriends and they were fun to watch back then.
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Post by dbutler69 on Sept 15, 2018 9:24:01 GMT -5
So when did Scooby Doo team up with the Super Friends? I'd love to see that!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2018 9:37:54 GMT -5
So when did Scooby Doo team up with the Super Friends? I'd love to see that!  In the early 80's ... and did a comic book out of it and a short lived made to DVD feature.  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2018 5:03:23 GMT -5
Computer Punch Card  I worked at Boeing from 1985 to 2007 and retired due to change of technology that I couldn't change with it. One of my jobs (I had over 40 different jobs in that career) and one of them was a PUNCH CARD OPERATOR and used the machine just like the animated gif above you. As you wondering why the left hand isn't moving because it's holding down a certain key to assist the computer that this data is for a certain computer function that tells the computer where this data is heading and that's why the that hand is not moving. The right hand is filling in unique data so that the computer to use that data to assist the computer of what exactly what to do and most importantly it's tells it to run a program what to do and so that it's can run it precisely and more efficiently. That technology was around in the 1950's and still in play until 1988 -- I was one of the last Boeing Key Puncher and when they took it out in 1988; lots of computer operators and analysts back then were sad to see technology took over and went to another way of filling in the data we need to run our programs. That's when COBOL took over and along with other computer programs -- there were over 3 dozens of them -- and one of them was LINUX that we used a lot in 1988 to 1992. I tried writing COBOL and did not have the speed to write it ... so I became a Computer Analyst instead. Anyway, those things are ancient history and I was chuckling to see this in my favorite tumblr that I go to for my inspiration of this thread.  IBM stopped making punch card in May 1984, it's took Boeing not until 1988 to disband it. This picture brought back memories of using it in 1985 and I enjoyed using the IBM 29 Card Punch that came out in 1964.  Stack of cards --- I went through over a course of 2000 to 5000 a day at work back then.
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Post by dbutler69 on Sept 16, 2018 9:31:58 GMT -5
Computer Punch Card I saw something very recently where they showed a computer punch card. I can't remember exactly what it was, but I think it may have been an episode of the Super Friends. |
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Post by Rob Allen on Sept 17, 2018 12:27:39 GMT -5
I worked with punch cards in my first professional job, in 1978. Before long I learned to read the holes so I didn't need the printed characters at the top. When the company upgraded from an IBM 360 model 65 mainframe to a 370 model 158, punch cards were replaced by a key-to-disc system - input was still based on an 80-column card image but they were electronic rather than paper. Around the same time my company also introduced a minicomputer version of their product (a minicomputer back then meant it was only as big as a full-size refrigerator). The minicomputer's software was not based on the 80-column card image, which seemed like a great leap forward.
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One of my favorite shows on that series and these pictures brought back memories -- according to her (Craig) it was a fun show to do and she and David McCallum became good friends.
