As I’ve written about before I am interested in old technology, primarily computers from the 8-bit era but also other things more generally. Lately I’ve rekindled an interest in old audio gear as well, particularly cassette recorders but also other things too. Cassettes seem to have experienced something of a renaissance lately, not on the scale of vinyl of course but definitely more than previously. I grew up with cassettes, never owning a record player (well not really… I did have a 1960s ‘picnic basket’ one for a while which I bought for 10p at a jumble sale) and relied on them well into the CD era for music on the move. So I do have a real affection for them.
I’ve always enjoyed car boot sales and I’ve been going to these more lately as well, and I’ve managed to pick up a whole range of interesting stuff, most of it in various stages of disrepair. What has been interested is how little documentation there is on this stuff out there – you can often find service manuals, but rarely anything else.
So I’m going to use the blog to document what I’m finding, what I’ve needed to do to bring it back to life and any lessons learned, and also what I think about them. Given the level of interest in retro these days, there is still a huge amount preservation to be done and I’m hoping to play a small part in doing that. I’ve not been very active on the blog lately but I have a lot of stuff to talk about so let’s begin!
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