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Sony Walkman (Senior) has reached the end of side two. Its batteries have run out. The rewind button is broken.

Sony announce the end of the line for the iconic walkman.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11618899

amongst many other i had one Walkman, small, well designed, good.
go rest ya plastic.

I'm surprised nobody has released an all-singing-and-dancing MP3 player in a body shell styled like an old chunky Walkman yet.

With all the retro gear people seem to lap up they'd make a mint for what would be pretty cheap to make.

Carpathian Psychonaut wrote:I'm surprised nobody has released an all-singing-and-dancing MP3 player in a body shell styled like an old chunky Walkman yet.

With all the retro gear people seem to lap up they'd make a mint for what would be pretty cheap to make.

Eh?

IZ.

$70?

& that colour!!!!

I had an industry knock off that was the same shape, colour and weight of an aircraft's black box. I swear I could drop it under a bus and it wouldn't even notice.

You don't get that kind of sturdiness out of today's new-fangled MP3 players. Mind, you can now actually get them in pockets, etc.

Rest In Piece.

These things will always be kept alive by the purists (nutters).

I got a "new" walkman just the other day as it happens.

Reports of the death of the cassette are greatly exaggerated. For instance, I understand that the Plod still use them for recording interviews. They're cheap, reliable, and not prone to easy tampering.

I even believe that you can still get 1/4" reel-to-reel tape.

Izzy HaveMercy wrote: Eh?

IZ.

It's not chunky enough!!!

Izzy HaveMercy wrote:

Carpathian Psychonaut wrote:I'm surprised nobody has released an all-singing-and-dancing MP3 player in a body shell styled like an old chunky Walkman yet.

With all the retro gear people seem to lap up they'd make a mint for what would be pretty cheap to make.

Eh?

IZ.

I thought it was a good idea!

I also thought it far too late it seems

still better than my mobile CD player though. Now they were carp

Funny-looking video...
30 years from now MP3 players will be as quirky as the Walkman. You read it here first.

markfiend wrote:Reports of the death of the cassette are greatly exaggerated. For instance, I understand that the Plod still use them for recording interviews. They're cheap, reliable, and not prone to easy tampering.

I even believe that you can still get 1/4" reel-to-reel tape.

Joyce's grandad, who's registered blind, gets his talking books on cassettes. Books on any medium needing a digital display would be pointless.

I just love tapes... they're the most sympathetic media. Sleep well, dear walkmen

All i can say is sometimes i wish some people still tried making analogue recordings.. i daresay the best quality Sisters bootleg isn't DAT, it's analogue, probably Walkman.

Not that i suffer from being sentimental about them.

One of my two best friends in my early teenage years. The other was the black cat whom I rescued from the cellar. Time flies, things change. RIP

did anyone else rewind/ff their cassettes by sticking a pencil in one of the reel holes and spinning crap out of the bastards?

i ruined many a cassette in the process. seeing as i carried on undeterred, i obviously thought it was a small price to pay for extending battery life

Yes.

Of course!

IZ.

paint it black wrote:still better than my mobile CD player though. Now they were carp

Christ yes, the only way to prevent skipping was to never move the damn thing. Mobile my entire arssse.

LouLou wrote:did anyone else rewind/ff their cassettes by sticking a pencil in one of the reel holes and spinning crap out of the bastards?

i ruined many a cassette in the process. seeing as i carried on undeterred, i obviously thought it was a small price to pay for extending battery life

Did anyone not?

Still have the last walkman I ever bought somewhere, I'm gonna dig it out and keep it in the attic now. Be worth a fortune in 20 years time.

i think i also have one of my later walkmans still lurking around somewhere. it was a panasonic and it actually CHANGED DIRECTION OF PLAYBACK!!!

i was chuffed to bits when i first got it.

*sigh*

LouLou wrote:i think i also have one of my later walkmans still lurking around somewhere. it was a panasonic and it actually CHANGED DIRECTION OF PLAYBACK!!!

i was chuffed to bits when i first got it.

*sigh*

Oooooooo, auto-reverse - very flash! I had one of those - IIRC it died somewhat mysteriously as the result of being dropped off a hotel balcony into a swimming pool.

a honourable death, if i may say so.

if you're an ipod whose cause of death is falling off a jeans back pocket and drowning in a lavatory pan, it's quite an enviable one too.

Auto-reverse used to chew my cassettes to pieces.