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Here's mine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsNaR6FRuO0
Wish I could find an example, but I can't...
I feel glad and sad for people that will never hear the satisfaction of a cassette tape finishing rewinding. That small squeaky hum coming to a crashing stop, just hard enough to feel in your hand. I may have to go searching for my Walkman and my Hansen cassette...
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thenewgreen · 4586 days ago · link ·
- That small squeaky hum coming to a crashing stop, just hard enough to feel in your hand
I also remember making mixed tapes and having that 50 seconds of extra tape at the end of a side and not knowing what to put there.? My go-to song was always Her Majesty because it's only about 25 seconds long. Good remembrances. Thanks.
thenewgreen · 4843 days ago · link ·
The flash cube was particularly nostalgic for me. It reminded me of being a kid and having photo's taken at my grandparents house. The sheik cameras were all really long and thin and some took "flash cubes". -Super cool.
This is all I've got: http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=h0jm99xKWRI
Totally awesome. Reminded me of a few ones.
Pen plotters: http://youtu.be/eZBwEaW9uxI I've got a marvelous medium-format slide scanner that makes the best noises, but it's plugged into my Mac Pro (via Firewire to SCSI II adapter) and I still use it, so it doesn't count as obsolete. The soothing sounds of my childhood:
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On that note: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISP9su7okHo
Yeah, yeah! Uh!
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