27 Mar
2001
27 Mar
'01
10:35 p.m.
I don't think Allison's quite that old but neither am I. I can remember
JFK's funeral on TV (BW Motorola) and they made one of the best Chevy's when
I was born (57) and I don't think Allison is much off from that. At least
she won't tell us I'm sure.
I had a crystal radio in my early teens that we built from a library book
and then I moved to a Hallicrafters multiband reciever w/ long dipole
antenna. I still have the radio but have to find the capacitor that blew and
doesn't allow audio into the preamp. Good thing I have the schematic, now I
just need time.
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Pete Turnbull
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On Mar 27, 22:02, Mike Ford wrote:
Don't be silly. My crystal set had a germanium diode, and I bet Allison's
did too :-)
I do remember my father buying a Philips Compact Cassette recorder when
they were new and even cooler than my 7-transistor radio finished in red
artificial leatherette. A cassette recorder of the same model still
happily reads and writes tapes on some of my older home micros, despite
being old when they were new (if you see what I mean).
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
>I'm old, dirts older. When I was in
school you were really
cool of your
radio
had six transistors, cooler if it had FM and rich if your portable tape
Are you sure you weren't trying to impress people with the catwhisker on
your crystal set? ;)