27 Mar
2001
27 Mar
'01
5:28 p.m.
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? ;)