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[–] pyre@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

basically all cutting edge tech from my teen years:

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 3 points 6 days ago

When I was a little kid my dad's old retired police cruiser still had an 8-track player in it. Y'all ain't that old. I was there for that thing's entire lifecycle, then portable mp3 players' too. Streaming on mobile will probably last a while though.

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 102 points 1 week ago (2 children)

A pretty shitty museum really. Discman was only made by Sony.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 37 points 1 week ago

I was gonna say, this museum had one job and they failed it

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And why would you want one from 2002 instead of more of an OG like the Sony d-777 from around 1994.

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[–] oh_@lemmy.world 59 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Discman was a Sony trademarked name only. That in the museum was a portable MP3 compact disc player with remote.

[–] FryHyde@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Yeah this gives the vibe of some poorly-researched hipster pop up "museum"

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[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago
[–] gigachad@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 week ago

It says MP3 on it. I remember when I was a kid, I wanted a mp3-player because it was the hot shit. So I bought a Panasonic discman that said "MP3" on it. That's when I learned what "mp3-disks" are and how to quickly navigate through 400 songs using one button

[–] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Walking down the street, cradling the thing like a baby because the slightest bump would cause it to skip, those were the days xD

[–] breecher@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

In 2002 they would all have anti-skip, even the cheap knock offs. The skipping was just in the early 90s.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Anti skip was awesome. I remember showing my friend's dad and tapping it and stuff and it keep playing and his eyes went wide. Then he bought a minidisc player and blew MY mind.

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[–] LadyButterfly@lazysoci.al 8 points 1 week ago

And the CDs needed to be handled with kid gloves

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[–] RedstoneValley@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I recently found my first mobile phone model in a museum. I know the feeling.

[–] yournamehere@lemm.ee 22 points 1 week ago

i found one in the basement. 15% battery life left.

[–] higgsboson@dubvee.org 3 points 1 week ago

I used to sell that model when it was the new hotness.

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[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Ain't no way that's a Discman. I have a Sony one from the 90s on my desk, for one. Two, I thought Sony had the trademark on Discman? And three, that's Panasonic and doesn't have Discman anywhere on it.

So unless Discman wasn't trademarked and became synonymous with CD players, I refuse to accept that's a discman!

[–] DemandtheOxfordComma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I was gonna say the same thing, but I'm glad you did. Makes me feel old anyway.

[–] SupremeDonut@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago

It's Sony, y'all. If there's infringement to be imposed upon you know they'll be right there swingin' their Sony balogna.

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[–] PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, that’s a low blow. Not a Walkman, not just a portable Cd player, a bloody mp3 cd with a remote on the headphones from 2002. Who are you calling old, eh? Kids these days have no respect

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I've seen a 3DS in the Technical Museum in Vienna.

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[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I had this exact model ! Burned a CD with all the Linkin Park, Sum 41, Blink 182, Rage against the machine, System of a Down, Red hot chili peppers, and more !

Those were simpler times...

You have an exquisite taste in music.

[–] pneumatron@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wait until you see the home computer you grew up with, along with a joystick and selection of game tapes/discs including some of your favourites, in a glass case in a museum of technology; then you are free to crumble to dust.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Where I went, they also completely recreated the living space around it for the different era. The wallpaper, the furniture, even a soldering iron for the electronics enthousiast, it all matched perfectly. That was a nostalgia trip.

Edit:

See if this triggers your nostalgia: A, B and C from here

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[–] squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 week ago

Always love antishock

[–] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

When can I be encased in a glass box and finally get some peace?

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[–] Placebonickname@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

This early 21st century edition includes Anti-Skip Protection, some archaeological research indicates that it functioned the same way ESP or Electronic Skip Protection, however no conclusive records have ever been recovered…

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 week ago

c. 2002

That is a low blow, museum

[–] Pnut@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago

It's not even the oldest one. I had to wait like three Christmases until I could play mp3s on a disk without converting them first.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Damn kid you had the high tech newfangled round clear gel looking shit.

I had the original 6AA battery disc man where you can either listen to music for a couple of drives without skipping, or a week if you didn't turn the anti skip buffer on.

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[–] OpenPassageways@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago

You've never been older in your life than you are now

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (4 children)

What's the long black cable coming off it?

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago

It's the tether for your Airpods so you don't lose them.

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[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ode to a world of ownership

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Then I guess you must have overlooked the first cell phone models you used (or even later ones) in that same museum...

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

It was never called a Tapeman, so why disc?

It should be a runman or a walkwoman.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The Walkman was by Sony, and they did make CD versions. This is clearly Panasonic trying to capitalize on brand recognition by having a similar sounding name to an already well recognized name.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Discman is Sonys CD Walkman line.

My point was that Walkman never mentions tapes, so why mention the media format in the sequels name.

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[–] PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Because you could hardly walk, let alone run with one if you actually wanted to enjoy the music

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The anti skip actually worked really well. I used to have it in my backpack and didn’t have many issues.

Although I couldn’t afford many batteries to run it often, and rechargeable sucked.

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[–] zod000@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

WTF is this nonsense, Discman was a specific Sony product ala Walkman.

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