"Dave Hall" wrote in message
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On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:20:10 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:



I've been slow to warm up to the ipod phenomenon. Guess I'm just
enough of an old fart that I'm not as adaptable as when younger.

My boat AM/FM CD stereo has an ipod connector - I don't have an ipod.
I do, however have an old 1980s Walkman cassette player. It plugs
right into that ipod connector (cable from the headset plug to the
ipod connector at any electronics store) so now I can play all of my
cassettes ;-)

Yeah, I am old....


If you were really old, like Shortwave Snortfisher, you'd be playing
8-tracks.



If I could connect my 8-track / turntable combo unit from the 1970s to
the boat stereo, I just might ;-)

Dave Hall

Those things were crappy...even in the '70s.

On Apr 23, 2:42 pm, "Don White" wrote:
"Dave Hall" wrote in message

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On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:20:10 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

I've been slow to warm up to the ipod phenomenon. Guess I'm just
enough of an old fart that I'm not as adaptable as when younger.

My boat AM/FM CD stereo has an ipod connector - I don't have an ipod.
I do, however have an old 1980s Walkman cassette player. It plugs
right into that ipod connector (cable from the headset plug to the
ipod connector at any electronics store) so now I can play all of my
cassettes ;-)

Yeah, I am old....

If you were really old, like Shortwave Snortfisher, you'd be playing
8-tracks.

If I could connect my 8-track / turntable combo unit from the 1970s to
the boat stereo, I just might ;-)

Dave Hall

Those things were crappy...even in the '70s.- Hide quoted text -

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I remember when the 8-track quit playing you had to grab it real quick
because it was probably unwinding inside the player and the longer you
let it do that the more tape you had to try to fish out o fthe
player. And you learned which side of the tape to pull so that the
extra tape would slowly wind back into the cartridge. You're right,
they were crappy. But there was a time when everyone had one!

Don White wrote:

If I could connect my 8-track / turntable combo unit from the 1970s to
the boat stereo, I just might ;-)

Dave Hall

Those things were crappy...even in the '70s.

Did you notice, that when 4 and 8 tracks were being phased out, it
wasn't long before you didn't see them growing along side the road?

If there wasn'
t any traffic, my kid brothers used to stop and pick the cartridges
up, take them home, splice, rewind, and for the most part of it you
had a tape again. What always bothered me aboutt he 8 tracks, is
right in the middle of a song, the music would fade out and then
*CLUNK* it would change a channel, either that, or right in the middle
of the best song on the recording and "CHUNK!* the tape would switch.

Glad those days are over....

Tim wrote:
Don White wrote:
If I could connect my 8-track / turntable combo unit from the 1970s to
the boat stereo, I just might ;-)

Dave Hall
Those things were crappy...even in the '70s.

Did you notice, that when 4 and 8 tracks were being phased out, it
wasn't long before you didn't see them growing along side the road?

If there wasn'
t any traffic, my kid brothers used to stop and pick the cartridges
up, take them home, splice, rewind, and for the most part of it you
had a tape again. What always bothered me aboutt he 8 tracks, is
right in the middle of a song, the music would fade out and then
*CLUNK* it would change a channel, either that, or right in the middle
of the best song on the recording and "CHUNK!* the tape would switch.

Glad those days are over....



The answer: sounds on wire. Wire recorders. Don't ask.

Harry Krause wrote:

The answer: sounds on wire. Wire recorders. Don't ask.

Don't need to ask, Harry. My dad has one.


it was fun to play with. If you see the movie "Dick Tracy" With
Warren Beatty , he uses one.


glad you mentioned that. I'll have to go up in the attic and get it.