It's a PC, radio, cassette player and TV
5mon 23d ago by piefed.social/u/rimu in cassettefuturism from media.piefed.social
Yes, it's real - http://retropc.net/ohishi/museum/ratecaputer.htm
It's beautiful is what it is
Fancy! I have one similar, but it's just the tv and radio.
Friend had one that was a TV/Radio/Betamax player. We watched Explorers on it a few times.
I had one too but with the cassette player(no pc)... Bought it used from the TV repair shop... And Umm.. Can you get my walker for me?
Absolutely beautiful cyberdeck. I love it.
That thing is magnificent! The only point of failure I see on it that would be tough to fix is that keyboard. I'll bet the PCB's are all through hole and hand soldered. True reverse on the cassette deck is a nice touch. Man that tuner pulls all the bands! I wonder if the computer ran off the cassette like an old TRS or if it was just a fancy calculator.
I love how big and chunky these things are but I bet if you open them up it’s just a lot of empty space.
I'll wager this thing has at least 5 PCBs crammed in there , each chock-full of discrete components.
I bet it will fit in a briefcase though!
rimu@piefed.social that tube Forced most of the dimesions.
I have one of those, it’s a new invention called “smartphone”
You have a smartphone that can pick up analog television and play cassettes? That's fantastic!
But seriously, this was cutting-edge stuff for 1980.
Need more button
More button good :)