Technology Retrospective

A selection of vintage entertainment and communication technology spotted at my parent’s garage sale this past summer. I will state right now that I did not take any of this home with me. Note the “Best of Wilf Carter’ album in demo mode.

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atomicity says:

phonographs that play 16s are a rare find indeed, these days!
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Luke Dorny (luxuryluke) says:

Great shot of some cool kit!
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

yeled says:

she is beautiful, but good choice. sometimes it's ok to leave things behind. i once bought a "calculator" that weighed in at 12 kilos, just for the 6 letter typography on the side. after 4 house moves, i finally gave it away.

damn it was a nice asterisk though :D
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

gary_b says:

that is SO superyum.

and yes indeed, turntables that play 16rpm-ers ARE really rare. as are 16rpm LPs!!

hope you hung onto the Wilf record - it's a good 'un.
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

cary andrew penny says:

wilf carter is not only a famous albertan he's a canadian institution.

i'd love to get my hands on that typewriter. sweet!
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Riccardo Mori says:

Lovely things. I'm a pack rat and have a soft spot for record-players and typewriters, so I'd be urged to get all the stuff portrayed here, heh heh. The Symphonic portable player gets most of the attention, but I also like the other one on the left, the one half hidden by the album.
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

K'vitsh says:

Gah! I could've had that record player! Damn it!
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

gary_b says:

you know, i just remembered something...

didn't your folks have a brief stint as hip-hop stars???

yeah, yeah, it was them.
who could forget that line from their hit "Where's It At?":

"I got three turntables and a type-writ-er..."
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Legodude522 says:

Very nice stuff there.
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

splorp says:

@ atomicity I completely forgot that turntable played at 16 rpm. My sister and I used to spend hours in front of this box, listening to my dad’s albums and 78s ... The Kingston Trio, The Limelighters, Roger Miller, Herb Alpert, Mathis, Cash ... and later on, K-Tel’s jukebox hits of the 50’s. None of those discs were 16 rpm, mind you.

@ yeled You wouldn’t believe that stuff I’ve passed on. Or maybe you would. It’s hard, really hard sometimes. A few years ago, I would have carted all of this gear home with me. Speaking of heavy, you should see the remains of the PDP 8/M mini-mainframe I have in the garage.

@ gary Wilf, is safely stored away in one of three file boxes full of discs that I did happen to cart back home. Still working on shooting the covers for the Retro Records group.

@ cary I wrote many a college paper on that Olympia (not to mention typing out my entire record collection list prior to being able to afford a printer for my Apple II.

@ riccardo I picked up the smaller turntable at another garage sale specifically so my dad could transfer his 78s to cassette. The old Symphonic turntable was tube-powered and self-contained with no line out. That cute little job connected directly into any amp. Beautiful solution when it worked.

@ k’vitsh Should have grabbed it when you could, cuz.
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

yeled says:

oh. please document! i've never seen one.
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Plunderkind says:

As if you didn't take any of it home.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

splorp says:

Not a one. Except the Wilf Carter album. Honest.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

hobo4hire says:

Wilf Carter. Wow. That is so awesome!

I saw this on Explore's "last 7 days," but I knew you were from Calgary before I saw the tags.

Interesting thing, I just googled him, and discovered that he died ten years ago, yesterday (Dec 5). Also, he was inspired by a touring Swiss yodeler.

Hope he's resting well!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

splorp says:

Is it that obvious I’m from Calgary?
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

minimum says:

Grant, I think I would have taken the lot—much to my girlfriend's dismay.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

adespen says:

I would have liked just to be in Canada.
I might have a garage sale here (melbourne australia) Mac Luggable, SE30, Plus etc.
or send tix and we will come out
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

splorp says:

I wish I had tickets to come buy the Mac Luggable (or Mac Anchor as I like to call it). Does the portable have a backlight? My current one doesn‘t, sadly enough.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

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