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Forum Index : Microcontroller and PC projects : 1971 - the first of the touch car-radios....
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Grogster Admin Group  Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9593 |
Historically interesting: 1971 Touch Radio.... Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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Gizmo Admin Group Joined: 05/06/2004 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5116 |
Those would have been some early LEDs. I hate button only radios, I seam to be forever going tap tap tap to adjust the volume. The old volume knob is missed. The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is right now. JAQ |
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| PhenixRising Guru  Joined: 07/11/2023 Location: United KingdomPosts: 1360 |
We had one of the first TVs with capacitive sensors for channel switching (no remote). My mom would switch to her godawful soap at 7:30pm and I somehow figured that if I licked my finger and touched my channel sensor just before she came along, it would keep flipping back after she switched to her soap channel and there was always a slight delay so she was already walking back to her chair when it flipped back  |
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Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 7865 |
You were a very naughty boy! ;) Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9593 |
How could you do that to your own mother!   Was it a Sanyo TV by any chance? We had one of those large wooden-boxed CTV's with four of those touch buttons for the channels. Back in the day here in Kiwiland, we only had two channels, both run by TVNZ, then TV3 came along, then TV4 etc, but for YEARS we only needed TV's with four or so channel buttons on them, as there simply were no other channels to tune into!  Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 7865 |
We had the good old BBC, then ITV joined it in 1955 to give us a massive choice. From 1964 they were joined by BBC2 - supposedly a channel for "serious" entertainment. It was November 1982 before the UK got its 4th TV channel, the unimaginatively named Channel 4. And that's the history of UK TV channels. :) There's been nothing since until satellite broadcasting appeared. Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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| JohnS Guru Joined: 18/11/2011 Location: United KingdomPosts: 4038 |
Channel 5 at some point. BBC4 BBC3 kids ones (CBBC etc) John [too lazy to look up dates, sorry] |
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| Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 7865 |
Ok... Nothing of consequence. :) The others are generally pretty naff, being mostly outlets for repeats. CBBC is a bit of an exception but it shares a channel with BBC3. CBBC, BBC3 and BBC4 are currently tabled to be shut down as TV channels, going digital only. Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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| PhenixRising Guru Joined: 07/11/2023 Location: United KingdomPosts: 1360 |
Consultants probably charged a fortune for that. Edited 2025-01-08 22:35 by PhenixRising |
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| PhenixRising Guru Joined: 07/11/2023 Location: United KingdomPosts: 1360 |
Reminds me of Detroit: "Hey what's the next street up from 8-mile?" "Umm that would be 9-mile" |
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