Tuesday, June 22, 2010 3:48:34 AM
"A sea change is always underway in electronics, whether it be in the realm of computers, smartphones, or digital cameras, whatever. It's the nature of the beast. "
What came to mind when I read that was my 7-transistor radio. When I was a kid, I had a little transistor radio that hung on my bed post, and it had a tiny 9-volt battery "simulator".. it looked like a little rectangular 9 volt battery, complete with the contact set, but it had a cord and plugged into the wall so you didn't burn through batteries.
Anyway, that was the height of consumer technology at the time. Just a few years before you needed a box the size of a roast beef to do what that thing did. If you wanted to burn a battery, you could put one in and carry it around in your shirt pocket.
I never did that though, but I spent many a night using the earplug (music in ONE EAR ONLY! Sheesh!) to listen to the local DJ on KIHR radio.
And then, it was obsolete.
I don't know where it's going to end up after all, but change IS the nature of the beast.
What came to mind when I read that was my 7-transistor radio. When I was a kid, I had a little transistor radio that hung on my bed post, and it had a tiny 9-volt battery "simulator".. it looked like a little rectangular 9 volt battery, complete with the contact set, but it had a cord and plugged into the wall so you didn't burn through batteries.
Anyway, that was the height of consumer technology at the time. Just a few years before you needed a box the size of a roast beef to do what that thing did. If you wanted to burn a battery, you could put one in and carry it around in your shirt pocket.
I never did that though, but I spent many a night using the earplug (music in ONE EAR ONLY! Sheesh!) to listen to the local DJ on KIHR radio.
And then, it was obsolete.
I don't know where it's going to end up after all, but change IS the nature of the beast.
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