http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/ Engadget Comments for 8-track Walkman makes the 70's portable, more funky http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/Jul 24th 2009 8:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/
Who cares everyone loved Sony walkmans with a passion. Nobody will ever do stuff like this for something like a iPod in the future.]]>Jul 24th 2009 8:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/
Before the dawn of MP3s when everyone used CDs and mini-discs were cutting edge I visited a local radio station who still used them for that very reason.]]>Jul 24th 2009 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/Jul 24th 2009 11:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/Jul 24th 2009 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/
8-Tracks did *NOT* automatically rewind when you took them out. They were a continuous loop of tape that would play forever if you let it. Once tracks 1 & 2 (L & R) were done, you'd hear a CLUNK as the playback head moved to the next set of tracks (3 & 4), and so on until you played the entire tape (which actually looped 4 times in a row).

8-Tracks did not have Rewind available......only Fast Forward. If you wanted to hear a song again, you'd have to fast forward the rest of the songs to get back to it.
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http://www.8trackheaven.com/portable.html are just a few of the examples.. This page took exactly 1 google search to find..

WTB more fact checking before blind publishing items]]>Jul 24th 2009 8:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/Jul 24th 2009 8:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/Jul 24th 2009 8:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/I was reading this going... hrmmm we had a few of these in the house as a kid. This guys P8Tp looks like shit warmed over.
Hey, maybe you guys can do an article on a portable dvd player. I heard some asshat hodgepodged one together.]]>Jul 24th 2009 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/Jul 24th 2009 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/Jul 24th 2009 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/Jul 24th 2009 9:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/
The first Walkman-style players appeared right at about the time of the 8 Track's swan song. At the time, I was working in the Radio/TV department of a local department store. We used to get in a lot of cheap WM clones and it alway surprised me that no one ever tried to produce a commercial version of what we have here (8man, anyone?).

I like it... it's an example of an evolutionary dead-end that never occurred, kind of like the digital camera with a built-in Zip drive.]]>Jul 24th 2009 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/
Hey Engadget, I once used a CD Rom drive and a 12 volt adapter and some speakers to make a CD player on my tech bench when I used to do tech support... would you like to waste your time writing up an article on that?]]>Jul 24th 2009 8:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/Did I ever tell you about when I got my Atari to run on a 9 volt battery?]]>Jul 24th 2009 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/Jul 24th 2009 9:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/Jul 24th 2009 9:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/Jul 24th 2009 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/So are we. There are SEVERAL models with just an audio output for headphones.
Hell, even if you use the above link and read a little bit you would see that the GE (at the top) has an earphone jack.
Don't be a hater. K?]]>Jul 24th 2009 9:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/Stop hatting on a guy's mod cause it got reported posted on here Engadget or it's something YOU could do; give him his kudos and let him enjoy his moment in the spotlight.]]>Jul 24th 2009 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/Jul 24th 2009 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/
I remember working in the family's garage, and there was an intact 8-track stereo. Found Pink Floyd's "Dark side of the moon" and was delighted to be able to play it while working on the car. Fired it up, and the cassette promptly fell apart when I tried it. ]]>Jul 24th 2009 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/Jul 24th 2009 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/Jul 24th 2009 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/
Some attempted to make record players for cars, but did not work out very well.]]>Jul 24th 2009 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/Jul 24th 2009 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/
I also had this converter into which you'd put a standard cassette tape, then plug that into an 8-track. Amusing!]]>Jul 24th 2009 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/Jul 24th 2009 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/]]>Jul 24th 2009 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/Jul 24th 2009 1:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/Jul 24th 2009 1:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/8-track-walkman-makes-the-70s-portable-more-funky/ Not having to rewind 8-Tracks sounds pretty good. Especially when you consider this... http://mediahora.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/dvd-rewinder/

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