nickdalzell
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thought this would be an interesting 'retro' post. apparently the birth of 'Internet radio' started in 1954
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'Internet' first used on radio in the '50s
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That looks familiar... I started a thread about that thing before. 
Actually that was circa 1969, I know because I actually had one of those, "Internet" brand pocket radio
...a cheapo thing, made in Hong Kong, it wasn't very good. Internet Radio (Product) Ltd of Beckenham(the manual is misprinted 
), also did a small blue, MW & LW one as well.
"1954", you're very likely thinking of the Regency Tr-1, made in USA, the very first pocket transistor radio.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regency_TR-1
Original TR-1s are worth a lot of money now and can be highly desired by collectors, that thing in the picture was apparently bought from a second-hand shop in Holland for 20 euros, which is about what it's worth.
Some more information about 1960s "Internet" radios here.
http://www.radiomuseum.org/dsp_hersteller_detail.cfm?company_id=15283
US companies might have invented the transistor radio, but they were soon beaten down by Japan, and then Hong Kong.
Actually that was circa 1969, I know because I actually had one of those, "Internet" brand pocket radio
...a cheapo thing, made in Hong Kong, it wasn't very good. Internet Radio (Product) Ltd of Beckenham(the manual is misprinted ), also did a small blue, MW & LW one as well."1954", you're very likely thinking of the Regency Tr-1, made in USA, the very first pocket transistor radio.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regency_TR-1
Original TR-1s are worth a lot of money now and can be highly desired by collectors, that thing in the picture was apparently bought from a second-hand shop in Holland for 20 euros, which is about what it's worth.
Some more information about 1960s "Internet" radios here.
http://www.radiomuseum.org/dsp_hersteller_detail.cfm?company_id=15283
US companies might have invented the transistor radio, but they were soon beaten down by Japan, and then Hong Kong.
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zuben el genub
Extreme Android User
Go read A Logic Named Joe by Murray Leinster. 1946
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Logic_Named_Joe
It is very funny and very apt.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Logic_Named_Joe
It is very funny and very apt.
Yeah, we used to have one of these:
I have seen one in a museum a few years ago, but can't at this moment remember where.
Yeah, we used to have one of these:
I have seen one in a museum a few years ago, but can't at this moment remember where.
Can make out "BBC 2" on the dial, so this radio was apparently made between 1967 and 1978. After 1978, Radio 2 on 1500 metres LW became Radio 4. Prior to 1967 it would have had "Light", and had "Home" and "Third" on the dial as well. Given that this was a radio for the UK market.
I've seen old radios for sale in Hong Kong, where many of these things were made, with German stations on the dial or CONELRAD markings. Can often tell where a radio was intended for or about when it was made, just by what's on the dial, e.g. two triangles at 640 and 1240kHz, CONELRAD, which were only US and prior to 1964. The 1954 Regency TR-1 has those. Or these "Internet" radios have BBC stations and Long Wave(LW). LW is only used in Europe for broadcast, not Asia or the Americas.
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