Retro radios, calculators, etc. 19 Jul 2006
5 comments Latest by Ciaran
Vintage Technology hosts a vast collection of retro calculators, radios, and other gizmos. Some samples:
Omron 86 (btw, notice the calculator flavor in the design of new cell phone/PDAs like the Sony Ericsson M600i?)
There’s also a category for products that missed the mark, like the H&R Wondergram. Before the iPod, before the Walkman, there was this portable record player small enough to fit in your hand…
5 comments (comments are closed)
Steve Tucker 19 Jul 06
Many great products in the list that missed the mark. Weird how times change - most of them would probably be largely desirable as collectors items nowadays.
Mike 19 Jul 06
I love the Binocular Radio! What a combination, who wouldn’t want to be able to use their binoculars and listen to the radio at the same time. I smell a Microsoft product in the making!
Josh Teague 19 Jul 06
That Omron 86 calculator kind of reminds me of the OS X Dashboard calculator widget … it may be just because it has the orange accents, round buttons and all, but it’s pretty groovy. Anyone want to re-skin the widget to look like that? :)