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Amarnath S7-Jul-15 21:48

Amarnath S

7-Jul-15 21:48

My children saw old gramophone records (both 33 1/3 and 45 rpm) at home. Sadly not easy to find a device to play them.

Was this the first way by which sound was 'stored'?

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Rage7-Jul-15 21:51

Rage

7-Jul-15 21:51

Yes[^]

Nagy Vilmos7-Jul-15 22:15

Nagy Vilmos

7-Jul-15 22:15

Avijnata wrote:
both 33 1/3 and 45 rpm

Oh you've got the modern stuff. We have an old 78 player and around early 100 shellac records. Big Grin | :-D

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Amarnath S8-Jul-15 0:31

Amarnath S

8-Jul-15 0:31

Yes - 78 rpm records were obsolete by the time we got ours (~1975).

Given that you have 100 of those, may be worth a fortune today; if not with (old) music lovers, at least with auction houses Smile | :)

Jacquers7-Jul-15 23:04

7-Jul-15 23:04

Those actually seem to be making a comeback. You should be able to get players at antique / charity shops / flea markets.

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Rage7-Jul-15 23:17

Rage

7-Jul-15 23:17

Well, DJs still use them[^] for live sets.

Vivi Chellappa8-Jul-15 0:36

Vivi Chellappa

8-Jul-15 0:36

For 15 years, I have seen them advertised on Skymall, the inflight sales magazine.

Fry's in the US has them. I am sure you can find it in a local audio store or at least order one through them.

Ferd Really8-Jul-15 6:21

Ferd Really

8-Jul-15 6:21

Avijnata wrote:
33 1/3

pshaw, me mom had 16 2/3 RPM records.

kids these days Laugh | :laugh:

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GStrad8-Jul-15 22:10

GStrad

8-Jul-15 22:10

Saw a friend's kid looking at my record collection, I asked her if she knew what they are,

quote "Aren't they some kind of old fashioned DVD type thing?"

Amarnath S8-Jul-15 22:14

Amarnath S

8-Jul-15 22:14

When she grows older, she'll show DVDs to young kids; wonder what they'll identify them as.

den2k887-Jul-15 22:15

den2k88

7-Jul-15 22:15

I'm young and I was one of the last of my generation to extensively use audio tapes... when all of my peers had CDs I travelled with huge bags of batteries and tapes. Then the MP3 CDs came out, and I finally had normal CDs. My peers travelled with 1-2 discs while I had big bags of CDs and batteries.

Then the pendrive Mp3s came out and I finally managed to get a MP3 CD... and so the story goes on Big Grin | :-D

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Wastedtalent7-Jul-15 23:14

Wastedtalent

7-Jul-15 23:14

I was having a similar conversation with a friend the other day.

My first response was, today's 18 years olds wouldn't have been born when the Spice Girls released Wannabe.

den2k887-Jul-15 23:41

den2k88

7-Jul-15 23:41

Wastedtalent wrote:
My first response was, today's 18 years olds wouldn't have been born when the Spice Girls released Wannabe.

Oh my gods, now you made me feel old... Sniff | :^)

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RUs1238-Jul-15 0:21

RUs123

8-Jul-15 0:21

And now the song is in my head.. Have to go listen to some music and exorcise it.

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Roger Wright8-Jul-15 8:14

Roger Wright

8-Jul-15 8:14

If it was on a reel, you are old. Poke tongue | ;-P

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Jacquers7-Jul-15 21:27

7-Jul-15 21:27

There is a link in the Insider:

I’m giving away MILLIONS of FREE Microsoft eBooks again![^]
Hurry! Time limited offer. Crazy Eric's ebook store: our prices are INSANE!
Source: MS Small Business blog

However, the page it links to just says 'Group not found'. If anyone has the correct / new link I'd appreciate it. Thx!

Edit. Thx to Super, here is the link: click[^]

modified 8-Jul-15 3:55am.

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Rage7-Jul-15 21:44

Rage

7-Jul-15 21:44

I ... would not click on that link.

Jacquers7-Jul-15 21:46

7-Jul-15 21:46

It's copied and pasted from the daily CodeProject email.

super7-Jul-15 21:52

super

7-Jul-15 21:52

check this[^]

cheers,

Super

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Jacquers7-Jul-15 21:54