A place to share and discuss Cassette Futurism: media where the technology closely matches the computers and technology of the 70s and 80s.
Whether it's bright colors and geometric shapes, the tendency towards stark plainness, or the the lack of powerful computers and cell phones, Cassette Futurism includes: Cassettes, ROM chips, CRT displays, computers reminiscent of microcomputers like the Commodore 64, freestanding hi-fi systems, small LCD displays, and other analog technologies.
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Sadly doesn't work anymore as it was dropped and damaged. Found it at an ewaste site with the idea to build an ITX pc inside with a little DIY digital oscilloscope replacing the screen connected to the audio out so you can see the wave form as you listen to music or play games
Electronics that old are often pretty repairable...
They were designed to be repairable! The manuel shows you how to open everything up. I two very similar ones. (465 with a digital memory and a 475 and checked some manuals online. They're pretty extensive.
Yeah that's another reason that I haven't taken it apart yet because we get a guy once a year come to our lab that calibrated oscilloscopes for us and said this one is super easy to fix and he has parts for them if I ever reach out to him