Kevin Courtney takes a walk down memory lane and arrives in the present day looking at a range of retro gadgets ...

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The Sony Walkman portable cassette player was first released in 1979, and by the 1990s, portable players — whether they were made by Sony or a competitor — were a must-have item. The appeal is obvious ...

The company released Japan’s first-ever magnetic tape record in 1950. In 1958, the company changed its name to Sony Corporation. In the 1960s, Sony established its business in the United States.

The 1990s was a time for zany technology products ranging from the useful to the bizarre, but they were undeniably of that era.

The TPS-L2, later called the Walkman TPS-L2, was the first-ever personal stereo cassette player that was available for purchase. It was first launched in Japan on July 1, 1979, and later in the United ...

A friend recently asked if I knew where he could get a “vintage” Sony Walkman for his 14-year-old daughter’s Birthday. That’s all she wants, he said. Not an iPhone. Not a PlayStation.

A friend recently asked if I knew where he could get a “vintage” Sony Walkman for his 14-year-old daughter’s Birthday. That’s all she wants, he said. Not an iPhone. Not a PlayStation.

The 1990s were an important transition era, when electronics were getting small enough to be portable but were often still too bulky to be truly useful.

The Sony Walkman WM-AF59 combined auto-reverse cassette playback with an integrated AM/FM radio tuner. As a sports model, it offered waterproofing and was rated for 7 hours of playback using two ...

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16. Early Sony Walkman Players Ned Snowman // Shutterstock. The pioneering portable cassette players released by Sony in the late ’70s, especially the first-generation Walkman models in working ...