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    OMG! Ponies!: Didn't do so hot. I must've gotten audio-induced long-term memory loss from spending my teenage years blasting my ears with Madonna, Prince, Michael ... more »
    GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: Soon the Super Karate Monkey Death car would park in my space. But was Jimmy scared? A thousand times no. Jimmy had fancy plans, and pants to match... more »
    Denver_80203: Switches kept breaking off the sports walkman. But it had a very satisfying suction release sound when you opened it. more »
    dingus: Where's the Sports Walkman with the solar powered alarm clock on the front for some reason? more »
    frigg: interesting how little the walkman evolved over 3 decades compared to the rapid annual evolution of the iPod. Looking forward to the 30 year iPod retr... more »
    turi319: I like pizza pie, I like macaroni. But what I love is My First Sony. AHHHH! more »
    tok3ninja: *sigh* if only Youtube wasn't on lockdown at work. Sonofabitch. more »
    Dr. H. F. Danger: Lets not forget about the 1983 Walkman Sears commercial. more »
    GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: Is that Brad Pitt in the ad on the lower right? Not that I look for Brad Pitt, mind you. more »
    ChaosCon: Speaking of 'horrendously' old tech - I'm just now learnint FORTRAN at work, and I really REAAAAAAAAALLY want to find an old punch card reader, just t... more »
    Kaiser-Machead: I still love my bright yellow Sony Sport Walkman, with its waterproof buttons that have yet to fail in responsiveness, its little LED that showed lapt... more »
    OMG! Ponies!: I want to see him try to operate an IBM MC/ST that uses magnetic cards. Or change the golfball on a Selectric. I want to see him boot up a Compaq Po... more »
    badhatharry: Was it one of the cheap ones that only had a fast forward button and you had to flip the tape over to rewind it? Because if so, I wonder how long tha... more »
    khetti: Very eloquent for a 13-year-old, although not unexpected coming from the BBC. I wonder how poorly the article had been written if it was an American o... more »
    Hello Mister Walrus: To be fair, his confusion is probably exaggerated by journalism. It would be a pretty boring story if they just said he managed to figure everything out. more »
    BeerManMike: Now watch frustration ensue as you give a curious 15 year old boy a pentium 2 computer and a 56k modem for a couple months. more »
    OMG! Ponies!: No fair. He got earbuds. In my day, we had crappy headphones with the leaky foam covers and the aluminum band. Personally, I'm surprised his soft, ... more »
    GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: Next you'll tell me this kid doesn't know that data used to be stored one cassette tapes as well. more »
    closhedbb: But did anyone explain to him the romantic power of making a mix tape for the girl he likes? more »
    Geisrud: Took three days to figure out it has two sides? The label "Side A" and "Side B" didn't clue him in? I wonder how long it would take him to figure ou... more »
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    Take the Walkman 30th Birthday Quiz

    How much do you know about the most celebrated personal stereo of all time, one that is today turning the big Three Oh? A lot? OK, hell, let's see what you got: More »
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    Notable and Crazy Sony Cassette Walkman Editions

    Sony's cassette tape Walkman came to life in many shapes and forms through the years. Here are a few of the great, the important and sometimes plain weird Walkman models. More »
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    Great Sony Walkman TV and Print Ads of the 1980s

    To commemorate the Sony Walkman's 30th birthday, here are the trippy ads Sony used to promote it in the '80s. Noble monkeys, off-key kids and sweet-toothed senseis—where's that f'd up sense of humor now, Sony? More »
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    When a 13-year-old From 2009 Uses a Walkman For a Week

    Here's what happens when you give a 13-year-old from 2009 a Sony Walkman—the tape kind—and ask him to figure it out without any outside help: incredible confusion. More »