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[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 102 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

A pretty shitty museum really. Discman was only made by Sony.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 37 points 3 weeks ago

I was gonna say, this museum had one job and they failed it

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

And why would you want one from 2002 instead of more of an OG like the Sony d-777 from around 1994.

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[–] oh_@lemmy.world 59 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Discman was a Sony trademarked name only. That in the museum was a portable MP3 compact disc player with remote.

[–] FryHyde@lemmy.zip 13 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Yeah this gives the vibe of some poorly-researched hipster pop up "museum"

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[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 30 points 3 weeks ago
[–] RedstoneValley@sh.itjust.works 22 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I recently found my first mobile phone model in a museum. I know the feeling.

[–] yournamehere@lemm.ee 22 points 3 weeks ago

i found one in the basement. 15% battery life left.

[–] higgsboson@dubvee.org 3 points 3 weeks ago

I used to sell that model when it was the new hotness.

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[–] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Walking down the street, cradling the thing like a baby because the slightest bump would cause it to skip, those were the days xD

[–] breecher@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

In 2002 they would all have anti-skip, even the cheap knock offs. The skipping was just in the early 90s.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Anti skip was awesome. I remember showing my friend's dad and tapping it and stuff and it keep playing and his eyes went wide. Then he bought a minidisc player and blew MY mind.

[–] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Anti skip wasn't completely anti skip if it took a massive jolt but for sure it was like magic compares to the old ones which needed to be preferably flat on a table xD

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 weeks ago

One massive jolt was okay, but sustained vibration was not. Anti-skip worked by caching a few seconds in the future and playing that when the laser lost focus. More than a couple seconds of no laser contact and the cache runs out.

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[–] LadyButterfly@lazysoci.al 8 points 3 weeks ago

And the CDs needed to be handled with kid gloves

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[–] gigachad@sh.itjust.works 22 points 3 weeks ago

It says MP3 on it. I remember when I was a kid, I wanted a mp3-player because it was the hot shit. So I bought a Panasonic discman that said "MP3" on it. That's when I learned what "mp3-disks" are and how to quickly navigate through 400 songs using one button

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 19 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Ain't no way that's a Discman. I have a Sony one from the 90s on my desk, for one. Two, I thought Sony had the trademark on Discman? And three, that's Panasonic and doesn't have Discman anywhere on it.

So unless Discman wasn't trademarked and became synonymous with CD players, I refuse to accept that's a discman!

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[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I had this exact model ! Burned a CD with all the Linkin Park, Sum 41, Blink 182, Rage against the machine, System of a Down, Red hot chili peppers, and more !

Those were simpler times...

You have an exquisite taste in music.

[–] pneumatron@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.works 19 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, that’s a low blow. Not a Walkman, not just a portable Cd player, a bloody mp3 cd with a remote on the headphones from 2002. Who are you calling old, eh? Kids these days have no respect

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I've seen a 3DS in the Technical Museum in Vienna.

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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Wait until you see the home computer you grew up with, along with a joystick and selection of game tapes/discs including some of your favourites, in a glass case in a museum of technology; then you are free to crumble to dust.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Where I went, they also completely recreated the living space around it for the different era. The wallpaper, the furniture, even a soldering iron for the electronics enthousiast, it all matched perfectly. That was a nostalgia trip.

Edit:

See if this triggers your nostalgia: A, B and C from here

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[–] squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 3 weeks ago

Always love antishock

[–] Placebonickname@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

This early 21st century edition includes Anti-Skip Protection, some archaeological research indicates that it functioned the same way ESP or Electronic Skip Protection, however no conclusive records have ever been recovered…

[–] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

When can I be encased in a glass box and finally get some peace?

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[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 7 points 3 weeks ago

c. 2002

That is a low blow, museum

[–] Pnut@lemm.ee 7 points 3 weeks ago

It's not even the oldest one. I had to wait like three Christmases until I could play mp3s on a disk without converting them first.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Damn kid you had the high tech newfangled round clear gel looking shit.

I had the original 6AA battery disc man where you can either listen to music for a couple of drives without skipping, or a week if you didn't turn the anti skip buffer on.

[–] crusty@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The anti-skip sucked battery?

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Horribly, it read the disk into a memory buffer, then played from the buffer. Ram was expensive, tiny, and power hungry back then. It was pretty shock-sensitive too. Every time it detected a fail, it would have to seek/re-read the section. If you had some decent bass, the song itself could set it off :)

[–] GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It wasn't the buffer itself that drew power. It was the need to physically spin the disc faster in order to read the data to build up a buffer. So it would draw more power even if you left it physically stable. And then, if it would actually skip in reading, it would need to seek back to where it was to build up the buffer again.

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[–] pyre@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

basically all cutting edge tech from my teen years:

[–] zod000@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 weeks ago

WTF is this nonsense, Discman was a specific Sony product ala Walkman.

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

What's the long black cable coming off it?

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 weeks ago

It's the tether for your Airpods so you don't lose them.

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Also, are those two circles the display? That's a pretty cool design. I really like old technology.

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[–] OpenPassageways@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 weeks ago

You've never been older in your life than you are now

[–] bennypr0fane@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 weeks ago

Then I guess you must have overlooked the first cell phone models you used (or even later ones) in that same museum...

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

It was never called a Tapeman, so why disc?

It should be a runman or a walkwoman.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The Walkman was by Sony, and they did make CD versions. This is clearly Panasonic trying to capitalize on brand recognition by having a similar sounding name to an already well recognized name.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Discman is Sonys CD Walkman line.

My point was that Walkman never mentions tapes, so why mention the media format in the sequels name.

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[–] PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Because you could hardly walk, let alone run with one if you actually wanted to enjoy the music

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The anti skip actually worked really well. I used to have it in my backpack and didn’t have many issues.

Although I couldn’t afford many batteries to run it often, and rechargeable sucked.

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[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Ode to a world of ownership

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 weeks ago

I don't know why, but this hits the hardest.

[–] OhioComrade@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago

Feels like this would fit in as some background piece in Doctor Who.

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