The hi-tech 80s
What we have here is piece of classic tech found at a lovely Suburban home in Los Angeles. This is a multi-room intercom-cum-cassette-radio console. This so reminds me of those classic GE washing machine and Microwave advertisements. I am pretty sure that people back then in the early 80s thought that this was the pinnacle of cool technology. One could use this panel to control what would play in which room of the house - Intercom, Radio or Cassette. Fascinating.
And you know what?
This seemingly archaic system still totally works. (Except the Cassette player which no one has used in decades) Now that is totally cool... I doubt in this age of quick and cheap - much will continue to work in 2040. But this workhorse, in a all probability, will still be streaming analog signals down copper wiring perfectly well.
The hi-tech 80s
What we have here is piece of classic tech found at a lovely Suburban home in Los Angeles. This is a multi-room intercom-cum-cassette-radio console. This so reminds me of those classic GE washing machine and Microwave advertisements. I am pretty sure that people back then in the early 80s thought that this was the pinnacle of cool technology. One could use this panel to control what would play in which room of the house - Intercom, Radio or Cassette. Fascinating.
And you know what?
This seemingly archaic system still totally works. (Except the Cassette player which no one has used in decades) Now that is totally cool... I doubt in this age of quick and cheap - much will continue to work in 2040. But this workhorse, in a all probability, will still be streaming analog signals down copper wiring perfectly well.