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| From | "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio |
| Date | 2025-08-20 22:38 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <rbohnlx9q5.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> (permalink) |
| References | <PcCcnZutHOx1jj31nZ2dnZfqnPWdnZ2d@giganews.com> <1084pn5$dbj6$1@dont-email.me> |
On 2025-08-20 17:30, John McCue wrote:
> c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote:
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regency_TR-1
>>
>> Ran across an article in "American Scientists" about these.
>>
>> I *do* remember seeing them, stashed in drawers and such.
>> AM 550-1600 khz band only. The receivers weren't all that
>> sensitive, but good enough, esp near big cities.
>>
>> The TR-1 was the first commercial transistor radio.
>
> I do not have one of those, but I have a very old GE
> Transister Radio. It only does AM. I have no idea
> how old it is nor how I got it, but it still works
> fine.
>
> You can get a pic of it by doing:
>
> $ curl 'gopher://sdf.org/0/users/jmccue/about/pic/ge_tradio.jpg'
>
cer@Telcontar:~> curl 'gopher://sdf.org/0/users/jmccue/about/pic/ge_tradio.jpg'
Warning: Binary output can mess up your terminal. Use "--output -" to tell
Warning: curl to output it to your terminal anyway, or consider "--output
Warning: <FILE>" to save to a file.
cer@Telcontar:~>
cer@Telcontar:~> curl 'gopher://sdf.org/0/users/jmccue/about/pic/ge_tradio.jpg' --output ge_tradio.jpg
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 108k 0 108k 0 0 75938 0 --:--:-- 0:00:01 --:--:-- 75984
cer@Telcontar:~> l ge_tradio.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 cer users 111393 Aug 20 22:37 ge_tradio.jpg
cer@Telcontar:~>
> <snip>
>
>> It used four Texas Instruments germanium transistors
>> and sold for US $49.95 - a fair chunk of change back
>> in the day. Depending on how you calc inflation the
>> price would now be about US $500.
>
> wow
>
> <snip>
>
--
Cheers, Carlos.
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Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-23 01:29 +0200
Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-23 00:23 +0000
Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-23 11:01 +0100
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Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-23 06:04 +0000
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Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-23 21:08 +0000
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Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-08-23 18:02 +0000
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Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-24 21:19 +0000
Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-22 19:48 +0000
Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-22 21:57 +0100
Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-23 06:25 +0000
Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-23 11:20 +0100
Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-23 21:45 +0000
Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-24 10:46 +0100
Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-23 23:29 +0000
Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-24 04:30 +0000
Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-08-23 18:02 +0000
Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-23 21:49 +0000
Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-08-24 00:18 +0000
Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-24 04:59 +0000
Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-08-24 19:19 +0000
Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-24 10:47 +0100
Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-08-24 19:19 +0000
Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-24 22:13 +0000
Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-23 03:15 -0400
Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-23 02:25 -0400
Re: Have One ? "Regency TR-1" - Orig Commercial Transistor Radio rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-21 20:37 +0000
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