Yesterdays #hack get: “80s tech to work with 2025 tech”

“Hack, hack, watch Jack hack”

I’ve got a stack of CDs I usually listen to in the car. Car is permanently broken. The replacement car has no CD player (#tape or #8track ) so I’ll have do some tinkering.

* First get out an unused #SONY #BoomBox to play #CD s.

* Second locate a #bluetooth transmitter. Check bluetooth standard is BT 5.0 compatible.

* Third, find USB-A to USB-C power for the XMitter

* Four, power supply for boombox, C6.

* Five find a 3.5mm AUX cable to connect to XMitter.

* Six and dodgiest, PAIR bluetooth from boombox XMitter to car.

Now I can run the car audio without #streaming #shite music , not have to mess around with BS phone issues.

#Audio / #sound / #RockMusic / #Music / #Media

#NowPlaying #8TrackTuesday #8TrackTape #CaptainBeefheart #DonVanVliet #TheMagicBand #TroutMaskReplica #ExperimentalRock

#8Track Beast (Face Plant Screwer)

#NowPlaying #8TrackTuesday #8Track #LittleRichard

The Girl Can't Help It

#8TrackCartridge #8TrackTape #8TrackTuesday

Before Seri! Before Google! Before Ask Jeeves! We had

*GENERAL INFORMATION* #8Track cartridges

(presumably with which to man-splain your way through the 1973 oil crisis and beyond)

Good morning.

15 June 2024

I bought my first 8-track tape player mounted it under the dash of my 1950 Chevy truck. When I would drive, it would shake up and down, but it worked. Hmmm ... I don't recall what I did for speakers, I must have installed speakers somewhere. I wouldn't be surprised to remember that I just laid them behind the seat, honestly, though I don't remember. I was pretty handy with installing electronics in cars back then nothing fancy, just make it work. I also installed a tachometer on the steering shaft of the truck using two large hose clamps. I didn't need a tachometer, but I thought it looked cool.

"I find people interesting. People trying hard are interesting. People with a passion are interesting - whether it's old cars or taxidermy or knitting." - Clare Balding

'Wabi-sabi: A Japanese aesthetic centered on transience & imperfection.'
If online auction sites are anything to go by, no music formats were looked after as badly as 8-track cartridges. Suffice it say, they haven't aged well.
But I've started finding their faded, ripped, patinated packaging/artwork quite aesthetic. I'm not sure I'll convince you, but here's a thread anyway...
#music #8track #aesthetic #defunctTech