I still remember the first time I saw this at a friend's house. I had the normal C64 and his father had this "portable" version.
And I started dreaming of a computer that could always be with me. Maybe in my pocket.
Late 80ies...

This week in the lab: A Marantz CD 73, an early CD player from 1983. Symptoms: A loud whine coming from the back with erratic behaviour, flickering lights. The loading mechanism moves sometimes, it tries to spin the disc (which usually means the pickup mostly works), but can't play.

Scientists from RAND Corporation have created this model to illustrate how a "home computer" could look in the year 2004. However the needed technology will not be economically feasible for the average home. Also the scientists readily admit that the computer will require not yet invented technology to actually work, but 50 years from now scientific progress is expected to solve these problems. With teletype interface and the Fortran language, the computer will be easy to use.

#RetroComputing #vintage #640KOughtToBeEnoughForAnyone

...When the bird that follows the cuckoo flies into the cuckoo's mouth.
Dugald Stewart Walker, from "The Boy Who Knew What the Birds Said" by Padraic Colum, New York: 1920

The King of the birds.
Dugald Stewart Walker, from "The Boy Who Knew What the Birds Said" by Padraic Colum, New York: 1920

Bloom-of-Youth and the Witch of the Elders.
Dugald Stewart Walker, from "The Boy Who Knew What the Birds Said" by Padraic Colum, New York: 1920

Zenith Trans-Oceanic Royal D7000Y Circa early 70's. We used this a lot when we lived in Yugoslavia from 1976 to 1980 and yes it still works #vintage #shortwave #radio #Zenith #Trans-Oceanic