Magical Gadget: Sightings & Brags


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What's a Magical Gadget? Your co-host of Pocket Calculator, Paul, gets full credit for the name of this feature. This is where you can find photos of those unusual items which somehow missed our keen attention in the 70s and 80s. Be it a specialty product, electronic novelty or an utter boondoggle from a major electronics outfit of the day, we'll dig 'em up and talk about 'em. We know there's lots of them out there, so if you've got one, contact us so we can get it on the show!

Also featured here are cool electronics that have been spotted out "in the wild." Did you uncover a cool gadget in a thrift shop, tage sale or flea market and got it for a song? That, friends, constitutes a "brag" and is worthy of attention, so let us know and we'll post it here!

We'll keep adding rare and cool gadgets, so check back often, and tune in to Pocket Calculator, Saturday nights on WBCQ!


Date

Magical Gadget

12/01/01

1985 Casio Scientific Calculator Watch

12/01/01

1982 Olympus Walkman-style Stereo Micro-Cassette w/FM

12/01/01

1980s Headphone Stereo/Calculator/Clock

12/01/01

1974 Midland Handheld CB

12/08/01

1980 Casio QL-10 Calculator / Lighter

12/08/01

1980s Mr. FM by Hatori Seiko

12/08/01

1979 General Electric Superadio

12/08/01

1983 Seiko Voice Recorder Watch

12/15/01

1981 Osborne 1 Computer

01/05/02

1985 Magnavox Speakerphone

01/05/02

1981 XXX-Rated Digital Watch (Caution: Explicit!)

01/20/02

A Whole bunch on our NYC Trip!

01/26/02

1979 Bone Fone

01/27/02

1982 Kaypro II transportable computer

02/02/02

1982 Entex Adventure Vision Game System

02/09/02

198? Casio TA-1000 Talking Calculator & Clock

02/23/02

1987 Casio IF-8000 Digital Diary

03/22/02

1972 Gruen Teletime LCD Watch

03/30/02

1976 Sanyo Combination AM/FM Radio - Digital Clock - LCD Calculator

05/11/02

1985 Sharp Top-Loading Boombox

05/18/02

1979 Sharp Computer-Controlled Cassette Deck

06/01/02

1983 Dynalogic Hyperion Computer

06/01/02

1987 Fisher-Price PXL 2000 Video Camera

06/08/02

1981 Handheld Football Game by Bambino

06/08/02

1970s Panasonic RF-2200 Portable Multi-Band Radio

06/15/02

198? Technicolor Compact Video Cassette Recorder

07/6/02

1970s Bellsound CB-8 CB Receiver to 8-Track Adapter

07/20/02

1987 Sony D-88 Discman (World's Smallest CD Player!)

08/10/02

1983 Horse Race Pocket Computer

08/17/02

1976 PocketCom XB-100 Pocket CB Tranceiver

08/24/02

1970s Super Buster Vintage Radar Detector

08/31/02

1983 Sony SRF-A1 AM Stereo Walkman

09/07/02

197? Lloyd's Accumatic E613 LCD Calculator w/ Alarm Clock

09/14/02

1981 Buscom AutoDialer

09/28/02

198? Sony M-50 Micro Walkman

10/19/02

MTV Stereo Broadcasts

10/26/02

1981 Sony KV-4000 micro Trinitron TV




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