Quite a few features, but how useful are they combined? Dig the orange earpads which are still intact after all these years. The Medana Pocket-mate (TM) was actually trademarked! Hey, could have be the product of the year by our standards in 1984! (Thanks to our friend Rob in New York for picking this one up.)

There’s a new allure about Radio Shack. And it has nothing to do with Teri Hatcher. Your Pocket Calculator hosts have had the serendipitous timing to cross paths with customers clutching some neat 70s goodies in these stores. As the chain has been pushing its repair service on all brands, folks are dredging up all sorts of vintage electronics looking assistance from their neighborhood Shack. Paul spotted the one on the left in t his photo at a Radio Shack store in Maine. 6 channels, 5 watts and $200 a pair in 1975 bucks! Although they’ll continue service to service them, regrettably, this year (2001) is Radio Shack’s last year of selling CB radios.

How could a stereo micro- cassette recorder be a miss? With an FM tuner to boot? Maybe it was the Road Runner logo that took it to an early grave. The SR-11 was released in 1982 amidst the great walkman “boom” of the ’80s. (Thanks, digitalwatchgirl!)

If there’s a consistently hot digital watch on Ebay, it may as well be a scientific calculator watch. Unfortunately, this isn’t a personal brag, but there’s an Ebay seller who enjoyed a little extra spending cash at this past Christmas. He found this watch at a flea market, spent a couple bucks on a battery, and cashed in for over $400 on Ebay! It may sound like one of those auction anomalies, but time after time we’ve seen these things get big bucks. With an original retail of under $40, you may have a nice little investment on your hands. And hopefully not your wrist. Remember, the better the condition, the bigger the take!