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Title: COOL THING! ^.^
Post by: Kitsunexus on June 02, 2007, 04:42:03 AM
http://www.davidbessler.com/pulldown/pipecleaner_dance3.swf

Just run your mouse over the virtual keys, or press the actual keys!


SONG E IS "GROOVE IS IN THE HEART" BY DEEE-LITE! ^______________^
Title: Re: COOL THING! ^.^
Post by: Keranu on June 02, 2007, 10:39:36 AM
I have the Groove is in the Heart single on cassette in my car :) .
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Post by: Turbo D on June 02, 2007, 12:33:46 PM
haha, nice
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Post by: Joe Redifer on June 02, 2007, 02:04:34 PM
Keranu, you have a freakin' CASSETTE PLAYER in your car???!!!??!?!?!!!  I'm completely disappointed in you.  You should instead have an 8-Track player or maybe even a record player in your car.
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Post by: MrFulci on June 02, 2007, 02:22:35 PM
Anyone able to name the band that came to mind when I read this thread's title?
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Post by: esteban on June 02, 2007, 02:25:39 PM
Keranu, you have a freakin' CASSETTE PLAYER in your car???!!!??!?!?!!!  I'm completely disappointed in you.  You should instead have an 8-Track player or maybe even a record player in your car.
The cassette player in my car broke about a year ago. I should buy a new one, I suppose, but now I'm addicted to listening to "COSMOS FM" -- Hellenic Public Radio -- while doing errands.

I hope some company still makes a decent car stereo with a cassette player...
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Post by: Kitsunexus on June 02, 2007, 02:31:16 PM
Anyone able to name the band that came to mind when I read this thread's title?

Marzipan's band, "Cool Tapes"?
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Post by: Keranu on June 02, 2007, 02:45:34 PM
Keranu, you have a freakin' CASSETTE PLAYER in your car???!!!??!?!?!!!  I'm completely disappointed in you.  You should instead have an 8-Track player or maybe even a record player in your car.
I would love to get a 8-Track player for my car, but I don't know if there is a certain brand I would need to get, how much to pay, install, etc... Besides, I can probably get way more 80's stuff on cassette. Maybe if I had two cars I would install an 8-track player in one, but I'm not from California so I don't need more than one automobile. I do have some 8-tracks laying around somewhere but not sure if I still have an 8-track player anymore.
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Post by: nat on June 02, 2007, 06:22:39 PM
I'd be real surprised if anyone makes an 8-track car stereo anymore.

You'd probably have to buy a used pull on eBay or your local junkyard. Since 8-track players are so obsolete, it wouldn't really matter what make or model you got since unless your car is over 20 years old, it's a sure bet they didn't make one for your car. Then you'd have the problem of wiring, assuming it fit the open hole in your dash at all.

If it fit, making your own wiring harness wouldn't be all that hard assuming you're not colorblind and can deal with a little trial and error.

The whole thing might make for a fun Sunday afternoon project. I always do all my car stereo stuff myself. Taking it in to a place like Magnolia HiFi or Car Toys is such a rip. They always want like $30 or $40 just for a f*cking wiring harness. We're talking FOUR INCHES OF WIRE and a PLASTIC CONNECTOR here, folks. C'mon! And that's on top of like a $70 labor bill, plus anything else they can dream up to charge you for.
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Post by: esteban on June 14, 2007, 05:35:02 PM
I'd be real surprised if anyone makes an 8-track car stereo anymore.

You'd probably have to buy a used pull on eBay or your local junkyard. Since 8-track players are so obsolete, it wouldn't really matter what make or model you got since unless your car is over 20 years old, it's a sure bet they didn't make one for your car. Then you'd have the problem of wiring, assuming it fit the open hole in your dash at all.

If it fit, making your own wiring harness wouldn't be all that hard assuming you're not colorblind and can deal with a little trial and error.

The whole thing might make for a fun Sunday afternoon project. I always do all my car stereo stuff myself. Taking it in to a place like Magnolia HiFi or Car Toys is such a rip. They always want like $30 or $40 just for a f*cking wiring harness. We're talking FOUR INCHES OF WIRE and a PLASTIC CONNECTOR here, folks. C'mon! And that's on top of like a $70 labor bill, plus anything else they can dream up to charge you for.
When I was learning to drive, in my parent's '74 Cadillac Deville (or Seville?), the 8 track player was still going strong and I listened to them all the time. Of course, I wanted to listen to cassettes, too, so I bought an 8-track---to---cassette convertor from Radio Shack. I was stoked! So were my friends! Unfortunately, the dashboard had an overhang on it and it prevented the bulky convertor from being inserted into the 8-track slot! Crap!

I reluctantly returned the convertor to Radio Shack.

The 8-track player eventually broke, after 25+ years of faithful service.

In the car prior, which was a '66 Chrysler with fins, we had a glorious AM RADIO. At some point, my parents went crazy and added an FM tuner as well! The funny thing is that the FM tuner was mounted underneath the dashboard... at shin-level. To change channels, you had to streeeeeeeetch your arms and lean away from the steering wheel.

Good times.