ID an electronic component ??

[Garth Wilson]

I remember seeing them sold for other (industrial, not turntable) purposes at an electronics-industry trade show in the mid- to late-1980's. I might still have the literature I picked up on it in my files, but at this point I don't know where I'd even start looking.

For keeping a record of stylus wear, I just put a tally mark on a piece of paper for every LP side played. With the average being 15-20 minutes a side, you could divide the number by three or four to get an approximate number of hours.

Yeah, young people these days don't know what a turn table is, or a tape recorder, or the Fotomat store, or why we say "dial a number" or "hang up" or any of so many other things. Although I wasn't so established back then, in many ways life was better, and I'd be glad to go back to it.