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Our first tv with a remote control that wasn't me or my sibling using small vise grip on channel knob had a telephone included in the tv.
Like this was in 1982 so not a modem ... just a tv with a land line phone built in that you have to use the remote to make or receive a call.
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Never seen or heard from anyone using tape to mask their remotes. Is this really a thing?
I like the sounds of the tines! It's basically just a tuning fork, so wild.
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This was mentioned a couple of weeks ago on the Vergecast. I was wondering if someone was going to get assigned the article, and here it is!
@igalmarino In my childhood our remote worked by emitting electronically generated ultrasonic sounds. It looked like that one: kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/tel…
Those don't take batteries and your click generates the electricity for the signal. Right? Like a wind up radio.
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