Technik & mehr von damals und heute
From the years from 1964 comes the analogue multimeter Unigor 3n from Norma, respectively Goerz-Metrawatt. It was characterized by the large measuring range of 52 measuring ranges, all of which can be selected with just one selector switch. The measuring mode and polarity reversal is realized with a push-button switch. All measurements (except the 10A…
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The Goerz multimeter, model: Minitest FE5101 dates from 1969 and was manufactured by the company Goerz Elektro Ges.m.b.H from Vienna. Introductory sentence from the operating instructions: “It is a multi-measuring instrument, which is particularly suitable for service work in the field of news and radio technology and electronics due to its small dimensions and low…
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… from the fund of grandmother’s cottage is this instant powder can. The post does not have much to do with technology this time, but I’ve noticed this tin can because of the age and the designer graphics from times gone by. That’s why a few pictures of it must come in here. You do…
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It does not have anything directly to do with technology, but perhaps fits under the title “retro” as a post very well in the blog: A book for browsing memories of the 70s and 80s is the band “Wickie, Slime and Paiper” by Susanne Pauser and Wolfgang Ritschl. The book was published in 1999 by…
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A multi-band radio receiver from the year 1957 is the Tempocord of the company Minerva. The company Minerva was founded in Vienna in 1919 and began in 1924 with the production of radio receivers. The radios were initially made under the name Radiola or Aeriola. It was not until 1926 that the receivers were built…
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A good friend of the older generation of technicians is certainly the analog multimeter of the manufacturer Unigor. In this case, it is the model Unigor_6e from the 70s. An excerpt from the preface of the operating manual: The electronic instrument Unigor 6e combines the advantages of classical measuring technology with those of modern electronics.…
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From the years 1970-1972 the radio receiver TEDDY AUTOMATIC 100 comes from the German manufacturer ITT – Schaub Lorenz. It is a multi-band receiver that covers the wave ranges of long wave, short wave, medium wave and ultrashortwave. It is designed for mains and battery voltage (110-127V / 220-240V and for battery operation for 4×1.5…
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In 1985, the company Sony brings a small, compact and above all mobile TV on the market. The Watchman Voyager FD20-AEB. It has been designed to be used everywhere. For example, in the car, on vacation, just everywhere. It is not a TV with LC display, or TFT, or LED display. No. The TV brings…
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Now, during the holidays, it is a bit of time to copy the time stored on magnetic tape image and sound to new media. The video recordings of the early 90s were still analogue on 8mm tapes instead. No, not Super8 (that was the movieformat like in cinema those times but much smaller), but…
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Before it lands in the archive, I have to put it here too … It is a hard drive from the 90s (exactly 21.10.1991) – namely a 2.5 inch disk from Seagate with the incredible storage capacity of 85.3 MB (yes MEGABYTE). In comparison, a 160 GB (Gigabyte) disk from Fujitsu in 2007. The Seagate…
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