• Deceptichum@quokk.au
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    25 days ago

    It was never called a Tapeman, so why disc?

    It should be a runman or a walkwoman.

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        25 days ago

        Discman is Sonys CD Walkman line.

        My point was that Walkman never mentions tapes, so why mention the media format in the sequels name.

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          25 days ago

          That’s because the sequel had to differentiate itself from the first one. It had to tell you not only that it was a similar idea to the first, but also that it used discs instead of tapes.

          The first Walkman had nothing to differentiate from. It was the first.

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        25 days ago

        The anti skip actually worked really well. I used to have it in my backpack and didn’t have many issues.

        Although I couldn’t afford many batteries to run it often, and rechargeable sucked.