This is a video of my 1978 General Electric Clock Radio. They don’t make ‘em like this anymore! Enjoy!
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Vintage 1978 General Electric Clock Radio
Friday, March 26th, 2010Vintage MM5314N Clock Chip LED Digital Clock
Sunday, March 14th, 2010
The National Semiconductor MM5314N Clock Chip was popular among electronic hobbyists and kit builders from the 1970’s to the 1990’s. I believe production ceased in the mid 1980’s, but these chips were easily available well into the 1990’s. Today they are very scarce.
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Projection Clocks
Sunday, March 14th, 2010
The two clocks in this video have been around for as long as I can remember, and then they kind of disappeared. I found both of them recently, sitting in the darkness of my grandfather’s seldom-used workshop in his basement.
I’d love to know approximately how old they are. They can’t be all that old, but I know they were around when I was very young–so I’d guess they are from sometime in the 1980s.
These clocks use a simple flashlight bulb for their projection, and run it at lower than its rated voltage to prolong bulb life and reduce heat output, which is important considering that the entire projection unit is plastic like the rest of the clock.
Both projection bulbs were burned out, both clocks had loose power plugs on them and corroded battery terminals. The more used looking of the two clocks actually had developed an internal short as the litz wire going to the power plug and battery areas had been twisted around and around until it shorted things out.
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Mini Projection Clock Keychain
Saturday, February 27th, 2010
http://www.dealextreme.com/default.dx/r.85456524Vintage GE General Electric Green LED Alarm Clock Radio on eBay!
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
A vintage GE Model 7-4800A clock radio in action. Check out the cool dimmer function. For sale on ebay under the same user ID as here (herbalinguist).
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