DIY Mellotron!

[jens]

1979 according to the wiki

but still, that is very early adopting...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkman

from this link:

In the UK, it was launched at the London rooftop nightclub Regines as the Sony Stowaway, a name withdrawn within three months of its first public appearance outside Japan in May 1980.

[Squonk]

nope - it's a name - you can't do that to names...

Forgot me smiley

[jens]

[foosnark]

If "walkmen" is good enough for Douglas Adams it's good enough for me.

[tetraplan]

There used to be these pocket cassette-players back then, bigger than a walkman but still pretty portable. I guess they used these. I'm pretty sure I read it was one of Chris Carter's contraptions, he was the techy of the bunch.
Could be GPO attributed it to Sleazy because GPO and Carter used to be on less than speaking terms.
Hmmm. Maybe I could see if I can track down the article, but it's semi off-topic (and I'm kinda lazy tonig^W^W^W^W it's kinda late), so I won't. Tonight, at least.

Groet, Erik