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Updating a Vintage Radio With a Pi

posted by Fnord666 on Monday July 08 2019, @03:11PM   Printer-friendly
from the does-it-take-10-minutes-to-warm-up? dept.

Snotnose writes:

Antique radio receivers retain a significant charm, and though they do not carry huge value today they were often extremely high quality items that would have represented a significant investment for their original owners. This guy acquired just such a radio, a Philco 37-11 made in 1937, and since it was it[sic] a bit of a state he set about giving it some updated electronics. Stripping away the original electronics, he gave it a modern amplifier with Bluetooth capabilities, and a Raspberry Pi.

One of the coolest applications for a Pi I've seen.

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  • (Score: 2) by Appalbarry on Monday July 08 2019, @05:45PM (3 children)

    by Appalbarry (66) on Monday July 08 2019, @05:45PM (#864590) Journal

    Count me in. Stuffing a pi into an old case is about as authentic as converting it into a toaster. You can do it, but why would you?

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Monday July 08 2019, @05:55PM

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Monday July 08 2019, @05:55PM (#864598) Journal

    Let's check the URL... because Hackaday.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 08 2019, @06:30PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 08 2019, @06:30PM (#864623)

    Like I said on the Hackaday website, One man's trash is another man's treasure. If the parts he removed were servicable, then others restoring this radio would be glad to have them. Nothing gets wasted...
    Geez! Stop with the angst about a little adventurous mods. Lots of people do it, myself included...

    ;-D

  • (Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Monday July 08 2019, @09:32PM

    by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Monday July 08 2019, @09:32PM (#864710)

    I have been looking for an antique radio for exactly this purpose, because I can turn a non-functional* but potentially nice looking piece of equipment into something that will be of use to me.

    One problem I am facing is that they are hard to find in any condition really. I did see several in a junk shop on Saturday, but they weren't for sale. The shop makes too much money renting them out as props. Who would have thought?

    * All radios sold in my country before about 1980 were AM only. AM radio is a wasteland of talk stations now.

    However a Raspberry Pi will enable me to listen to everything on my own media server and any Internet station I can find.