Misschien wel leuk/interessant, ik heb wat foto's van J.Sinjou gekregen van het 1e Philips cdspeler prototype, de Pinkeltje. 🙂
Pinkeltje
The first CD player was to be named 'Pinkeltje', after a well-known friendly gnome from a Dutch children's story. Small and compact, that was the development aim. It had to be a product that was appealing to the eye, easy to operate and smaller than a record player. This was achieved in record time. The demonstration for the Philips board in the autumn of 1978 made a good impression. The table next to the player held a cubic meter of electronics, hidden from sight by a black cloth. A few cables were used to connect the mechanics of the player to the extensive signal processing. The engineers would incorporate this into the little gnome at a later stage. Although everyone knew what was under the cloth, they believed in the new sound.
Een paar grotere foto's van de Pinkeltje en wat informatie kun je hier lezen:
http://www.marantzphilips.nl/Philips_Pinkeltje_prototype_cdplayer_march_1979_joop_sinjou/
Op dit filmpje is Joop Sinjou in z'n huis met het Pinkeltje prototype te zien 🙂
http://pubstr.datiq.net/capital/philipsNL.wmv
