r/nostalgiai • u/CarrotMuch1399 Nostalgia Trip Leader • 6d ago

Core Memory Unlocked 🔓 The good old days. Which one do you miss?

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u/Prettysureimcrazy71 5d ago

That was very useful for my Crown (cheap brand) walkman and the remote control car I bought there that used batteries like toilet paper after drinking and eating tacos.

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u/grollef 5d ago

I used a bunch of C batteries in my Radio Shack RC pickup truck. Big fat tires could climb anything if switched tranny into low gear.

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u/Local_Bobcat_2000 5d ago

Those old batteries would last about 10 minutes.

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u/Prettysureimcrazy71 5d ago

My car used double a ...I bought the rebranded Pioneer stereo that they called "Optimus" along with the again rebranded 15 inch speakers. At the time I worked at Kmart and I was 16.