What’s a piece of obsolete tech you still miss?

@rinkydinkydoink I still have my radio shack version

@rinkydinkydoink They are still available. SANGEAN still makes them. I have a beautiful SR-25 FM/AM portable transistor radio. (AM 530-1710kHz, FM 87.5-108 MHz. ) It's pretty good with two long-lasting AA batteries.
The SR-35, presumably its successor, is available on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=sangean+sr-35&crid=2YA12WINTQ5IB&sprefix=sangean+sr-35%2Caps%2C153&ref=nb_sb_noss_1

@WormMan Does radio shack still exist?

@helenS another company bought the name and have an online presence. There are still a few independent stores around the US. One i think is in Tennessee.

https://www.radioshack.com/radioshack-pocket-am-fm-radio/p

@WormMan $13.49! 😳
I paid much more for my SANGEAN SR-25 (see above).

@WormMan Looks nicer than the Current RS model. This is the one I have

https://www.ebay.com/itm/376615909455?_skw=radio+shak+transister+radio&itmmeta=01KBGF3NDGWJZW3ZV6N4ME1V35&hash=item57b00eb84f:g:7TUAAeSwqtdo6z0u&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA8FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1cdPzH0pi8vwRSXnJRXOWBql6wpEa5a3c1j1aLZNx3mH%2FbEJ5dyhrSpKSr5C57N%2BHFjA57nLc2ks3tewfO9A5XFWFbffhKsRCH33mIC8kGEv1JJ55sS0K5rZJdsNsUlMB3J6ensiTUKeHywepcPPUhsuZDFMRLTQMuikSqQ0wDmUWlpa6%2FoPA7P%2FGfFZVZVxIEwQt3dctNwDbG5UrP8QvDYGfIdY5JLtcvQzeV5XRsuEARY8J5%2BDJeD4Qb6SqsMsGUQSv%2F4dYp6uAjcRK2vUaFwOJ9tq4M6sERJrC4t%2FFNcbw%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABFBM1teOj9xm

@rinkydinkydoink every radio on the market today is a transistor radio.

@MethDozer Most are based on a chip (IC), or several chips, not single transistors. (Of course, the chip contains a gazillion of transistors.)

@helenS

Thanks for the link - I had no idea they were still "a thing". And the price actually seems cheaper (considering inflation) than the one I had. My buddy had a Sony which was considered the best at the time.

@rinkydinkydoink Danger, Will Robinson! Chances are the cheapest ones contain an integrated circuit. That's not bad per se, but it's not a traditional transistor radio.

@helenS

Ok - I'll make sure I get the exact one you suggested.

@rinkydinkydoink There may perhaps be a DC-DC converter chip inside. Because, old-school transistor radios were equipped with a 9V transistor battery (9V are perfect to drive a transistor); and the SANGEAN has 2xAA, Σ=3V, so chances are that voltage is converted to something like 9V internally.

Here's a 9V battery:

@helenS

Thanks again :D