It was good to really learn more about this piece from my past. You are right about that flip-type stylus... I remember it clearly, but I forgot to write it in the article. I don't remember that 16RPM, though, probably because we never had any 16RPM stuff. And I hadn't realised that transistors were being used that far back. I know that in 1962, when my parents got married, there was a Sony transistor radio which figured in the story of their wedding saga somewhere, and this was a "new thing", small and built using transistors. I have clear memories of that transistor radio. Apparently it was extremely expensive in 1962.
Thanks, Ashok
It was good to really learn more about this piece from my past. You are right about that flip-type stylus... I remember it clearly, but I forgot to write it in the article. I don't remember that 16RPM, though, probably because we never had any 16RPM stuff. And I hadn't realised that transistors were being used that far back. I know that in 1962, when my parents got married, there was a Sony transistor radio which figured in the story of their wedding saga somewhere, and this was a "new thing", small and built using transistors. I have clear memories of that transistor radio. Apparently it was extremely expensive in 1962.