The Sharp CT-660E (Talking Time) was the first solid state talking clock in the world, released near the end of 1979.
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The Sharp CT-660E (Talking Time) was the first solid state talking clock in the world, released near the end of 1979.
I have three of them in the room with me. There are another three in the house, and I have three more in storage that I can't currently access.
I decided to do something silly with the three that I can easily get to. I hope to add the other three at some point before I go back home, whenever that is.
I put all three of my CT-660E's in a line in front of a stereo microphone array. First, I synchronized them all exactly to the second, at least as close as I could get it using a fake WWV time source.
I then reset them such that the clock on the left was exactly synchronized to the top of the minute, the clock on the right was a second behind that, and the one in the middle was a second behind that, making it exactly two seconds behind real time.
I then reset them again to a very specific interval and made all the alarms go off.
This is the result.
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The Sharp CT-660E (Talking Time) was the first solid state talking clock in the world, released near the end of 1979.
I have three of them in the room with me. There are another three in the house, and I have three more in storage that I can't currently access.
I decided to do something silly with the three that I can easily get to. I hope to add the other three at some point before I go back home, whenever that is.
I put all three of my CT-660E's in a line in front of a stereo microphone array. First, I synchronized them all exactly to the second, at least as close as I could get it using a fake WWV time source.
I then reset them such that the clock on the left was exactly synchronized to the top of the minute, the clock on the right was a second behind that, and the one in the middle was a second behind that, making it exactly two seconds behind real time.
I then reset them again to a very specific interval and made all the alarms go off.
This is the result.
@BorrisInABox I feel like sampling this and making something with it.
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@BorrisInABox I feel like sampling this and making something with it.
@KaraLG84 sure, why not?
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The Sharp CT-660E (Talking Time) was the first solid state talking clock in the world, released near the end of 1979.
I have three of them in the room with me. There are another three in the house, and I have three more in storage that I can't currently access.
I decided to do something silly with the three that I can easily get to. I hope to add the other three at some point before I go back home, whenever that is.
I put all three of my CT-660E's in a line in front of a stereo microphone array. First, I synchronized them all exactly to the second, at least as close as I could get it using a fake WWV time source.
I then reset them such that the clock on the left was exactly synchronized to the top of the minute, the clock on the right was a second behind that, and the one in the middle was a second behind that, making it exactly two seconds behind real time.
I then reset them again to a very specific interval and made all the alarms go off.
This is the result.
@BorrisInABox Row Row Row your boat. I still have one of the originals purchased in 1979. It's sort of works.
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The Sharp CT-660E (Talking Time) was the first solid state talking clock in the world, released near the end of 1979.
I have three of them in the room with me. There are another three in the house, and I have three more in storage that I can't currently access.
I decided to do something silly with the three that I can easily get to. I hope to add the other three at some point before I go back home, whenever that is.
I put all three of my CT-660E's in a line in front of a stereo microphone array. First, I synchronized them all exactly to the second, at least as close as I could get it using a fake WWV time source.
I then reset them such that the clock on the left was exactly synchronized to the top of the minute, the clock on the right was a second behind that, and the one in the middle was a second behind that, making it exactly two seconds behind real time.
I then reset them again to a very specific interval and made all the alarms go off.
This is the result.
@BorrisInABox I have so wanted one of those clocks, for years
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