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my partner nerd-sniped me by showing me this post: twitter.com/ObsoleteSony/statu (image attached)

it's a Sony SRF-201 fm radio from 1985, and it's the size of a credit card and only 3mm thick. i immediately wanted to know how they got it so thin, and from staring at a picture of the internals the best i can figure is "surface-mount components and an absurdly compact circuit board design"

i don't even listen to the radio but i kind of want one because look at it

@typhlosion that is indeed cool! right before my time (born '88), so i never saw one of those before now!

@typhlosion oh dang I was not aware of this piece of kit

It's so tiny! I love it!

@typhlosion You'll have the NPR affiliate, college stations, and possibly a classical radio station...so it's still got some use.

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