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When I was a kid my family owned a device whose sole purpose was to rewind vhs tapes.

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[–] Valmond 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Ouch I remember thouse fat 4.5 volt battery who had like 2 long tongues, going into those old flashlights, glowing in the dark at best with a super small incandescent lamp.

[–] bandwidthcrisis 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

These?

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:4,5V-AA-battery.jpg

I'd forgotten that they existed. I used to use them for something, maybe powering a Lego or meccano motor.

[–] Valmond 2 points 4 days ago

Yes that's the one!

They were expensive and didn't work for long IIRC :-)