On 19 Aug 2004 01:11:33 -0700, (Paul Edwards)
wrote:

A couple of weeks ago I decided to replace my old Aiwa personal
cassette player (batteries had leaked - my fault). Easy, I thought -
I'll just nip into town and have a look in John Lewis and buy
something neat for £40 or so.

[snip]

So if you are thinking of replacing that old Walkman DO IT NOW! By
the end of the year it will be too late.

Page 862 of the current Argos catalogue (autumn-winter 2004) lists ten
such devices from three pounds up to fifty-five pounds. The following
pages have about the same number of flash memory "MP3" players, five
hard disk players (taking the three iMac variations as a single player
type) and four mini disc players.


--
Chris Isbell
Southampton, UK