Early 1980s Datsun/Nissan Voice Alert phonograph unit [video]
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#3The over-optimizer in me is screaming "why is the bong on the analog track?"
The simplifier in me is screaming " Cool, less circuitry!"
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#4Look Mum No Computer did a really cool hack with one of these: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3EuP7vZRSo
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#5We had a 1984 Nissan 300zx growing up, it said "door is ajar". Perfect Dad joke setup.
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#6Whoever recorded those messages seemed a bit aroused about the right door being open.
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#7We had a 1984 Nissan 300zx growing up, it said "door is ajar". Perfect Dad joke setup.
I thought it was the Chrysler New Yorker that used "door is ajar"?
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#8Actually, a few other cars had similar voice alert systems e.g., Mitsubishi and Oldsmobile.On the Oldsmobile the speech synthesis (Digitalker) was engineered by National Semiconductor. This page has more on it https://www.hagerty.com/media/car-profiles/talking-car-from-...
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#9When I was a small child, my dad drove a 1983 Datsun Maxima that had this. As cheesy at it seems today, it felt magical and impossibly high-tech at the time, especially to me.
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#10We had a 1984 Nissan 300zx growing up, it said "door is ajar". Perfect Dad joke setup.
I thought it was the Chrysler New Yorker that used "door is ajar"? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIpfUuRg1VE
Ha, I like that one even better "a door is a jar". No it isn't!
Here is some more evidence about nissan doing the same, but I can't find a video:
https://www.curbsideclassic.com/curbside-classics-asian/curb...
"In 1982, the ZX was facelifted, with an updated NACA hood duct, alloy wheels, taillights, more integrated bumpers, and other minor trim changes. ’82s were also bestowed with the infamous voice warning system, shared with the Maxima sedan. Among other things, it would inform you that your door was in fact, really a jar. I imagine it was a feature that was neat for the first two weeks, after which point it would slowly drive the owner insane."