http://community.whathifi.com/blogs/mp3/archive/2009/06/29/walkman-is-30-this-month.aspxPersonal audio became an expensive but realistic phenemenon on 22nd June, 1979, thanks to the Sony Walkman TPS-L2. Originally borne out of company founder Akio Morita’s desire to listen to classical music while flying, the Walkman was created by NobutoshienCommunityServer 2.1 SP3 (Debug Build: 20423.1)http://community.whathifi.com/blogs/mp3/archive/2009/06/29/walkman-is-30-this-month.aspx#271944Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:56:24 GMT4268cb68-fb71-468f-8e55-5b063adbd477:271944Clare Newsome<p>Ah, I remember my bright-yellow Walkman Sport!</p> <p>Nice feature piece on BBC re a teenager who swapped his iPod for an original Walkman for a week:</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8117619.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8117619.stm</a></p>