Follow this author to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. WHY FOLLOW? Update your preferences in Account Settings Sony's CDP-101 compact disc player went on sale October 1, 1982 in Japan.
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands – It was Aug. 17, 1982, and row upon row of palm-sized plates with a rainbow sheen began rolling off an assembly line near Hanover, Germany. An engineering marvel at the time, ...