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[-] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

Except "RC" literally stands for "remote controlled".

What you had were uncontrolled toy cars.

[-] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 months ago
[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It absolutely is. The first TV remotes were wired to the TV. Source: am old.

Here's an example of a wired cable TV remote. Remote meant you didn't need to get up to change the channel. Or for a car, it means you could walk behind it instead of pushing it manually.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

They were certainly controlled. They just weren't radio controlled. C cars instead of RC cars. lol

[-] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 1 points 3 months ago

Remote controlled rather than radio controlled. If one wanted to get particular a lot of cheap RC where/are done by IR control, which makes them pretty well useless outdoors, same with TV remotes, but it's still remote controlled.

[-] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

Aah. Those things. I remember those things.

The way you described it, sounded like the cars didn't have controls. My brain was too tired to put it together with memories that far back.

Thanks for the clarity. Be well.

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