pipboy

In the archived Interplay website there's this little piece of info: "One quick thing... there was close to a riot over the cardboard PIP-Boys that we had at the party. To be frank, those were unique items that we produced just for the party. We made the art, printed it out, and hand-glued them...

Just sort of wondering how ordinary people used to them, say to listen to music, since neither tabletop computers or pipboys appear particularly common. Do they have something akin to VHS systems for holotapes? There was that porno in Fo2, or was that to be played on a projector? Either way...