Thank You PIF!
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That right there sir, is my wife's favorite phone of all time (so she claims) but I imagine she would eat her words if she were to use it now.
I'm in. I'll go with my first piece of tech. The original Gameboy.
I'm in. Commodore VIC-20 with a tape drive.
I'm in. Tech: the boombox. I remember carrying around an over sized radio blasting out my music in the early to mid '70s. I think the convenience of the Sony Walkman in the early '80s caused the ultimate death of the boombox. The small, lightweight personal music player was a lot easier to tote around than some 20 lb. behemoth!
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I'm in
I'm in. I have used tube type guitar amplifiers.
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Yeah, and you had to use about 20 D batteries that lasted all of about 8 hours. That battery expense could add up quick.
Not in, but I installed a MiniDisc stereo in a truck I had.
LOL, very true. We used to take our boomboxes to school. One cold morning on the way to the bus stop in north Idaho my brother was carrying his and the handle broke on both sides at the same time and it fell to the ground. Crazy!
I'm in! Old tech: Panasonic 3DO. Very expensive console back in the day, one of the early CD based ones
I'm in. I got this VCR over 15 years ago and used it until 2 years ago. Never had one issue with it.
I'm in. I'm still new to the whole safety razor world, but I am finding it's growing into an obsession, quite rapidly! I've already acquired more shave creams than I can get through in a year, and I only want more!
My piece of ancient tech is the Minolta Maxxum 35mm camera - the first autofocus camera, and the first with motorised film advance. The guy who sold it to me for $20 thought it was broken. He went through 3 rolls of film & didn't get a single image after developing the film, so he sold it to me. I figured it was worth $20, even if I had to get it repaired, I'd come out ahead, right? Anyway, when i got it in my hands & opened it up, there was a roll of film still in there - he just didn't wind it onto the sprockets, so it could NEVER advance after each shot! Needless to say, I was the winner in that transaction, since I actually knew how to load film into a 35mm camera!
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My piece of ancient tech is the Minolta Maxxum 35mm camera - the first autofocus camera, and the first with motorised film advance. The guy who sold it to me for $20 thought it was broken. He went through 3 rolls of film & didn't get a single image after developing the film, so he sold it to me. I figured it was worth $20, even if I had to get it repaired, I'd come out ahead, right? Anyway, when i got it in my hands & opened it up, there was a roll of film still in there - he just didn't wind it onto the sprockets, so it could NEVER advance after each shot! Needless to say, I was the winner in that transaction, since I actually knew how to load film into a 35mm camera!
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I'm in
In school, I used the typewriter that had the small (4 or 5 line screen) word processor built in. After you typed your paper, "printing" it would mean feeding it paper one sheet at a time.
In school, I used the typewriter that had the small (4 or 5 line screen) word processor built in. After you typed your paper, "printing" it would mean feeding it paper one sheet at a time.
I'm in. It would have to be the Walkman with those awesome headphones lol
Not in.. awesome PIF though!
But I am shocked no one has mentioned the now extinct Laser Disc Player! I have a buddy who's dad invested thousands into this technology amassing a large collection of Laser Discs.. I still giggle at the guy's enthuiasm and gusto about laser discs being "the future"
But I am shocked no one has mentioned the now extinct Laser Disc Player! I have a buddy who's dad invested thousands into this technology amassing a large collection of Laser Discs.. I still giggle at the guy's enthuiasm and gusto about laser discs being "the future"
