Old Tech thread

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[Pyan]

1981 Saab 906 Turbo concept car.

 

[dask]

 

[farntfar]

That was actually Amazon's same month delivery service.

 

[Pyan]

First electric Christmas tree lights, 1882, complete with Dreadful Warning...

 

[Pyan]

1911 diving suit.

 

[psikeyhackr]

And now for something completely different:

I bought one of those in 1971. It was new but some klutz had broken the tone arm which I replaced. I had a Sherwood reciever. I don't remember the model number. It had an opening in the top for a BSR turntable that I hated. I had to cut some plywood and make a walnut bezel to raise the Dual an inch and have it look decent but it functioned vastly better than the BSR.

WOW! I didn't know that you could do that with a smartphone. ROFL

Technochronistic Culture Clash!

 

[Danny McG]

A flip phone prototype from 1963!

 

[Christine Wheelwright]

….if the housewife happens to be busy preparing a meal....

 

[Dave]

….if the housewife happens to be busy preparing a meal....

...that's because the husband is too busy having a baby (remember, it did say that this was "far in the future"!)

 

[Pyan]

The obvious use to what a 1950's hands-free phone should be put.

 

[Pyan]

1885 invention, prophesying the need to be able to use a tablet in bright sunshine.

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Actually to help journalists reporting on the 1881-1899 Anglo-Sudanese War in the blinding sun of the desert.

 

[dask]

Maybe not old but certainly long-standing:

 

[Vince W]

Maybe not old but certainly long-standing:View attachment 114555

A Boeing 737?

 

[Pyan]

Yep, looks like a 737-800, slightly photoshopped.

 

[psikeyhackr]

Maybe not old but certainly long-standing:View attachment 114555

There is a science fiction story where the aliens wanted Duct Tape. With it we will conquer the galaxy.

 

[psikeyhackr]

A flip phone prototype from 1963!

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1963?

That is before Star Trek!

Take that Bill Shatner, you didn't invent the flip phone.

 

[Ursa major]

slightly photoshopped

Or having had a visit from Officer John McClane (who has become addicted to the buzz it gives him).

 

[Venusian Broon]

I don't know if this has already been posted, but I'll put it up anyway. I was listening to something on Youtube and this kicked up a 40+ year old memory of:

Clark's electric foot measuring devices. Peak 1970's hi-tech.

You stuck you foot in the metal box and it gently squeezed it giving a reading of how big your foot was. Utterly pointless - you had to try on the shoe anyway to see if it fitted well. A ruler or tape measure would probably have sufficed.

 

[Vertigo]

I don't know if this has already been posted, but I'll put it up anyway. I was listening to something on Youtube and this kicked up a 40+ year old memory of:

Clark's electric foot measuring devices. Peak 1970's hi-tech.

View attachment 114623

You stuck you foot in the metal box and it gently squeezed it giving a reading of how big your foot was. Utterly pointless - you had to try on the shoe anyway to see if it fitted well. A ruler or tape measure would probably have sufficed.

Measuring never helped me much and still doesn't; I have always had a full size difference between my feet. Just a week ago I got some new ski touring boots (don't ask how much they cost ) and after measuring my feet he just asked me with a grin, "do you want the right foot tight or the left one loose?"