Old Tech thread

[Ursa major]

*wonders if the Car Clock was airbag-compatible....*

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[HanaBi]

Oh dear, Mr Gates...

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Is that Mike Read?

 

[Danny McG]

Is that Mike Read?

It appears to be a USA advert so probably not

 

[HanaBi]

Windows 95 one of the worst ever.

95 was pretty decent, and was certainly a big leap in user friendliness compared to W3.1x. I certainly welcomed the gui

 

[HanaBi]

It appears to be a USA advert so probably not

Yeah, that's what I thought; but whoever he is he's a dead ringer for Read

 

[Dave]

"This is the most exciting evolution in television since Logie Baird first demonstrated the feasibility of television 40 years ago!!!"

 

[HanaBi]

The Atari 2600 VCS first saw the light of day in the late 70s, and brought arcade games like Asteroids and Space Invaders into the home.

I still have mine, along with one working joystick and about 20 games, including the immortal Pong!

 

[Dave]

We had a cheaper knock-off version of Pong. I remember it was something called "Grandstand." I can't be sure anymore but i think it was this:

 

[Danny McG]

The screen size!

 

[psikeyhackr]

The sea level rise.

 

[Danny McG]

Was this real or some kind of internet fake?

 

[Pyan]

Seems to be genuine - The 1950s Science Kit That Had Real Uranium

Things have been lauded in the past that would horrify today's H&S culture. Take Asbestos:

Or even sugar:

 

[Pyan]

Back to the tech:

 

[Anthoney]

I just built a new pc today. The first since 2005. I feel like old technology.

 

[HanaBi]

Back in the late 70s early 80s there was always a two-way battle for & hearts and minds of video recorder customers - VHS and Betamax; but there was a third format trying to muscle in on the party- Video 2000!

Philips & Grundig were the main players with their sleek and futuristic recorders, and the quality of the tape recordings were often superior to both their peers.

However, both the V-2000 players and blank cassette tapes were expensive, unreliable and not many video distribution companies bothered to release films onto that format. As such Video 2000 more or less died by the end of the 80s

 

[Dave]

 

[Danny McG]

I wanna go on this trip, what a fun-filled family day out!

 

[-K2-]

Smithereens... Genuine atoms too, not fake ones. You just know it's gonna' be awesome!

Actually, I'd pay $30,000 contrary to their $3 to go back in time and watch it. Fun for the whole family!

K2

 

[Vertigo]

I wanna go on this trip, what a fun-filled family day out!
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The really worrying thing is that they appear to have been firing off test explosions 6 days a week, every day but Sunday! Eeeek!

 

[Venusian Broon]

I wanna go on this trip, what a fun-filled family day out!
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Looks like a spoof concocted for something like the video game Fallout. They definitely were not exploding nuclear weapons on a daily basis....