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Posted: 8/19/2014 2:18:09 PM EDT
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Who needs iPods? I still have my 1984 Sanyo M-G41 among other stuff....   |
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Posted: 8/19/2014 2:20:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryI'm 22 and I get that. |
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Posted: 8/19/2014 2:21:11 PM EDT
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I loved this thing
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Posted: 8/19/2014 2:22:43 PM EDT
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Kick ass component stereo systems.
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Posted: 8/19/2014 2:24:11 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/19/2014 2:25:59 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/19/2014 2:28:44 PM EDT
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Commodore 64 with the humongous Genie 1MB hard drive and dot matrix tractor drive printer!
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Posted: 8/19/2014 2:30:26 PM EDT
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Quote Historyniiiiiice, the original "programmer" think a '91 454 is the first thing we ever put one of those in got rid of that pesky limiter and that fucker would do about 120 |
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Posted: 8/19/2014 2:32:36 PM EDT
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Hell yeah! I had a Tamiya Hornet, and a friend had a Grasshopper. I was playing with my nephew's cheap R/C car last weekend and was wishing I still had that Hornet and Futaba radio around. I may have to duck in to a hobby store and see what the tech is like these days. The wait for the "quick charger" was painful, even if you delivered enough papers to get a 2nd battery.
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Posted: 8/19/2014 2:38:47 PM EDT
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If we are going to go back to the 80s you at the very least need a good laptop
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Posted: 8/19/2014 2:44:01 PM EDT
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Connection Machine (super computer). Quote HistoryQuoted:
Connection Machine (super computer). There were several dummy prop Connection Machines featured in Jurassic Park, you can see them in this shot of the control room. An X-MP ran the park in the book. 
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Posted: 8/19/2014 2:44:06 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/19/2014 3:06:53 PM EDT
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Atari w/ space invaders and pac man
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Posted: 8/19/2014 3:10:47 PM EDT
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Did you guys have these.
Was awesome. 
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Posted: 8/19/2014 3:39:27 PM EDT
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Did you guys have these. Was awesome. http://www.angeldust.org.uk/Sinclair_files/Spectrum_48k.jpg Yep...I had a speccy..48k with a real dk tronics keyboard..jetpac ftw! |
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Posted: 8/19/2014 3:45:14 PM EDT
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I spent a lot of time in front of one of these. I remember when I got one for Christmas in 1984
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Posted: 8/19/2014 3:49:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryDidn't Jobs do the NeXT computers in the '90's? |
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Posted: 8/19/2014 3:51:19 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/19/2014 3:51:21 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/19/2014 3:53:23 PM EDT
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I loved growing up in the "80's,good times
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Posted: 8/19/2014 3:54:37 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/19/2014 3:58:07 PM EDT
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Did you guys have these. Was awesome. http://www.angeldust.org.uk/Sinclair_files/Spectrum_48k.jpg I had (my parents bought) me a TI-99/4a. Somewhere what around 1981 or something. 
My first job, around 1988, they dug up an old OSBOURNE LUGGABLE to use...now that was kinda cool in the lab. 
The thing was heavy, but had a cool 5" i think amber screen. and not 1 but TWO floppie drives! It packed up like a big heavy piece of luggage, and you carried it around. Well, sort of. O the early days of personal computing. |
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Posted: 8/19/2014 4:03:54 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/19/2014 4:04:08 PM EDT
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There were robots back then. TOPO
Featuring advanced electronics 
I had one, from a closeout group buy at work |
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Posted: 8/19/2014 4:06:24 PM EDT
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Here's the '80s equivalent of what you've got in the average smartphone. <a href="http://s43.photobucket.com/user/redoubtable1/media/d5fHm-e1347001125170_zpsfb46e6b0.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e363/redoubtable1/d5fHm-e1347001125170_zpsfb46e6b0.jpg</a> That Brother thermal printing typewriter got me through college. 
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Posted: 8/19/2014 4:06:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I still have 8 undeveloped dics. They are from my first WestPac in 1991. I am afraid of what might be on them!  I wonder if they can still develop those.Quote HistoryQuoted: I still have 8 undeveloped dics. They are from my first WestPac in 1991. I am afraid of what might be on them! I wonder if they can still develop those.I have a couple of undeveloped rolls of 35mm from 1982-83 |
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Posted: 8/19/2014 4:12:56 PM EDT
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OP, that as cool as a Samsung S4 back in the day.
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Posted: 8/19/2014 4:16:49 PM EDT
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What am I missing 
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/N1500_v2.jpg/275px-N1500_v2.jpg http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7049/6859934243_e156bdfe1c_z.jpg http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ximrgZurR7M/UAxdx1vxzgI/AAAAAAAAA-s/X1orJbOjgXE/s1600/VCr8.jpg http://thefabulous80s.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/materiels_sony_watchman_fd20f.jpg http://cdnl.complex.com/mp/620/400/90/0/bb/1/ffffff/e256242ff39dbdf1f9a6f8e3018883a9/images_/assets/CHANNEL_IMAGES/TECH/2013/07/the80bestgadgetsofthe80s.jpg In hindsight it wasn't all that great. But the '80s is when so many things became possible that were just Sci-Fi a few years earlier. It was the real Space Age in some ways. |
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Posted: 8/19/2014 4:17:46 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/19/2014 4:23:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
Hell yeah! I had a Tamiya Hornet, and a friend had a Grasshopper. I was playing with my nephew's cheap R/C car last weekend and was wishing I still had that Hornet and Futaba radio around. I may have to duck in to a hobby store and see what the tech is like these days. The wait for the "quick charger" was painful, even if you delivered enough papers to get a 2nd battery. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Hell yeah! I had a Tamiya Hornet, and a friend had a Grasshopper. I was playing with my nephew's cheap R/C car last weekend and was wishing I still had that Hornet and Futaba radio around. I may have to duck in to a hobby store and see what the tech is like these days. The wait for the "quick charger" was painful, even if you delivered enough papers to get a 2nd battery. It is mindblowing the tech change from the Grasshopper to today's cars. Speed, handling, durability and run time are at the levels we only dreamed of back in those days. And amazingly, cars and parts are cheaper then they were in the 80s. I have a Hornet, Frog and a few other early/mid 80s cars. Also recently bought an Associated SC10 truck. Whole new ball game. |
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Posted: 8/19/2014 4:29:49 PM EDT
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I spent a lot of time in front of one of these. I remember when I got one for Christmas in 1984 https://www.ar15.com/images/smilies/icon_smile_big.gif http://images.pcworld.com/images/article/2012/07/c64_main_large-11391955.jpg Had that! Loved it. |
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Posted: 8/19/2014 4:32:25 PM EDT
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I had that car while in high school. Of course it was 1998, and wasn't nearly as cool then. |
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Posted: 8/19/2014 4:33:04 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/19/2014 4:34:28 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/19/2014 4:38:13 PM EDT
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The zombie apocalypse started about then.
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Posted: 8/19/2014 4:40:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryWacky Wallwalkers! I had a glow in the dark one... did you know if you put one of those on a light bulb, it would burn and melt? Who knew? |
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Posted: 8/19/2014 4:42:15 PM EDT
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Remember when the VHS tapes first came out and when you went to rent a movie you also rented a VCR cause you didn't have one ? Good times Yup. OP, you need to go back to millennial-ing. |
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Posted: 8/19/2014 4:42:43 PM EDT
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A few of the things that got me from gig to gig in the 80s and early 90s.
Roland Juno 106 Synth. I still don't think it's been topped as a pure onstage synth, in fact. Roland has released a new version. Musicians are still using them onstage and recording with them. William Orbit used one for 90% of the music heard on Madonna's " Ray of Light " CD. 
Roland TR 707 drum machine. Roland MSQ100 sequencer, to run things when I was on guitar or bass. The bass I had, Ibanez Axstar. And finally, the guitar, basically, |
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Posted: 8/19/2014 4:50:10 PM EDT
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Jelly - had a slab or two much later. sold them to a dude in Romania. Seriously.
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Posted: 8/19/2014 4:50:49 PM EDT
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I had one of these... fucker was LOUD....
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Posted: 8/19/2014 4:53:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryMassively parallel computer. Danny Hillis invention. |
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Posted: 8/19/2014 4:55:31 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/19/2014 4:57:01 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/19/2014 4:59:20 PM EDT
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TURBO TRINITY
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Posted: 8/19/2014 4:59:33 PM EDT
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Yugos had a heated rear window. Kept your hands nice and warm when you got out to push.
 IIRC, my first modem was 1200 baud. Sears had a catalog online - about a minute to load a page.  |
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Posted: 8/19/2014 4:59:47 PM EDT
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I had one of these... fucker was LOUD.... http://www.pennpollyvintage.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/yellow-boombox-magnavox-d8300.jpg I have one of these!It's been broken since "92 
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Posted: 8/19/2014 5:00:48 PM EDT
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A few of the things that got me from gig to gig in the 80s and early 90s. Roland Juno 106 Synth. I still don't think it's been topped as a pure onstage synth, in fact. Roland has released a new version. Musicians are still using them onstage and recording with them. William Orbit used one for 90% of the music heard on Madonna's " Ray of Light " CD. http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?&id=HN.608039503900837361&w=300&h=300&c=0&pid=1.9&rs=0&p=0 http://rekkerd.org/img/201005/rekonaudio_VST-AU_JUNO-106.jpg Roland TR 707 drum machine. http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?&id=HN.607996464025963129&w=300&h=300&c=0&pid=1.9&rs=0&p=0 Roland MSQ100 sequencer, to run things when I was on guitar or bass. http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?&id=HN.607989042322475413&w=300&h=300&c=0&pid=1.9&rs=0&p=0 http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?&id=HN.608016010428089270&w=300&h=300&c=0&pid=1.9&rs=0&p=0 The bass I had, Ibanez Axstar. http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?&id=HN.607998023097126761&w=300&h=300&c=0&pid=1.9&rs=0&p=0 And finally, the guitar, basically, http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?&id=HN.607994892071207264&w=300&h=300&c=0&pid=1.9&rs=0&p=0 LOL Damn these stupid things 
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Posted: 8/19/2014 5:02:33 PM EDT
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This is why the 80's sound like The 80's....
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Posted: 8/19/2014 5:03:34 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/19/2014 5:20:49 PM EDT
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This is why the 80's sound like The 80's.... http://www.iheartsynths.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/fairlight_cmi_03.jpg Fairlights were great, but cost as much as a new car, or more. They also had a mind of their own sometimes. Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran used one early on, but it had so many issues that using it for more than a couple of unique sounds was all he trusted it for on stage. Great studio instrument though. Playability was good too. I got to play one, but never bought one. Most of the sounds you hear are really from the Roland Juno 106 as well as the Jupiter, the Yamaha DX-7, The Prophet synths like the 600, and the Korg Poly 800 and the RK 100 Keytar ( Howard Jones still uses his on stage ). Moog ushered in the sound in the late 70s, but they were finicky at times, and more computer that keyboard. |
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