[ARCHIVED THREAD] - 80's technology (Page 1 of 5)
Posted: 8/19/2014 1:41:01 PM EDT
What am I missing 
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Quoted: needs moar bag phone hmmmm, Wikipedia says 1990 could be, I guess. my dad had one in an '89 truck though and he never kept one past a year old back then http://www.collectorsquest.com/uploads/blog/2012/04/motorola_bag_phone-lg.jpg  |
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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 No. We owned a Hitachi VCR and video camera in 1984.I was 5. Evidently we rented one as early as 1983, but I don't remember. 
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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.
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYk9q9UBnmg" target="_blank">http://craicmonkeysdelight.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/the-lego-movie-benny.jpg</a> SPACESHIP!!!!! |
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I didn't have one of those until 92 or 93. And it was shared by the entire family. 
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What in the double blue hell is that? |
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needs moar bag phone hmmmm, Wikipedia says 1990 could be, I guess. my dad had one in an '89 truck though and he never kept one past a year old back then http://www.collectorsquest.com/uploads/blog/2012/04/motorola_bag_phone-lg.jpg Had one of these in 89 as well (my first phone that didn't use a rotary dial). Man that thing got the ladies to pay attention
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Connection Machine (super computer). |
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Had one of these in 89 as well (my first phone that didn't use a rotary dial). Man that thing got the ladies to pay attention Quoted:
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needs moar bag phone hmmmm, Wikipedia says 1990 could be, I guess. my dad had one in an '89 truck though and he never kept one past a year old back then http://www.collectorsquest.com/uploads/blog/2012/04/motorola_bag_phone-lg.jpg Had one of these in 89 as well (my first phone that didn't use a rotary dial). Man that thing got the ladies to pay attention they got everybody's attention when they rang almost every one that I know of was hard wired into the owner's car/truck and the horn was hooked up as the ringer |
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1977-78. I had one in 8th grade when they were new. |
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Quoted: Here's the '80s equivalent of what you've got in the average smartphone. http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e363/redoubtable1/d5fHm-e1347001125170_zpsfb46e6b0.jpg |
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Quoted: needs moar bag phone hmmmm, Wikipedia says 1990 could be, I guess. my dad had one in an '89 truck though and he never kept one past a year old back then http://www.collectorsquest.com/uploads/blog/2012/04/motorola_bag_phone-lg.jpg In non urban areas those old analog phones were great. |