Post your old technology!

[nathan the ipad lover]

My c64 and vic 20 home computers from the early 80s :3

 

[nathan the ipad lover]

What? Nothing yet?

 

[tlbaker]

My c64 and vic 20 home computers from the early 80s :3

Yours takes the cake!!! Is probably older than most of the members of this forum lol.


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[tlbaker]

An old Motorola cell phone from the early 1980’s. The original owner paid over $2500.00 for it! The battery took 8 hours to charge and gave you 30 minutes of talk time.

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And probably 50.00 per minute to use lol.


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[Roy Rob]

I had the one from the competitor of Motorola, Rogers Cantel. Weighed about the same as the Motorola. Standby time of about 6 hours and talk time of about 1 hour, charge overnight. It wasn't really the cost of using that was the problem, it was finding a signal. Cost over $1,200 with or without a plan! Used it as a door stop for the longest time before sending it to be recycled into a Canadian submarine.

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[scifan57]

Here's my old Webster wire recorder. It dates to the late 1940’s. They called it electronic memory, it's written just below the speaker grille.















BTW, it weighs at least 20 lbs.

 

[nathan the ipad lover]

My old T.V used for video streaming off a set top box with an RF modulator

 

[Richard Brown]

This is an interesting thread, Scifan. I will have to rummage through my loft.

I still have my reel to reel tape recorder which I bought new circa 1967. I have loads of tapes. I haven't used them for years and wonder what state they are in.

Old Technology should encompass non electr(on)ic gear. However, I will stick to the scope of the thread as you have set it up.

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[scifan57]

This is an interesting thread, Scifan. I will have to rummage through my loft.

I still have my reel to reel tape recorder which I bought new circa 1967. I have loads of tapes. I haven't used them for years and wonder what state they are in.

Old Technology should encompass non electr(on)ic gear. However, I will stick to the scope of the thread as you have set it up.

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I figured that since everyone who participates in these forums is using sophisticated modern electronic technology, the members might be interested in seeing what the technology of yesteryear looks like.

 

[fafrost]

I don't have a picture, because I sold them years ago, I was the proud owner of both the original Apple Newton and the last Newton 2100 before they were discontinued. I remember how people were amazed that I could convert my cursive handwriting to text. I remember hooking it up to my phone line at night, so it could go online and download the stories I was interested in following. It felt so Star Trek like at the time, LOL.

 

[tlbaker]

Here's my old Webster wire recorder. It dates to the late 1940’s. They called it electronic memory, it's written just below the speaker grille.

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Worth a lot of $$$ I bet!! Cool.

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[Richard Brown]

Worth a lot of $$$ I bet!! Cool.

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Not so much, per a google search. However this links to an interesting article. http://www.alexreeltoreel.com/wire.htm

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[scifan57]

Here's a piece of history for you! This is an example of the first hand held two-way radio ever produced. It was part of the life raft equipment used by Naval Aviators during WWII. It could send and receive both voice and code signals. The bottom 2/3 of the case was for the battery. It's an AN/CRC-7 radio.

















The last photo shows the combined speaker/microphone.

 

[nathan the ipad lover]

Edit: the TV died last night so I now have a working replacement set

 

[tlbaker]

Not so much, per a google search. However this links to an interesting article. http://www.alexreeltoreel.com/wire.htm

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Wow, interesting. Never heard of this until now. Thanks for sharing.

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