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I love retro technology adverts.

Brilliant to think how far we have come in such a short time.

Mind you, I am still marveling at the fact that we have these things called mobile phones.

The very first "mobile" phone I ever used looked like this



my then boss liked to have all the very latest gadgets so he got one as soon as they came out, it was really fecking heavy and a pain in the arse to have to carry around with you.

I love old 80's Sci-fi or futurist movies, when you see the wizz bang technology of the future.

There's something more funny about 80's than there is of 70's and 60's stuff, because, I suppose it was "ooh, close, but no cigar"!

OMG RB.

I remember those.

I never had one or used one, butt GOD they were impressive at the time.

Not really what you could call 'mobile', more 'lug-gable'.

Did you know that Exxon once had an Information Systems Division that marketed one of the earliest fax machines? That's it there in the top right picture, it was called a "Qwip." I remember my first encounter with them in the 1970s -- cumbersome, temperamental and producing just awful image quality, but dang! Documents over the phone! A full page in only two minutes!

The "home computer" in 2004........ROTFLMFAO!

What in gawd's name is the steering wheel for?

Check out the "monitor" fastened to the wall!

Sorry Dales...

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.asp

At least it might explain the steering wheel...

I remember about 1974 or '75 reading an article in Newsweek about how people would soon have computers in their homes, and they'd be small enough to fit on a table top. And I thought, "That's just the stupidest thing I've ever seen; why in the world would anyone need a computer in their home?"

To be honest, I still wonder sometimes.

I still find myself in awe of, and very grateful for the rise of the home computer.

I use mine to make (alleged) music, use it as a darkroom, an entertainment centre, it's my main news source, and to chat with good people all over the world.

I can even phone my mother on it!

We live in interesting times.

Oh technology, how I love thee...

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Okay, THAT's hilarious! Where do you find this stuff?

I found it in a series of tubes.