Forgotten Electronics of the 70s and 80s 531
Ant writes "This is where you can find photos of those unusual items which somehow missed our keen attention in the 70s and 80s. Be it a specialty product, electronic novelty or an utter boondoggle from a major electronics outfit of the day, we'll dig 'em up and talk about 'em."
N-Gage (Score:5, Funny)
the calculator watch.. (Score:5, Funny)
especially if worn while carrying a boom box blasting old school Beastie Boys on your shoulder.
ThinkGeek (Score:5, Funny)
Re:the calculator watch.. (Score:5, Funny)
My dad? (Score:5, Funny)
DVD
VHS
Beta
Record Player
CD Player
8 Track
It's all in 5.1 surround sound, so they all sound their best.
I just wonder if there's room for a player piano and a cannister recording device.
How appropriate... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:the calculator watch.. (Score:2, Funny)
Just think of it! Those rascally teens can finally pleasure themselves without having to constantly glance over at the clock to see when mommy's coming home! You can attempt the world speed record without ever taking your eyes off the prize! You can even go for the Holy Grail of maximum times per day WITHOUT EVER LEAVING YOUR BED!
Re:the calculator watch.. (Score:2, Funny)
Reminiscing (Score:5, Funny)
When you performed an arithmetic operation the whole screen would turn to garbage for a moment, then the answer would be displayed.
I never saw this for myself, but he claims that if you tried to divide by zero the machine would just keep chugging away forever.
Kaypro II (Score:2, Funny)
CB Receiver (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Nostalgia (Score:2, Funny)
Re:the calculator watch.. (Score:3, Funny)
Am I the only one who first pronounced this in their head as ep-i-tome, only to later realize it was ep-i-to-me?
Commodore?? (Score:1, Funny)
I probably wouldn't even be a g33k now if it wern't for the vic 20. Ahhhh, programming crappy shooter games in BASIC on my T.V., wouldn't have been 1981 without it!
Re:My dad? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:the calculator watch.. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Digital watch a step backwards (Score:2, Funny)
"A watch so sophisticated it takes three hands to use it."
Of course I also remember their ad for the triple bladed razor:
"The first blade pulls it out, the second blade pulls it out further, the third blade rips it right out of your face.
Three blades. Why? Because you'll believe anything!"
It seems they were right.
KFG
Re:the calculator watch.. (Score:4, Funny)
Normal people call that the "Honeymoon".
Re:the calculator watch.. (Score:3, Funny)
What seems to happen with me occasionally with certain words, I'll just misread it on the initial glance and suddenly I seem unable to actually 'see' the word.
Possibly the silliest example was whilst playing Scrabble with my younger brother, he was in a bad position and ended up putting down 'stone'.. my brain just couldn't read it for some odd reason, and I ended up demanding to know what the hell a 'stoh-nee' was.
He found this amusing, for some odd reason.
Yes, this is horribly off-topic for the main topic, but this is Slashdot where side-topics can get a life of their own and be pretty much as interesting.
Re:Digital watch a step backwards (Score:4, Funny)
I feel relieved when someone like Bond looks at a large 4-digit LED display, the odds are it'll stop when it reaches 00:02, and the bomb will be defused and the world will be saved.
I'd prefer it if I got a few of his cast-off girls, though. I hear they're normally in pretty good conditition and with very little wear, except Honor Blackman.
Re:ThinkGeek (Score:4, Funny)
Will the virus writers be able to set your house on fire I wonder?
Brings a new legitimacy to the term firewall. I guess without one you're toast?
Re:the calculator watch.. (Score:5, Funny)
Wow. I think you are the first person on /. to use the phrase "power chord" and not be talking about a wire that plugs into the wall! Your perspicacity is applauded and you may now advance to the next level. (???)
Re:Digital watch a step backwards (Score:2, Funny)
Ever watched (massive pun intended) a bond movie? The timer always stops at 0:07.
Re:My dad? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Tomy Cassette Robot (Score:3, Funny)
RIP (Score:2, Funny)
I can almost hear the silent cries for help and see the avg load meter being clipped; I can see the 500 errors, just before the ping replies "host unreachable"
neilio
Re:the calculator watch.. (Score:2, Funny)
My Dad is a senior scientist at SAIC [saic.com]. A few years ago they had a power failure at the office. He pulled his slide rule out from under his keyboard, and sat in the window with his notes and a pencil. The younger guys went home because the computers didn't have any power.
It makes my hair hurt to think about doing differential calculus like that; his data set was terabyte-size.
Bones? (Score:2, Funny)