Cutting edge '80s technology

Ohlord Published 05/09/2019 in feels

We felt so technologically advanced with our cordless phones, our cassette tapes, and the whole VHS vs Beta tape decision. Computers started showing up in homes and WOW, what a time to be alive!

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The answering machines with the little tiny tapes. Some people awkwardly recorded a message, others got creative and everyone left messages when they called.
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These are tape recorders and players. They were often found in classrooms and if they fell on your toe consider it broken
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Computers of the '80s used hard discs, floppies, and cartridges, depending on what type of computer you had.
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Answering services took calls for businesses
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Cable boxes of yesteryears
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Serious cutting edge technology
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Remember the sound of the film projectors and the teacher growing frustrated when she was trying to feed it through?
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My dad had a phone like this. He carried it in a purse like bag and we made fun of him for it.
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These let us experience the arcades at home
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Nope, no automatic locks yet. We still used our fingers until later in the '80s
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We all felt really excited to find this thing under the tree, but they broke so fast and never seemed to work properly
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The bigger and bulkier they were, the richer you were.
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Parents started saying our toys made us lose our imaginations. They were robots an talked to us, educational and expensive.
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These were not cutting edge, they have been around since the 50s but they were getting faster, becoming less bulky and were still a lot of fun
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These started popping up more often
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Free time was so much more fun with the Oregon trail and math games
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Our computers often connected to our tvs
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1.
2.
The answering machines with the little tiny tapes. Some people awkwardly recorded a message, others got creative and everyone left messages when they called.
3.
These are tape recorders and players. They were often found in classrooms and if they fell on your toe consider it broken
4.
Computers of the '80s used hard discs, floppies, and cartridges, depending on what type of computer you had.
5.
Answering services took calls for businesses
6.
7.
Cable boxes of yesteryears
8.
Serious cutting edge technology
9.
Remember the sound of the film projectors and the teacher growing frustrated when she was trying to feed it through?
10.
11.
My dad had a phone like this. He carried it in a purse like bag and we made fun of him for it.
12.
These let us experience the arcades at home
13.
Nope, no automatic locks yet. We still used our fingers until later in the '80s
14.
We all felt really excited to find this thing under the tree, but they broke so fast and never seemed to work properly
15.
The bigger and bulkier they were, the richer you were.
16.
Parents started saying our toys made us lose our imaginations. They were robots an talked to us, educational and expensive.
17.
These were not cutting edge, they have been around since the 50s but they were getting faster, becoming less bulky and were still a lot of fun
18.
These started popping up more often
19.
Free time was so much more fun with the Oregon trail and math games
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
Our computers often connected to our tvs
25.