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Title: Gadgets Of Days Gone By
Post by: sam on May 05, 2010, 04:39

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Writing about the newest technology can be tiring. As a man once said, “Everything’s amazing and nobody’s happy.” More storage! More speed! I want apps and GPS and privacy! The days before terabyte external drives and gigahertz phone processors were a more tranquil time, though admittedly we look back on it through a rose-tinted lens. Still, in between all the underpowered Windows 98SE PCs, fragile flip-phones, and mammoth laptops, there were plenty of gadgets we still remember with no small affection.

http://techcrunch.com/2010/05/04/gadgets-of-days-gone-by/

Title: Re: Gadgets Of Days Gone By
Post by: Rik on May 05, 2010, 09:06

Memory Lane is such a nice place. :)

Title: Re: Gadgets Of Days Gone By
Post by: Clive on May 05, 2010, 10:59

I had one of those HP 500 inkjets.  What a load of rubbish!   ::)

Title: Re: Gadgets Of Days Gone By
Post by: Rik on May 05, 2010, 11:03

They were an improvement, in noise terms, on dot matrix printers, Clive. ;)

Title: Re: Gadgets Of Days Gone By
Post by: Simon on May 05, 2010, 11:03

I started on an underpowered Win98SE machine.  :)

Title: Re: Gadgets Of Days Gone By
Post by: Rik on May 05, 2010, 11:04

A newcomer to the party, DOS then Windows 1...

Title: Re: Gadgets Of Days Gone By
Post by: Clive on May 05, 2010, 11:09

Quote from: Rik on May 05, 2010, 11:03

They were an improvement, in noise terms, on dot matrix printers, Clive. ;)

I actually liked the noise of a dot matrix!   :laugh:

Title: Re: Gadgets Of Days Gone By
Post by: Rik on May 05, 2010, 11:15

A 24-pin wide carriage running all day got to be a bit much. :)

Title: Re: Gadgets Of Days Gone By
Post by: Clive on May 05, 2010, 11:36

The ones we had at work were enclosed in plastic cases to keep the noise down. 

Title: Re: Gadgets Of Days Gone By
Post by: Rik on May 05, 2010, 11:42

The good old printer hood, complete with fan...

Title: Re: Gadgets Of Days Gone By
Post by: Clive on May 05, 2010, 11:45

Printer hood.  That was it.   :laugh:

Title: Re: Gadgets Of Days Gone By
Post by: Rik on May 05, 2010, 11:48

A variation on an Easter bonnet. ;D