Old tech devices

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GIBrat51 said:
View attachment 1024443 Yeah, I like them, too. That Sportster is my 4th one since 1980. This was my 5th. I replaced it with a BMW GS Adventure - which, with an 8.4 gal. tank, is much better at long distance touring out here... still kinda miss it, though.:)
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Well, I didn't say I LIKED them. :roflmao:. Just that I owned two. I went back to bikes that go, stop, and turn in a manner I find more pleasing.

The road back to that was through a Buell. I must say that the whole H-D experience killed off any possibility of owning and enjoying another inline four. I want torque now, thank you.
 
#43
Voice pagers were fun (for evil use.) Usually, someone had their number on a dymo label placed on the side. We'd write the number down and call it later. The victim would be in a check out line, doctor's office, at lunch, etc. and a really inappropriate message would blast out for all to hear.
 
#44
At one time, a really hip device. Now it's just my alarm clock.



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#47
DirtDog said:
I've just about had it with these cheap Chinese wireless residential phones.

I ordered a handful of these reconditioned phones (one for each floor of the house and one for the cottage). Best residential landline phones ever made and I'm not willing to give up my landline just yet.

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Somewhere in my basement is this B&O phone. Sure I got it because it was pretty and fancy, but I've never used a phone that sounded better.
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#48
How 'bout the Commodore 64? I had the monitor and disk drive. And tractor feed dot matrix printer.

Sometimes I miss playing Ultima III and IV.

Edit: I missed Fingerdub's post above! Maybe if I had the fancy executive version, I would have gotten the girls in bikinis at the pool. :atoz:
 
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#49
Dean N said:
How 'bout the Commodore 64? I had the monitor and disk drive. And tractor feed dot matrix printer.

Sometimes I miss playing Ultima III and IV.

Edit: I missed Fingerdub's post above! Maybe if I had the fancy executive version, I would have gotten the girls in bikinis at the pool. :atoz:
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I remember programming basic on the Commodore with a cartridge.

10 "Billy is a Jerk"
20 GOTO 10
30 RUN
 
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#57
Mike N said:
My Grandfather designed cameras for Zeiss when he lived in Germany and later designed cameras for Graflex and Kodak when he came to the USA. He was responsible for the development and production of the Kodak Instamatic camera. Although he retired in the 70's and died in 1983, he said some day there would be cameras that didn't require film..... if only he could see a modern digital camera.
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That's awesome! And he would know because Kodak invented the digital still camera in the mid 70s. I think it ran about $30k! Not sure it was even 1mpixel. It's interesting to think that by inventing the format, Kodak, being primarily a film manufacturer, opened the Pandora's box which began their own demise. Too bad they never designed and marketed a decent box to put their excellent CCD sensors into. Instead, Kodak banked on being the supplier of digital sensors to camera manufacturers, but they almost unanimously chose CMOS over CCD. Not unlike VHS killing Betamax. I had a Leica M8 with a Kodak 10mpixel CCD sensor in it for a few years, still the most film-like sensor I've ever used in small format. Beautiful sensor.

Too much info, sorry for that, but your grandfather was right and your story got me missing my old Leica!
 
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--The owner if my company still does invoices and payroll type stuff in DOS on the 286 pc that he bought for the business back in 92.

--Old tech sporting equipment that I still have: All wooden hockey sticks. Wood tennis rackers. Fiberglass fishing rods with closed spin cast reels and monofilament line. Golf clubs with wood drivers.

-- Actual manual typewriter (non-electric) that was obsolete when I used it to type reports in high school.

--Cameras: Polaroid SX70 instant film camera. Pentax K1000 and Nikon FM manual cameras.

--Hammond M3 tone wheel organ.
 
#60
I remember finding a massive electric typewriter on the curb in Chicago back in the early 90's. I dragged it home and used it to mail letters before everyone switched to email. It had a heavy flywheel that would start up when you plugged it in, and the cord was heavy gauge, like a table saw. It sounded like a tommy gun when you used it.
 
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