Low-tech Enthusiast Pillows

"What I like about booze is that it's so low tech."

"No, it wasn't a sinkhole. Your old TV was so heavy the ground could no longer take the weight."

It's a male thing - I saw a toaster with power assist, and I bought it.

'Big audio gear is coming back!'

"In the old days, we had to constantly feed the screensaver."

What's wrong with the computer you've got?"

'I'd explain how the TV, VCR, DVD, surround sound home entertainment system works...but I don't know.'

'I don't care what the Hares have. Dial-Up is good enough for us!'

'Someday TVs will be in big boxes on the floor.'

The original paperless office

GO AHEAD ... MAKE MY DAY!

Backlash industries: makers of the macro-chip, bigger, slower..and it even makes mistakes

"It's a fantastic computer! It's so old that none of today's hackers know how to hack it!"

"And this is one of our most poular models..."

Early on-line shopping

STRIP Hambone: Early diesel run computer

Before the development of the microchip, attempts to build a laptop computer were largely unsuccessful.

"The new computer is great, but we can't get rid of the old one. It knows too much."

"It's very sweet of you to visit him. Mr. Mainframe doen't get out much since the desktops came in."

'Sorry, I can't help you, the computer's down again.'

Library Computer Center: Cybrarian

'As you know, some of us can't keep up with the pace of new technology.'

"They lead a simple life - they don't even put gas in their cars."

"If I can't use a calculator, may I use my Dad's old slide-rule?"

"I know we said we would get you a laptop.. but this will have to do until business gets better."

"I know we said we'd get you a laptop,but this will have to do until business improves."

'Trevor was the first rep at the office to have a portable computer.'

"Well you said you wanted a simple, cheap solution!" (IT Solutions).

'Just as we finally get the industrial revolution down pat, we find ourselves in the middle of the electronic revolution.'

Telephone line ends up buried in the ground with a headstone.

Technological advances within the office.

Man has thrown his computer aside and is writing on a typewriter.

"You're right. I have to come up with a brake of some kind."

'When I was told our new computer was going to be state of the art, no one mentioned it was state of the art in 1954.'

'We couldn't give away black-and-white TVs until we started advertising them as having 'non multi-color capability'.'