Old-school Geek Gifts

My computer teacher remembers using Windows 3.1.

'I lost my mobile phone so I had to dig out my 1988 one with its attached digital camera.'

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

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

"You never told me your dad was so delightfully old-fashioned."

GO AHEAD ... MAKE MY DAY!

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

Early on-line shopping

STRIP Hambone: Early diesel run computer

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

'There's no delete key. You have to use the board eraser.'

"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.'

"I put my faith in coal. Because there’s no fuel like an old fuel."

"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."

"Go ahead and laugh, but this baby hasn't crashed since 1961."

'Do you know what I miss? - Chalk talks!'

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

'This may be an old computer, but it won the March Madness office pool again and wants the money deposited in its Swiss bank account.'

The Final Chapter.

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

'I call it 'Myspace'''

Old and new technologies

'We've got to upgrade our computer system. Downloading information on this one takes too long.'

'Gentlemen, invent your engines.'

"We were looking for a non-hackable, energy efficient data center. Thanks for the file cabinet."

'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.'

"Hi..just ringing to see if you got my e-mail?"

Peace on Earth

He still refuses to upgrade.

Acme Slide Rules: 'We'll be here and ready, when the current electronic gadgetry fad fades!'

Gramaphone Man.

'Telling me He works in mysterious ways!'

R. J. Willoby - Old Money, Old Technology, Member 'Good Old Boys Network'.