Retro Computer Enthusiast Mugs

'Quick, give me the answer to question 9 before class begins.'

"My grandpa suffers from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder from the time when he worked with Windows 95."

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

'Big audio gear is coming back!'

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

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

'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

STRIP Hambone: Early diesel run computer

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

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

Early on-line shopping

Early Programmers.

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.'

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

Library Computer Center: Cybrarian

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

"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'd better have a little talk with it - it wants to know where it came from.'

'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.'

'Gentlemen, invent your engines.'