Retro Tech Geek Gifts

"This is a recording."

'How come no one ever sends me a fax?'

'Every time I tap in 'food' that happens!'

Thank you for contacting customer service. Your business is very important to us. Please continue to hold for the next available pigeon.

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

"I've just been offered a job sorting out the Y1K bug.."

'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.'

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

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

The original paperless office

GO AHEAD ... MAKE MY DAY!

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

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

Early on-line shopping

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

STRIP Hambone: Early diesel run computer

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

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

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

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

Bill was so determined to Twitter no one dared tell him he couldn't do it with a calculator.

'Early Laptops.'

Library Computer Center: Cybrarian

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

"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.'

God pulling the plug on January 1st 2000

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