Retro Tech Lovers Prints

"Why am I being trained on obsolete equipment?"

Search for Extra-terrestrials - "Did someone leave a message on my pager ?"

"My customers never heard fax or e-mail either."

The Pay Phone

"Ha Ha, you have a flip phone!"

'I was born way too late.'

Stained Glass WINDOWS

'This is a painting of your grandfather.'

"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."

Cord cutter

'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!'

The original paperless office

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

GO AHEAD ... MAKE MY DAY!

Early on-line shopping

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!"

'This is a letter opener, from the days before faxes and email. I just sold it online after I listed it as a vintage communication device.'

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

STRIP Hambone: Early diesel run computer

'We never had all these labour-saving devices in my young day!'

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

"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.'

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

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

'Early Laptops.'

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

Library Computer Center: Cybrarian

"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."