Retro Tech Supporter Gifts

You know, so many women these days break up with me in an impersonal text on my smart phone … I want to thank you for breaking up with me by calling me on my land line.

"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!'

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

"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.'

The original paperless office

'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.'

GO AHEAD ... MAKE MY DAY!

STRIP Hambone: Early diesel run computer

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

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!"

Early on-line shopping

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."

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

Library Computer Center: Cybrarian

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

'Early Laptops.'

'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.

God pulling the plug on January 1st 2000

"Thank you for the rewind, Miss Cooper. Now let us fast-forward to that fateful moment in February and hit the pause button."