Retro Techie Gifts

"Me not know why, but him cool now."

101100101101010110 It's a binary code based on rocks and sticks.

19th Century Hacker

'Sure, I remember using carbon paper. Does that carbon date me?'

2000 Compatible ?

Tangled wires.

Old fashioned telephone call.

Dr Finlay's Facebook.

'Music & Gym'

"Will you get of that computer and do some homework!"

"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."

'It's one of these new phones that takes photographs.'

'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.'

Fossil record player.

GO AHEAD ... MAKE MY DAY!

STRIP Hambone: Early diesel run computer

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

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

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.'

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

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