Retro Technology Buff Gifts

'It's his pacemaker. h3e's not supposed to go near the refrigerator.'

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

'I want to suck your toes.' - A problem for Maxwell Smart and his shoe-phone.

'The King bought a universal remote.'

Captain Pointy No.27 - The trouble with fax machines

Ironing the Mouse

'You're too young to see this programme, but if you want, I'll tape it so you can watch it when you're eighteen.'

'How to program a VCR? Dude, I've got to get dad out of retirement for that one!'

If...Then....

"He was always proud of having owned the first TV on our block."

"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."

'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

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.

'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."

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

'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?"

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

"I know we said we would get you a laptop.. but this will have to do until business gets better."