Tech Historian Gifts

'I don't know what it is. I think it's some kind of old-fashioned cell phone.'

VHS at the Antiques Roadshow: 'I'm afraid the fact that you've 'got tons of blank tapes for it' doesn't make any difference.'

'This is what people had to use before they got antennae.'

Evolution of Phones

'I'm looking for the Betamax department?'

'In ancient times they needed these to watch TV!'

'Tell me again about the old days when you controlled the flow of information...before the internet.'

'We've got to do spring cleaning more often. I found three eight-track tapes!'

Early Computer Hackers.

"Grandpa's old school. He likes his cell phones and insulin pumps BIG!"

'It says our line printer is obsolete our remote terminal is obsolete, and I'm afraid, we're obsolete.'

'Dad, the PC crashed and I lost my calculator.' - 'Here Son. Try this.'

'My cell phone weighed eleven pounds and my computer filled the entire desktop.'

'Things really change fast now. There's an original i-pad.'

"Thieves hacked my car's electronics and stole data. Remember when they only took the hubcaps?"

After losing his phone, Pete tried to stay connected through his calculator.

"It's pretty Gran, but can it take pictures and send text?"

'Santa thinks desktops will come back.'

Primitive Computer Graphics

"Here at JP Industries, we're all about cutting edge technology. It keeps us one step ahead of our competition! Now take my beeper number and be sure to fax me over your resume."

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

'At last we have found 'The Land of the Obsolete Hardware','

'Looks like we have an honest-to-goodness flip phone! I haven't seen one of these in years...'

'I prefer older men. In fact, I'm currently dating a flip phone.'

"Grandma, are you old technology?"

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

'You won't find a better system for under $20.'

"When I was your age we didn't play video games or take photos or locate things - we just did one thing and we took our sweet time doing it."

Y2K Solutions Inc.

Old woman with headphones on her ear trumpet.

"And I leave all my digital data to. . ."

Great, short-lived moments in Computer History

"Did I ever tell you youngsters how we used to delete things before computers?"

'I think they're old phones...from from when people used to just talk into them.'

"Of course, I remember when we had to make do with 2.5 megapixels."