Funny Thought About Technological Future

yizuman said:
I miss the old TTY

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Those things packed POWER and it was LOUD! I loved it.

Yiz
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It looks just like the one that I saw at VSDB many years ago.
 
AlleyCat said:
Cool thread. I admit to not keeping collectibles. If I did, i would have so much I could post about here. As it is, I remember the typewriters, TTYs, black and white computer monitors, polaroids, VCRs, cassette tapes, even albums my parents had (and just finally got rid of), shoveling, so much more.
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Hey! I owned not only a huge collection of those albums, but 45's as well!:lol:
 
AlleyCat said:
I don't know much about the 45's. Is that between the albums and cassettes?
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45's are records that are smaller, have a larger hole in the middle and required and adapter on your turntable and a faster speed. 45 instead of 33 1/3. I also have some 78's which are slightly smaller than the 33's and a lot heavier and went faster.
 
Reba said:
I still have my original Viewmaster, too, from the 50's.

I also have my grandmother's stereopticon/stereoscope and the stereo picture cards from the 1800's, including Lincoln's funeral.

I still have a couple of old cameras (late 30's-50's) from family members that I don't want to give up. :)

I wish I still had an old black rotary dial phone. It would look cool with my typewriter. Unfortunately, we weren't allowed to keep our old phones under the old AT&T "laws." :(
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Check this out Reba.
Brookstone
 
AlleyCat said:
I don't know much about the 45's. Is that between the albums and cassettes?
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The 45 records usually had one song on each side. Usually one song would be the "hit." The 33 1/3 albums had a collection of songs, with several on each side.
 
AlleyCat said:
I don't know much about the 45's. Is that between the albums and cassettes?
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No, 45's were records, too. They were the smaller version that had just one song on one side, and a second song on the other side.
 
jillio said:
No, 45's were records, too. They were the smaller version that had just one song on one side, and a second song on the other side.
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At least the records don't spin like the CD/DVD discs spin at. :lol: The music CDs spin at around 500 to 800 rpm while the 48x CD drive spins at up to 24,000 rpm maximum.
 
yizuman said:
I miss the old TTY

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Those things packed POWER and it was LOUD! I loved it.

Yiz
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:laugh2: These old days when it took forever to make conversation but I have never seen one myself though however heard all about it. But Bebo - for me, I hardly use the TTY since I either use VRS or IPrelay.

yizuman said:
LOL "throws up your picture" ROFL

What expression did he give when you said that? :rofl:

Yiz
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X2 :rofl: :rofl:

StSapphire said:
Who the heck still has prints of photos? I just look at my pictures on the computer, lol.
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jillio said:
I digitized all of my family photos going back to the late 1800's. Took me months to get them all done, but it was worth the effort. No more deterioration.
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That is an excellent move to digitization - this can be preserved for the future generations to come. I am doing the same thing with my mother since her mother has moved to full time care so she has taken all the old photos that my grandma has collected - and thus is it will also be uploaded online for future generations as well to look up whenever they please.
 
yizuman said:
I miss the old TTY

M28-KSR-1-300w.jpg


Those things packed POWER and it was LOUD! I loved it.

Yiz
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Yes, I was my business to be installed lots of TTY model 28 with PhoneTTY inc modem for deaf customers.
 
JClarke said:
:laugh2: These old days when it took forever to make conversation but I have never seen one myself though however heard all about it. But Bebo - for me, I hardly use the TTY since I either use VRS or IPrelay.



X2 :rofl: :rofl:





That is an excellent move to digitization - this can be preserved for the future generations to come. I am doing the same thing with my mother since her mother has moved to full time care so she has taken all the old photos that my grandma has collected - and thus is it will also be uploaded online for future generations as well to look up whenever they please.
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:ty: I made copies for my son and also for my nephews and their families on jump drive and gave them out for Christmas last year.
 
Reba said:
Telephone equipment used to belong to the phone company, not the customer. Phones were leased, not purchased. If a customer moved, the phones couldn't be taken from the house. If a customer needed a new phone, the repairman brought it and took the old one. The number of phones and hookups per house were limited.

If you watch old movies, notice that even the wealthy families didn't have phones in every room.

The first time we had two phones in our house was when I was 16 years old. We had a wall phone in the kitchen, and a table-top phone that could be plugged in to a few different rooms. My brother got the wire and connections from Radio Shack and put them in so we could move the phone.

Eventually, when the FCC told AT&T that it had to break up its monopoly, people were able to buy and keep their own phones. They opened up the Phone Center Stores in malls to sell their phones. It was revolutionary! :lol:
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This post takes me back. In my high school days, I remember trying to talk to my girlfriend on the only phone in the house. Mom and Dad would be watching the only color TV in the next room. Cord of the phone would be stretched out to maximum length to get away.

I recall the breakup of AT&T as well. I finally got the "Princess" style phone after using a wall phone my entire life. It was like going mobile! :giggle:
 
What's a Walkman?

I owned a pink one. :giggle: Not sure if I still have it... Actually, I think I do have it stored away with my childhood stuff.
 
I remember those walkie-talkies I had as a child. Those darn things could pick up CB radio signals from halfway across the state and irk the operators. :P
 
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