OUT-MODED TECHNOLOGY


I love these out-dated computers, and the way they look. That the mid-century aesthetic has been abandoned in their contemporary counter-parts is simply criminal.


 Check out the electronic stylus for "on screen" drawing, a precursor of the cursor!


 Takes two guys with a degree to operate this clunker! The guy typing probably needed  a PhD to program it!


During the 80s the university was throwing these beasties into the garbage, now you would need to take out a mortgage to buy one!


 Back when this rig was brand new, the egg-heads predicted there would be one in every home by the late 70s. Then we would all communicate via video phones and attend online university, etc.


 I like how it's a bunch of dudes calling the shots, while the women do all the hands-on work.


The hippies really picked up on the creative applications of these early technologies. Nerd-hippies that is, they probably all went on to become lawyers.


The roadies for this guy risked great personal injury every time they had to move his set-up.


It all must have seemed like sorcery to the laymen back then. You would have to be in college to even know computers existed.It is amazing how far we have come...

3 comments:

  1. Anonymous7:58 PM

    The last picture reminds me of Stargazer by Rainbow. Great song.

    But older machines do look more futuristic than machines we have now. It's like there was a sense of wonderment put into the designs. Now, everything is just as sleek and rounded as possible.

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  2. Anonymous6:38 PM

    Ha! In 5 years I can't wait for my phone and laptop to qualify for this post!

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    1. it is now TEN YEARS AFTER

      & yr phone is still gay

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