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07-29-2009, 04:38 PM
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| Franchise Player  Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Columbia, MD Age: 30
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| Re: Tech gone wild We had a Betamax player. For the longest time if we wanted to watch a VHS tape my dad would have to hook our 50lbs. videocamera up to the TV and we'd use it like a VCR. Who else remembers using the Nintendo Powerpad? The best way to get it to work was to get down on the floor and pound on it with your fists. I also remember the best way to get the Powerglove to work was to wear it on your left and push all the buttons with your right.
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07-29-2009, 04:42 PM
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| Re: Tech gone wild Quote:
When that Betamax was first bought you probably thought wow this thing is awesome, now you look at and you are like what a bunch of crap. Someday you will do this with an iPhone.
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07-29-2009, 04:47 PM
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| Playmaker  Join Date: Feb 2004
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07-30-2009, 11:57 AM
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| Playmaker  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Denver Age: 31
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| Re: Tech gone wild Quote:
Remember these goodies?: - Turbo Graphix 16 - Sega Saturn - NeoGeo - Virtual Boy On another note, my step-dad worked for DEC for 15 years during the 80's and 90's, and I had the opportunity to witness some interesting things: 1.) The computer with the monitor built in. A big heavy clunk of junk with the keyboard with a coiled cord. No, not the imac. 2.) The modem where you put the telephone receiver onto the top of it. 3.) "Tape" computer programs. 4.) Netscape version 1.0, and browsing the internet in the early 90's. 5.) 486 DX2 computers with Turbo buttons and the mHz LED readout on the front. 6.) Token-ring network over coax. 7.) MS DOS It's crazy to think about how far we've come in such little time. Here's to progress!
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07-30-2009, 12:01 PM
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| \m/   Join Date: Feb 2004 Age: 40
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| Re: Tech gone wild I had the Sega Saturn, make the wrong choice of going with that system over the Playstation. Fail on my part. |
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07-30-2009, 12:02 PM
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| Playmaker Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Denver Age: 31
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07-30-2009, 12:05 PM
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| Swearinger   Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Washington, DC Age: 34
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| Re: Tech gone wild I remember making mix tapes with cassettes. You know, the boom box with the double tape deck? Who would have imagined iTunes and playlists?
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07-30-2009, 12:19 PM
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| Re: Tech gone wild lol @ mix tapes. Hell it really wasn't that long ago. |
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07-30-2009, 12:24 PM
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| Playmaker  Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Frederick, MD Age: 34
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| Re: Tech gone wild Nope. I was still making them in college. Had my Aiwa Mini stereo hooked up to my computer (blew out the original speakers, and replaced them with a decent pair of JBL bookshelf speakers), would set up a Mp3 playlist in WinAMP and played it while recording to cassette, which I played in the car since my 1988 Honda Accord coupe still had a tape deck. Good times...
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07-30-2009, 12:44 PM
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| Playmaker Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Denver Age: 31
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07-30-2009, 03:14 PM
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| The Starter  Join Date: Mar 2004
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| Re: Tech gone wild Commodore 64 remember that game Rat Race? |
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07-30-2009, 03:19 PM
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I remember riding around in high school with my buddy who was rocking a Ford Pinto, broken stereo, boom box in hand, pumping out some Ratt or Def Leppard. LOL | |
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