Technology of My Life

By pjhshall

  • First phone - Rotary dial

    First phone - Rotary dial
    Ours was yellow like this. In my oldest memory, the phone was on a party line, you could hear your neighbors talking.

  • Records 78 - 33 1/3 - 45 rpm

    Records 78 - 33 1/3 - 45 rpm
    Played 33 1/3 and 45s at home, 78s at grandma's house.

  • Black & White TV

    Black & White TV
    Had to get up and change the channels. Dad made our antenna on top of the house.

  • Classroom film projector, Bell & Howell.

    Classroom film projector, Bell & Howell.
    Classroom movies. Sometimes the film would break or the teacher couldn't get it threaded right.

  • Cassette recorder

    Cassette recorder
    Recorded many a Thanksgiving dinner conversation.

  • Payphone

    Payphone
    Yes, we did check the coin return for change...

  • Alarm Clock radio with flip numbers

    Alarm Clock radio with flip numbers
    Dad was a big Radio Shack/Realistic fan.

  • First Stereo

    First Stereo
    Had an 8-track player that would play 8-track one time, or in loop. One night Rocky soundtrack played for 4 hours ;)

  • Beta & VHS tapes

    Beta & VHS tapes
    We had Beta at first....had to get many new tapes when VHS took over.

  • First computer used - TRS 80

    First computer used - TRS 80
    Had 2 screen options-green letters or gold letters. Required a disc to startup.

  • The Brick phone

    The Brick phone
    First cell phone ever used, lousy reception!

  • First personal computer.

    First personal computer.
    It had a 1GB hard drive and I could run Illustrator and Photoshop.

  • First personal cell phone.

    First personal cell phone.
    Couldn't get a signal in Eureka.

  • Car cassette adaptor

    Car cassette adaptor
    Plug it into your CD Walkman to play CDs through your car's cassette player.