Tech Timeline

  • Rotary phone

    Rotary phone
    I used it to call my Grandma in Washington. I remember using the phone the most at my Great Grandmother's house. I remember using this distinctly because it was old technology and my mom had to teach me how to use it. This was in a day where you paid extra for long distance phone calls
  • Atari 2600

    Atari 2600
    We would play Atari and my mom would get mad at us for wasting our summer days staying inside. Even though this model came out in 1982, it was new to us. We had a family in the ward who gave it to us.
  • Cordless phone with pull out atenna

    Cordless phone with pull out atenna
    We though this was the coolest phone ever. We could pull out the atenna and walk outside the house and we pretended it was a cellphone.
  • IBM computer

    IBM computer
    My dad won this computer at the WiFi electronics store in Ogden. We played Oregon trail and Carmen San Diego
  • Spell Corrector

    Spell Corrector
    I would use this to make sure I was spelling words correctly. It was more fun than the dictionary.
  • Playstation

    Playstation
    I received one before it was released in the USA. My brother's friend is fro the royal family in Indonesia. His family headed there to buy some and he then gave them out to his best friend's. WE played Crash Bandicoot and Jet Ski.
  • Boombox

    Boombox
    We would wait for hours for the song we liked on the radio to play so we could record it.
  • Disc Man

    Disc Man
    I used this when I walked to and home from high school.
  • Pager

    Pager
    I was a loser and never got to have one. I was able to page my friends though
  • Sony DVD Camcorder

    Sony DVD Camcorder
    We got this using money from our wedding. We used it take video of events we experienced as a couple