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.