Obsolete Technologies
Feb 22, 2014 08:09:47 #
Some people thought these would last forever.
http://io9.com/25-obsolete-technologies-that-future-generations-will-n-1526922030
http://io9.com/25-obsolete-technologies-that-future-generations-will-n-1526922030
Feb 22, 2014 08:14:01 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Some people thought these would last forever.
http://io9.com/25-obsolete-technologies-that-future-generations-will-n-1526922030
http://io9.com/25-obsolete-technologies-that-future-generations-will-n-1526922030
Wow... Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
Feb 22, 2014 08:19:00 #
346pak wrote:
Wow... Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
Many businesses still use dot matrix printers. They print the company logo along with text, although most have gone to laser printers.
Feb 22, 2014 11:38:42 #
Feb 22, 2014 11:40:43 #
rgrenaderphoto wrote:
Loved the modem connect sound.
Yeah, that was quite a screech? Remember "War Games" with Broderick Crawford? He used a modem like that to communicate with WOPR.
Feb 22, 2014 12:40:58 #
Also, still photography as we know it. Super high resolution video will enable photographers to record the subject in video and select the best frames.
Also, for the short term, mirrorless cameras (MILC) will dominate new sales and replace DSLR's in the marketplace. imo
Also, for the short term, mirrorless cameras (MILC) will dominate new sales and replace DSLR's in the marketplace. imo
Feb 22, 2014 14:11:20 #
magicray wrote:
Also, still photography as we know it. Super high resolution video will enable photographers to record the subject in video and select the best frames.
Also, for the short term, mirrorless cameras (MILC) will dominate new sales and replace DSLR's in the marketplace. imo
Also, for the short term, mirrorless cameras (MILC) will dominate new sales and replace DSLR's in the marketplace. imo
Pretty soon, the desktop computer will be on that list. I use a laptop occasionally, but I prefer the desktop.
Feb 22, 2014 19:14:16 #
We were on the cutting edge of technology back in those phone modem days. As a typesetter, I no longer had to type everything myself. Now the secretaries could do the typing and send it to my print shop.
Feb 22, 2014 22:58:25 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Pretty soon, the desktop computer will be on that list. I use a laptop occasionally, but I prefer the desktop.
My first home computer was a Commodore 64 with no hard drive, only a floppy. My first work computer was a DEC PDP 11/34 with a 250 MB hard drive. The "disc" was actually twelve platters totaling the size of a small wedding cake and the drive was the size of a washing machine.
Feb 22, 2014 23:43:03 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Some people thought these would last forever.
http://io9.com/25-obsolete-technologies-that-future-generations-will-n-1526922030
http://io9.com/25-obsolete-technologies-that-future-generations-will-n-1526922030
What a fun list. I would agree all those items have an expiration date!
Feb 23, 2014 03:37:00 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Many businesses still use dot matrix printers. They print the company logo along with text, although most have gone to laser printers.
Jerry have you ever tried to print a three carbon form type document on a laser printer. Like a purchase order.
Feb 23, 2014 07:08:10 #
Feb 23, 2014 07:56:50 #
Good lord, I'm amazed at how many of those things I have actually had my hands on, especially all sizes shown of floppy disks and Dot Matrix Printers. Amazing that we never thought we'd see the day they became useless.
Feb 23, 2014 08:14:49 #
Are there any other countries that have progressed so rapidly in technology the way the U.S. has?
Feb 23, 2014 08:15:09 #
Dial-up Modems???
Still alive and well.
What do you think is in a FAX Machine?
Still alive and well.
What do you think is in a FAX Machine?
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