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Long-Gone Tech People Actually Used In '70s and '80s

From Apple's first computer to a new "'C'VTR" that "only" weighs 15 pounds, here are 15 pieces of long-gone technology that people actually used in the '70s and '80s.

By Carly Tennes

Published 9 months ago in Wow

When was the last time you inserted a floppy disc into a drive, made a call on a landline telephone, or clapped to activate your appliances? If the answer is "not since the Reagan administration," you're far from alone. Enter the laundry list of now obsolete tech, beloved gadgets  throughout the '70s and '80s ... and not much longer after that. 


From Apple's first computer to a new "'C'VTR" that "only" weighs 15 pounds, here are 15 pieces of long-gone technology that people actually used in the '70s and '80s. 

  • 1

    A woman makes a phone call on a landline telephone, circa 1970.

    Long-Gone Tech People Actually Used In '70s and '80s

  • 2

    What appears to be a promotional image for “Home Pong,” circa 1975.

    Long-Gone Tech People Actually Used In '70s and '80s

  • 3

    Popeil’s poker fisherman, date unknown.

    Long-Gone Tech People Actually Used In '70s and '80s

  • 4

    The Commodore PET, date unknown.

    Long-Gone Tech People Actually Used In '70s and '80s

  • 5

    An advertisement for Rolodex, circa 1988

    Long-Gone Tech People Actually Used In '70s and '80s

  • 6

    A fax machine, date unknown.

    Long-Gone Tech People Actually Used In '70s and '80s

  • 7

    A Motorola pager, circa 1985.

    Long-Gone Tech People Actually Used In '70s and '80s

  • 8

    An ad fo Ampex’s portable “’C’VTR” that weighed “only 15 pounds”

    Long-Gone Tech People Actually Used In '70s and '80s

  • 9

    “My beloved Sony cassette corder TCM 9 died, late 1980s.”

    Long-Gone Tech People Actually Used In '70s and '80s

  • 10

    “Panasonic XBS boombox from the 1980s.”

    Long-Gone Tech People Actually Used In '70s and '80s

  • 11

     The Centronics 101 Dot Matrix Printer, date unknown 

    Long-Gone Tech People Actually Used In '70s and '80s

  • 12

    The Clapper, circa 1984.

    Long-Gone Tech People Actually Used In '70s and '80s

  • 13

    Floppy disc, date unknown.

    Long-Gone Tech People Actually Used In '70s and '80s

  • 14

    Bell Telephone’s picture phone. Date unknown.

    Long-Gone Tech People Actually Used In '70s and '80s

  • 15

    Apple’s original computer, circa 1976.

    Long-Gone Tech People Actually Used In '70s and '80s

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