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Retro Tech Show: A Gen X memoir series celebrating the golden age of consumer tech (70s-2000s). Relive Walkmans, VHS, and the early internet. And everything else!
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[1985] Rewind the tape: a requiem to the glorious format and culture of the cassette

A journey back to the tape-tastic days of the 1980s.

#music #gaming #tapes #cassettes #nostalgia #noai #1980s #genx

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[1985] Rewind the tape: a requiem to the glorious format and culture of the cassette
A journey back to the tape-tastic days of the 1980s.
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December 30, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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[1985] Boomboxes & breakdancing: memories of the birth of hip hop culture

Technology altered the course of popular culture and created a new golden age.

#hiphop #technology #nostalgia #history #popculture #1980s

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[1985] Boomboxes & breakdancing: memories of the birth of hip hop culture
Technology altered the course of popular culture and created a new golden age.
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December 23, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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[1985] Words built worlds: the epic text-based adventure games that shaped a genre

How Oregon, Zork, Colossal Cave & Taipan! started it all.

#gaming #adventure #retrogaming #nostalgia #computing #education #reasoning

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[1985] Words built worlds: the epic text-based adventure games that shaped a genre
How Oregon, Zork, Colossal Cave & Taipan! started it all.
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December 19, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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[1985] Pre-internet childhood: the joy of pulling electronics apart and tinkering

Sometimes kids just want to break things to see what’s inside.

#electronics #childhood #STEM #education

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[1985] Pre-internet childhood: the joy of pulling electronics apart and tinkering
Sometimes kids just want to break things to see what’s inside.
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December 19, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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[1985] Pre-internet childhood: fond memories of building plastic scale models as a boy

#hobby #childhood #noscreens #1980s #nostalgia #retro

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[1985] Pre-internet childhood: fond memories of building plastic scale models as a boy
I unboxed a 1/72 scale MiG 29 once again at age 50+.
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December 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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[1985] A page in history: how The Print Shop redefined home computing in the 80s

Ordinary people wanted a computer for the first time ever.

#software #computers #technology #retro #tech #history #1980s

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[1985] A page in history: how The Print Shop redefined home computing in the 80s
Ordinary people wanted a computer for the first time ever.
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December 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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[1985] Pre-internet childhood: the joy of building balsa model aircraft aged 11–12

What did we do as kids before the internet and social media?

#nosocial #australiaban #model #childhood #aircraft

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[1985] Pre-internet childhood: the joy of building balsa model aircraft aged 11–12
What did we do as kids before the internet and social media?
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December 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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[1984] I decided to try BASIC programming on the VIC 20 for the first time in 40 years

Then I showed it to my 10-year-old daughter.

#programming #retro #retrocomputing #1980s #nostalgia #genx #code

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[1984] I decided to try BASIC programming on the VIC 20 for the first time in 40 years
Then I showed it to my 10-year-old daughter.
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December 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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[feature article] Speed dreams: remembering the golden age of learning touch typing

What subject do you wish you were taught in school?

#tech #nostalgia #typing #typewriter #1980s #genx #generationx

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[1984] Speed dreams: remembering the golden age of learning touch typing
What subject do you wish you were taught in school?
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December 5, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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[1984] Nokia-Mobira: how the Nordics invented the first true mobile/cell phones

#tech #retro #cellphone #nokia

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[1984] Nokia-Mobira: how the Nordics invented the first true mobile/cell phones
It turns out the Motorola DynaTAC wasn’t the first mobile phone.
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December 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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[1984] Keys to the past: the nostalgic charm of the old school typewriter

My wife told me: “No more buying typewriters.”

#type #writer #technology #retro #author

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[1984] Keys to the past: the nostalgic charm of the old school typewriter
My wife told me: “No more buying typewriters.”
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December 1, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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[1984] Love byte: how Generation X embraced the VIC 20 home computer revolution

The Commodore VIC 20 invented the concept of home computing.

#tech #retro #commodore #computer #1980s #nostaligia

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[1984] Love byte: how Generation X embraced the VIC 20 home computer revolution
The iconic Commodore VIC 20 brought computers into the home.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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[1984] Rewind for nostalgia: remembering the first arrival of VCRs and VHS tapes

Home entertainment was never the same again after 1984.

#technology #tech #history #tetro #vcr #vhs #nostalgia

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[1984] Rewind for nostalgia: remembering the first arrival of VCRs and VHS tapes
Home entertainment was never the same again after 1984.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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[1984] Sky’s the limit: remembering the birth of satellite television in Europe

Television from space was a new and fascinating thing in the early 1980s.

#television #satellite #tv #1980s

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[1984] Sky’s the limit: remembering the birth of satellite television in Europe
Television from space was a new and fascinating thing in the early 1980s.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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[1984] Swedish hotline: possibly the world’s first social network

Public and available to all ages free of charge, Heta Linjen became a social sensation when it first appeared.

#technology #socialmedia #history

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[1984] Swedish hotline: possibly the world’s first social network
Public and available to all ages free of charge, Heta Linjen became a social sensation when it first appeared.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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[1983] America’s Cup wing and a prayer: the secret tech of the greatest victory in sporting history

The story of how a team of Aussies used a secret weapon to challenge a 130-year old winning streak.

#sailing #americascup #sport #history #formulaone #yacht

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[1983] America’s Cup wing and a prayer: the secret tech of the greatest victory in sporting history
The story of how a team of Aussies used a secret weapon to challenge a 130-year old winning streak.
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November 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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[1983] Warm memories: revisiting the nostalgic allure of the 35mm film format

A closer look at the 135-film format, its variations and imperfect aesthetics.

#photography #35mm #filmslr #filmphotography #analog #film

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[1983] Warm memories: revisiting the nostalgic allure of the 35mm film format
A closer look at the 135-film format, its variations and imperfect aesthetics.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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[1983] The quest for perfect sound: demystifying 1970s stereos and hi-fis – Part 2

Who had the best sound, the deepest pockets and the ‘purest’ music? In the analogue age, you got what you paid for.

#tech #hifi #audiophile #1980s #audio

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[1983] The quest for perfect sound: demystifying 1970s stereos and hi-fis — Part 2
Who had the best sound, the deepest pockets and the ‘purest’ music? In the analogue age, you got what you paid for.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Rise and fall: revisiting the 1980s video-game arcade experience

Although an iconic period in video-game history, the arcade experience ultimately fell out of favour.

#gaming #retro #retrogaming #1980s

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[1983] Rise and fall: revisiting the 1980s video-game arcade experience
Although an iconic period in video-game history, the arcade experience ultimately fell out of favour.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Article: [1983] Reliving the 1980s: a week of listening to my vintage cassette ‘Walkman’

After giving up Spotify months ago, I had a chance to try what it was like listening to tapes on the move again.

#tapes #cassette #walkman #1980s #tech #technology #nostalgia

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[1983] Reliving the 1980s: a week of listening to my vintage cassette ‘Walkman’
After giving up Spotify months ago, I had a chance to try what it was like listening to tapes on the move again.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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‘Retro Tech Show: memoir chronicling the last 50 years of technology’

Turn off your devices and let’s look at the story of how it all began.

#tech #technology #history #1970s #1980s #nostalgia #history

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Retro Tech Show: memoir chronicling the last 50 years of technology
Turn off your devices and let’s look at the story of how it all began.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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[1981] Dot-matrix throwback: the joy of endless computer paper as a child

Reliving the days when we played with and drew on sprocket-holed computer paper in our childhoods.

#80s #retro #tech #computers #genX #nostalgia #1980s

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[1981] Dot-matrix throwback: the joy of endless computer paper as a child
Reliving the days when we played with and drew on sprocket-holed computer paper in our childhoods.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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[1981] Young witness to history: reliving the magic of the first space shuttle launch

The shuttle launch set the mood for the immense technological advances that came in the 1980s — and in my lifetime.

#space #nasa #shuttle #1980s #spaceshuttle #lego #tech #memoir

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[1981] Young witness to history: reliving the magic of the first space shuttle launch
The shuttle launch set the mood for the immense technological advances that came in the 1980s — and in my lifetime.
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October 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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[1981] Decal decades: how iron-on transfers defined 70s and 80s t-shirt fashion

Discovering my original childhood decals from the birth of pop culture.

#1980s #fashion #nostalgia #tshirts #generationX #ironon

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[1981] Decal decades: how iron-on transfers defined 70s and 80s t-shirt fashion
Discovering my original childhood decals from the birth of pop culture.
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October 22, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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[1981] Game & Watch: the original handheld phenomenon that revolutionised gaming

These iconic games rightfully deserve their place among the Pantheon of Gaming gods.

#gaming #retrogaming #nintendo #1980s #nostalgia #genX

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[1981] Game & Watch: the original handheld phenomenon that revolutionised gaming
These iconic games rightfully deserve their place among the Pantheon of Gaming gods.
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October 22, 2025 at 6:28 AM