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Tag: Retro Technology

January 17, 2016 Tia Nevitt

Time Trip – Card Catalogs and Microfiche Viewers

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Everyone who uses the Internet knows that research is a cinch. No matter what the obscure topic, you can find info on it within, say, a half hour. The Internet

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October 27, 2015 Tia Nevitt

Time Trip – Geekdom, by Decade, Part 1

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For a few Time Trip posts (not necessarily the next few–those are gonna take lots of research) I thought I’d take a look at all things geek throughout the decades of the

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October 8, 2015 Tia Nevitt

Time Trip – Fill ‘er Up!

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I am old enough to remember gas station attendants. Barely. Here’s the procedure for getting gas during the 70s, as I recall it: Pull up to the pump. Wait. Boy

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October 1, 2015 Tia Nevitt

Time Trip – Home Entertainment Back In the Day

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When one mentions “home entertainment”, they often think of electronics. But when I was a child, there was more to it than that. When you really only have 4 TV

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August 19, 2015 Tia Nevitt

Time Trip: Changing the Channel

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When I was a kid in the 70s, we had a great stereo. It was capable of booming out Strauss’s Also sprach Zarathustra (aka the theme to 2001: A Space Odyssey) at

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February 21, 2013 Tia Nevitt

A Moonstruck Time Capsule Geek-Out

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Back in the 70s, my family would occasionally have Saturday Night Slide Show night at our house. Dad would pull out the slides and we’d spend hours munching on Mom’s

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August 7, 2012 Tia Nevitt

Game Review – Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny

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Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny Origin, Systems (now Electronic Arts) Available through GOG.com as part of a bundled set for 5.99.   Yes, I am reviewing a game that is

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June 19, 2011 Tia Nevitt

I'm Hopeless: More Retro-Tech

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Sigh. What was the sigh for? Film photography. More specifically, SLR film photography. I’m fairly high-tech without being cutting edge. I have devices with all three of the major cellphone

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January 31, 2010 Tia Nevitt

My Retro-Tech Vacation – A Photo Story

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My dad is an engineer who grew up during the golden age of electronics, and who infused me with a considerable portion of my geekiness.  He is a great go-to

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