FabSwingers.com forum: Old technology

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

What do you miss? What retro bits and bobs would you love to bring back ?

Sony Walkman

Betamax

Tamagotchis

Laser Disc players

ZX Spectrum

Sinclair C5

All the younger Fabbers will look at this list and think what the fuck is he on ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Commodore 64 but don't miss the joysticks that kept breaking

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By *estless nativeMan
over a year ago

near Glasgow

A massive fuck off television set that you had to cross the room to change channels

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"A massive fuck off television set that you had to cross the room to change channels"

And it only had 3 channels

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By *looboyMan
over a year ago

Edinburgh

Bakalite telephone with a dial you turned with your finger lol.

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By *estless nativeMan
over a year ago

near Glasgow

"A massive fuck off television set that you had to cross the room to change channels

And it only had 3 channels "

And if yer da was lazy he flung a slipper at ye to change the channel for him

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By *unsexual MemelordWoman
over a year ago

Midlothian

Not a damn thing, I love new technology.

Although I am grateful I grew up in the 90s, when recreation was going outdoors to play, the internet didn't really bloom until I was leaving high school. I had great times going long walks, watching tadpoles swim, and playing daft games in my street. If I'd had a good PC and the internet at home, I would have spent most of my time inside.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Tellys that you broke your back trying to lift

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By *vbride1963TV/TS
over a year ago

E.K . Glasgow

Trim phones

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Zx spectrum and commodore 64

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By *bostCouple
over a year ago

glasgow

Super Nintendo. The reboot didn’t work as it looks rotten on modern masssssssive tellies.

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By *ane DTV/TS
over a year ago

Glasgow ish

Zx spectrum.

The Alpine truck flogging juice off the back of the lorry...

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By *assy LassieWoman
over a year ago

Lanarkshire

"A massive fuck off television set that you had to cross the room to change channels"

I was the remote control for said telly. And before anyone asks no you cant measure your penis on or in me

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By *akeheelsTV/TS
over a year ago

Edinburghish

Still have an original unopened tamogotchi in me mums attic....

What i really miss is not old tech, but old play, my nieces and nephews have never built a fort or a doll house out of an old box, cut out the windows etc...

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By *akeheelsTV/TS
over a year ago

Edinburghish

Altho i do miss old dial up modem noises...

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By *uzzy-LogicMan
over a year ago

Fochabers

"Altho i do miss old dial up modem noises..."

But not the speeds or that you couldn't use the phone or fax while using internet.

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By *hav02Man
over a year ago

Glasgow/London

Minesweeper on Windows 3.1

Or just having VHS and cassettes and feeling all sophisticated with an organised library to store them all.

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By *uietbloke67Man
over a year ago

outside your bedroom window ;-)

diodes

Digital watches

Tomorrow's World

Double cassette players

Pagers

Party line telephone exchange systems

I could be here a while

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The TV Game...

Hockey was you're 2 a side Fitba.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sega mega drive had many hours of great enjoyment and screaming at the games as a kid

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By *rgoodnbadMan
over a year ago

greenock

music centres with dual tape decks

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

CB Radio.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

minidiscs

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By *latharerMan
over a year ago

Glasgow CC

Paperboy and odd job Eddie on the spectrum. Not so much Daley Thomson's decathlon, that was a joystick killer.

The amount of times I got my ass tanned for breaking yet another one.

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By *exywheelsCouple
over a year ago

inverness

"A massive fuck off television set that you had to cross the room to change channels"

and having to wait for it to warm up before it came on with the valves glowing at the back

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Bakalite telephone with a dial you turned with your finger lol. "

£35 from Amazon with a turn dial and even the white card in the centre with 999 and 100 numbers

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By *ockothenorthMan
over a year ago

Falkirk

"Zx spectrum.

The Alpine truck flogging juice off the back of the lorry..."

When we were young we used to rob his lorry when he was in pumping one of the women that stayed in our street.,ahh the good old days.

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By *izzmasterzeroMan
over a year ago

Aberdeen

Can't remember if it was a museum in Glasgow or Edinburgh but they had a Gameboy on display as if it was some ancient relic

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By *ilveryFoxMan
over a year ago

Midlothian

Loved my Sony Walkman, then upgraded to a Technics personal CD player

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By *akeheelsTV/TS
over a year ago

Edinburghish

I always wanted a Big Trax....

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By *agicman2010Man
over a year ago

nottingham

Sega megadrive with the original sonic the hedgehog games would be made very welcome in my home.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Casio digital calculator watch - I saved for a year for that bad boy...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Anyone remeber the Abacus?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sega megadrive and Super Nintendo for the gaming. Sony Walkman and original recipe Irn Bru (I know this one isn’t a technology but haven’t been able to enjoy a can in years).

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

the commodore 64 we would spend hours putting in a code to make a wee bird fly all over the screen

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By *ifeliving85Man
over a year ago

Aberdeen

Minidiscs were tremendous in comparison to CDs!

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By *exmadcouple42Couple
over a year ago

Home

"Sega megadrive with the original sonic the hedgehog games would be made very welcome in my home."

My mum still has my brothers Sega mega drive with sonic and Mario brothers games. Still works aswell. It's about 30 years old. Don't make things that last that long anymore.

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