30+ Nostalgic Technology Pictures That’ll Make You Miss The Good Old Days

Ah, the good old days of technology. A time when dial-up was king, AOL was the gateway to the web, and “You’ve Got Mail” was the sweetest sound.

Let’s take a trip down memory lane and reminisce about those simpler times with some cool, nostalgic technology pictures that defined an era.


1. Frames Or No Frames

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2. Google! Beta circa 1998

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3. Burning CDs

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4. Delete Cookies

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5. SimTower (1994)

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6. Here’s how we used to update our Microsoft Windows OS

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7. STC Executel (1984) was smartphone from the 1980s

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8. Solitaire

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9. Telic Alcatel Minitel 2 (1980s)

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10. User Pictures

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11. The Motorola IMfree Personal Instant Messenger

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12. The Zip Drive

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13. Zoo Tycoon (2001)

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14. Winamp Skin: MountainDew

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15. Desktop Themes

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16. System Preferences

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17. Tucows: Screensaver of the Day (2000)

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18. Sharp 3LS36P (1986)

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19. The Nokia Talkman 320F (1984)

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20. Quake III Arena

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21. Tekno the Robotic Puppy (2000)

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22. NeXTStep (1996)

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23. Outlook Express for Windows 98

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24. Apple in 2001

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25. Microsoft 3D Movie Maker (1995)

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26. WebTV

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27. The iTunes Music Store in 2003

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28. Half-Life (1998)

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29. Don’t forget to defrag your computer!

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30. Körting (1980)

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31. Trust me!

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