20 Vintage Tech Relics From The 80s And 90s That Felt Futuristic At The Time
I remember when getting online was a whole event. The dial-up noise, the risk of someone picking up the landline and ruining everything, and a pager going off like I had actual responsibilities.
At the time, all of it felt wildly futuristic, even if it took five minutes just to load one blurry image.
1. “My dad’s 2-way pager (from 1990’s?) Still works too!”
2. “Software CDs from the 90s”
3. “90s Cell phone popped out of insulation while pulling wire today.”
4. “A brand new 90s SEGA Mega Drive Model 1. Never seen one so clean!”
5. “My 56K internet modem from the mid 90’s. I still have it and use it as a paperweight.”
6. “90s computer mouse”
7. “My Discman and Walkman I bought brand new in the 90’s. They both still work.”
8. “AT&T cordless phone from the early 90s”
9. “Excited to get my hands on these 90s Ren and Stimpy vhs tapes.”
10. “90s Lan Gaming Party”
11. “A very common pencil sharpener in the 90s”
12. “Phones from the 90s were a lot smaller than they are today.”
13. “Found my old cassette holder from the 80-90s”
14. “Early 90’s Mitsubishi portable fax machine making a copy of a Mitsubishi 3000GT in my 93 Mitsubishi 3000GT while connected to the factory Mitsubishi car phone accessory.”
15. “This (functioning) clear Radio Shack phone from the 90s.”
16. “Disassembling a small animatronic from the 90s and found Disney brand D-cell batteries!”
17. “My CD collection, mainly from ’90s.”
18. “My son found a box of floppy disks dating back to 1991 at a second hand shop.”
19. “Having a Turbo button and keyboard lock on your PC! (80s/90s)”
20. “Hair dryer from the 1980/90s”
