25 Retro Tech Pictures From The 70s, 80s, And 90s That Might As Well Be Fossils

All I needed growing up was my Discman and my rollerblades. Now, I know that makes me sound like a caveman now but it wasn’t that long ago.

Technology has gone leaps and bounds ahead in the time I’ve been alive. Now I have ever song ever written at the tip of my fingertips. I also still my rollerblades but I’m too scared to use them, because healthcare has somehow gotten worse.

Let these retro tech pics take you down memory lane.

1. Panasonic Face-to-Face Telephone concept device (1996)

2. Buick Reatta (1988)

3. HP Spaceball 2003 (1991). While the mouse operates on X and Y axes, the HP Spaceball also used the Z axis, making it easy to rotate objects in 3D space. Plus the white plastic made it look like something out of 2001: A Space Odyssey.

4. Cordless Telephone, Takenobu Igarashi (1989).

5. Sony Betamax SL-8000E (1978)

6. The Panasonic Q console, exclusive to Japan, added a DVD player to the GameCube to play DVDs and CDs. It was designed to extend the life of the GameCube by a few years when the PlayStation 2 and Xbox had DVD support.

7. Toshiba DynaBook SS433 (1994). The footprint of this tiny laptop was about the size of a novel.

8. Sharp (1983)

9. The Apple PowerBook family from 1994

10. Technics (1982)

11. Nordmende Color Steresonic 2436 (1984)

12. Lancia Orca (1982)

13. NASA “shuttle portable onboard computer” program running on original hardware

14. The prop briefcase from Total Recall (1990)

15. The Nokia Talkman 320F car phone (1984)

16. Olivetti Personal Computer M21 (1983)

17. Hitachi TRK-W1 (1982)

18. Bang & Olufsen Beocom 2

19. Realistic 6-Disc CD Changer (1989)

20. Sharp PC-E500 Pocket Computer (1989)

21. Sony Walkman WM-W800 (1986) double cassette-corder

22. Weltron 8-Track Cassette Player and Radio (1972)

23. Olivetti Echos 43 Color (1994)

24. Sharp JC-TV10 TV & Stereo Cassette Player (1986)

25. Panasonic Toughbook CF-41 MK I (1995)