a celebration of the future from the pastTumblr (3.0; @vintage-tech)http://vintage-tech.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/40ac06296ce53dce8e8eba5a7ed4dd0e/tumblr_mj5omjbeDr1rpup2co1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://phytopathology.tumblr.com/post/44565749912/via-retrotechtacular-donner-3500-portable-analog">phytopathology</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>(via <a href="http://hackaday.com/2013/03/04/retrotechtacular-donner-3500-portable-analog-computer/">Retrotechtacular: Donner 3500 portable analog computer</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://vintage-tech.tumblr.com/post/44993890472http://vintage-tech.tumblr.com/post/44993890472Sat, 09 Mar 2013 19:29:34 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7ykrapYmO1rndn0ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Don’t smile when they say you’re grounded…</p>http://vintage-tech.tumblr.com/post/28319116085http://vintage-tech.tumblr.com/post/28319116085Sun, 29 Jul 2012 22:33:00 -0700nintendogameboy<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2ataiYl751rndn0ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Now, pour video directly into your Macintosh for less than $500.</p>http://vintage-tech.tumblr.com/post/20889756607http://vintage-tech.tumblr.com/post/20889756607Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:47:06 -0700macsupermac<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Qyb42MoqcrA?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>I know, you’re going to be the one person in the world that can’t operate a computer.</p>http://vintage-tech.tumblr.com/post/20889362251http://vintage-tech.tumblr.com/post/20889362251Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:38:16 -0700atarixl<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m18kabAokm1rs2xzto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://dinosaurspen.tumblr.com/post/20030609792/portablecomputer">dinosaurspen</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://taigas-vintage-stuff.tumblr.com/post/19793896939/portablecomputer">taigas-vintage-stuff</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>16 hour battery? that’s impressive!</p> </blockquote> <p>And it only weighs 9 pounds. ;)</p> </blockquote>http://vintage-tech.tumblr.com/post/20696174276http://vintage-tech.tumblr.com/post/20696174276Sat, 07 Apr 2012 21:26:47 -0700HP<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KcUR65bju78?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>You’re looking at a small portable computer called the IBM 5100.</p>http://vintage-tech.tumblr.com/post/20695947959http://vintage-tech.tumblr.com/post/20695947959Sat, 07 Apr 2012 21:22:45 -0700ibm5100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2580zJ5Nv1rndn0ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Western Electric is crossing a telephone with a TV set.</p>http://vintage-tech.tumblr.com/post/20695780628http://vintage-tech.tumblr.com/post/20695780628Sat, 07 Apr 2012 21:19:45 -0700western electric<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/uXkYFqHyV98?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Have you got what it takes?</p>http://vintage-tech.tumblr.com/post/20694633414http://vintage-tech.tumblr.com/post/20694633414Sat, 07 Apr 2012 20:59:00 -0700amiga<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m256qhxk3t1rndn0ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Here it is housewives!</p>http://vintage-tech.tumblr.com/post/20694222971http://vintage-tech.tumblr.com/post/20694222971Sat, 07 Apr 2012 20:51:52 -0700dataton<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m077olW7Sx1rndn0ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>How’s your love life?</p>http://vintage-tech.tumblr.com/post/18545316355http://vintage-tech.tumblr.com/post/18545316355Thu, 01 Mar 2012 01:04:24 -0800interlude<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m077kjdHH21rndn0ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The imagination machine</p>http://vintage-tech.tumblr.com/post/18545305169http://vintage-tech.tumblr.com/post/18545305169Thu, 01 Mar 2012 01:03:40 -0800apf electronics<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m077hdBCkV1rndn0ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>It was inevitable.</p>http://vintage-tech.tumblr.com/post/18545295492http://vintage-tech.tumblr.com/post/18545295492Thu, 01 Mar 2012 01:03:08 -0800osborne<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m077cuU3GT1rndn0ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A few years ago, the idea of a computer you could put in your pocket was just science fiction.</p>http://vintage-tech.tumblr.com/post/18545288624http://vintage-tech.tumblr.com/post/18545288624Thu, 01 Mar 2012 01:02:42 -0800radio shackasimovtrs80<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0776x2Nae1rndn0ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Who’s keeping up with Commodore?</p>http://vintage-tech.tumblr.com/post/18545084433http://vintage-tech.tumblr.com/post/18545084433Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:49:43 -0800commodore<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m00kfd7KSp1r49q4co1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://dinosaurspen.tumblr.com/post/18409598127/mobile-ruggedized-systems-this-is-like-the">dinosaurspen</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>“Mobile, ruggedized systems”? This is like the Toughbook of the 1960s.</p> </blockquote>http://vintage-tech.tumblr.com/post/18544874295http://vintage-tech.tumblr.com/post/18544874295Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:37:01 -0800univac<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz9q2cIuko1rndn0ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The great American solution machine</p>http://vintage-tech.tumblr.com/post/17476387678http://vintage-tech.tumblr.com/post/17476387678Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:59:33 -0800commodore<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz9q0gxHMJ1rndn0ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The graphic difference</p>http://vintage-tech.tumblr.com/post/17476355161http://vintage-tech.tumblr.com/post/17476355161Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:58:36 -0800atari<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz9pytQUE01rndn0ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A “giant brain” that’s strictly business</p>http://vintage-tech.tumblr.com/post/17476352611http://vintage-tech.tumblr.com/post/17476352611Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:58:31 -0800ibm<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz9pvpSafH1rndn0ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The personal mainframe.</p>http://vintage-tech.tumblr.com/post/17476230266http://vintage-tech.tumblr.com/post/17476230266Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:55:00 -0800digital<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyyllcFcqJ1rndn0ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>We can make beautiful music together.</p>http://vintage-tech.tumblr.com/post/17144552463http://vintage-tech.tumblr.com/post/17144552463Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:48:47 -0800atari