This is so awesome.
Having grown-up on technology from the 1980’s, it’s funny to watch these kids try to navigate retro technology.
Can you imagine what it will be like when they’re older? I am sure a similar dynamic while occur—amazing! Technology is taking us further and faster each and every year.
Check this out, it’s a lot of fun:
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This reminds me of when our pastor’s teenage son was at our house and we told him how the record player worked. He was amazed that it could play both sides.
He picked out a record and I set it to play so he could see it in action. He pulled up a chair in front of our retro, 1960’s record player and sat in front of it and watched it turn round and round.
We all had a good laugh, especially after we found out that he was waiting for the record player to flip the record over—LOL!
This got me thinking about how familiar I was with it, as I had grown-up with record players and the like, and what it will be like for him as an adult.
What was some of the first technology you used as a kid?
Mine would be the Intelevision video game system and Timex Sinclair 1000 personal computer.
Peter Schott says
Actually, I remember some record players that had the ability to flip the record – expensive, but they existed. Of course, I also remember the read-to-me books with the floppy record in the back that you could use. We’ve come a long way. I think I had that Pac Man tabletop game (or something similar). However, subjecting them to Atari’s Pac Man is just cruel and unusual.
I think it’s also fair to say that the Commodore had a manual so we could figure it out. I could hardly expect anyone who knew nothing about the system to just sit down and start using it, let alone a kid who has grown up with the improvements we’ve made in tech since then. 🙂
Reminds me of someone who gave their kid one of the old Walkman cassette players for a week. If I remember correctly, it was a couple of days before they realized you could turn the tape over to listen to the other side. It’s good to expose the kids to what came before so they appreciate what they have now a little more. (and a good chuckle for us as well)
Eric Dye says
I remember those floppy record books, too! (Yikes.)
Matt Brier says
I was going to say the Atari 2600, but most likely it was a record player.
Eric Dye says
It may have been a record player, but you get the cool points for the Atari. 😉