Who remembers these things back in the day ?...come and add your own memories..

[hollydolly]

 

[hollydolly]

 

[hollydolly]

 

[hollydolly]

My parents kept the plastic on the lamp shades as well

 

[hollydolly]

 

[dilettante]

Who else remembers the CDC 6000 series mainframes from the late 1960s, with their unique "twin porthole" console displays? The flagship 6600 was a highly parallel supercomputer of its day.



I think the low end code-compatible 6400 cost around $8M at the time.

 

[jujube]

My parents kept the plastic on the lamp shades as well

It was hard to peel yourself off one of those if you were wearing shorts.

We had landlords once whose house we went to to sign the lease. They were an elderly couple and EVERYTHING in the house was covered in plastic....furniture, lampshades, the dining room table had a lovely lace tablecloth on it, but there was a clear plastic tablecloth over that. The dining room chairs had plastic covers. I'm surprised the chandelier wasn't covered.

AND, lest a shoe should tread on the carpet, the house was criss-crossed with those clear plastic runners with little spikes on the back to keep them from slipping. (Have you ever stepped barefoot in the wrong side? Worthy of the Spanish Inquisition...) Door to door, furniture to furniture.

Plus, all the windows were covered with heavy drapes to keep that wicked ol' sun from having its way with the virgin carpet. It was like a cave in there.

I never got to see their bedroom...I'm sure it was a dream in plastic.

I always thought that one day someone, having not heard from them for a while, would call the police to kick down the door. There would be two desiccated corpses, neatly wrapped in plastic.

 

[hollydolly]

 

[hollydolly]

this looked a lot like one of the kitchens in our houses in the 60's except our cooker was gas

 

[Murrmurr]

Back in the early 80s, my older brother came back from a work-related project in Japan with a "complete portable entertainment system" that included a VCR and an equalizer and small but powerful stereo speakers. They weren't available in the US yet.

Needless to say, he got a lot of visitors for a while.

 

[hollydolly]

Believe it or not I still have one of these...In better condition than this one... but it ctually works much better than any modern ones which is why I've never updated it..

 

[hollydolly]

My mother had a Teasmade..

 

[C50]

My mother had a Teasmade..

Now that's a cool item!

 

[Eupher]

You absolutely know that tape deck is old when it's got an analog tape counter.

 

[Eupher]

My first car was a '63 Plymouth Valiant -- not this one, but a similar model without the skirts and a whole lot more rust. It had an absolutely reliable 225 slant six in it and the cute l'il pushbutton transmission.

 

[Furryanimal]

The typewriter nearest the camera was the one I learned on. A Manual Underwood.. and the keys were so heavy to press down I always thought I was going to break my pinkie finger

No….that was for girls only.
Which is why I am typing this with one finger.

 

[Furryanimal]

Or the Banda Machine as we called it.
When I trained as a teacher I ran dozens of worksheets off on one of them.
loved that smell.

 

[Eupher]

The typewriter nearest the camera was the one I learned on. A Manual Underwood.. and the keys were so heavy to press down I always thought I was going to break my pinkie finger

Yep, in 7th grade. Managed to eke out 35 wpm on either an Olympia or an Underwood -- I forget which. I always enjoyed slamming that carriage back at the end of a row. It was a statement.

 

[hollydolly]

Yep, in 7th grade. Managed to eke out 35 wpm on either an Olympia or an Underwood -- I forget which. I always enjoyed slamming that carriage back at the end of a row. It was a statement.

yes I remember it well.. the Underwood was the manual in my class which I learned on.. and the Olympia was the electric...

 

[hollydolly]

No….that was for girls only.
Which is why I am typing this with one finger.

that's true. in the UK only girls learned to type, and then only ''Commerical'' classes.. Typing and Business economics.. that was my class..

 

[Eupher]

yes I remember it well.. the Underwood was the manual in my class which I learned on.. and the Olympia was the electric...

I don't remember any electric typewriter until the IBM Selectric came along. That one was a very slick cookie, indeed.

 

[Eupher]

that's true. in the UK only girls learned to type, and then only ''Commerical'' lasses.. Typing and Business economics.. that was my class..

Not so in the U.S. I'd say the ratio was roughly 3 girls to 1 guy. I was definitely not the only guy in typing class, though we did have a female teacher. (OTOH, that ratio might've been why I took typing as an elective.)

 

[hollydolly]

I don't remember any electric typewriter until the IBM Selectric came along. That one was a very slick cookie, indeed.

don't you remember this one ?

 

[Eupher]

don't you remember this one ?

No, just the Olympia manual I learned on. Of course, after typing class I didn't take any more business classes until college, but I got a manual portable typewriter in high school on which I'd write my English papers and other classwork.

 

[hollydolly]

No, just the Olympia manual I learned on. Of course, after typing class I didn't take any more business classes until college, but I got a manual portable typewriter in high school on which I'd write my English papers and other classwork.

Did you have a typewriter desk like this...