Name These Obsolete Technologies

[Lara]

I came across this visual quiz asking to identify 13 obsolete technologies:

http://www.quizfreak.com/can-you-identify-these-obsolete-technologies/index1.html

Good Luck! Can you think of any others…like those gigantic video cameras, so large you had to rest them on your shoulder?

 

[ndynt]

Do not know if it can be considered an accomplishment....but, got all 13 correct. Does anyone remember using one of these?

 

[Ameriscot]

Do not know if it can be considered an accomplishment....but, got all 13 correct. Does anyone remember using one of these?

My grandma had one.

 

[Ameriscot]

I got 11 out of 13. I don't know anything about the commodore Atari etc games.

 

[merlin]

I got 10 correct, but then I am an obsolete technology, so have trouble remembering a lot of the past, beyond where did I last use my reading glasses.

 

[hollydolly]

I only got 9...sorry folks I'm obviously not old enough to remember some of them.. layful:

 

[SifuPhil]

13 right - but then, I'm an old soul. Plus, I owned a few of those.

 

[Pappy]

I missed the Atari one. I thought it was a Commadore 64. All the others I have used or seen them in use.

 

[Ken N Tx]

I missed the Atari one. I thought it was a Commadore 64. All the others I have used or seen them in use.

 

[oldman]

Lucky me. I got all 13. All this proves is that I am showing my age.

 

[Lara]

I got 10 correct, but then I am an obsolete technology, so have trouble remembering a lot of the past, beyond where did I last use my reading glasses.

High5 merlin, I got 10 also. I didn't see the correct answers posted so I'm not sure what I got wrong. I'll have to go back and check.

Nona, is that a steamer-presser kinda thingy for pressing shirts maybe? No, for tablecloths or sheets? I've never seen one. Thanks for your fun participation.

 

[Ameriscot]

High5 merlin, I got 10 also. I didn't see any answers posted. I'll have to go back and check.

Nona, is that a steamer-presser kinda thingy for pressing shirts maybe? No, for tablecloths or sheets? I've never seen one. Thanks for your fun participation.

My grandmother used that press for sheets and pillow cases. Probably tablecloths as well.

 

[jujube]

Those ironing machines were called "mangles", with good cause. My mom wanted one of those badly, but had to settle for her trusty old iron.

 

[Loosey]

I got 13, but the Atari was a wild guess.

 

[Cookie]

9 out of 13. Behind the times even back then I guess.

 

[SifuPhil]

I missed the Atari one. I thought it was a Commadore 64. All the others I have used or seen them in use.

My first PC was a Commodore 64 - if you had one you'd never forget it.

If you didn't purchase the "optional" floppy drive you had to read in data by a cassette. It took 5 minutes to load a game of "Hangman".

 

[Falcon]

12/13 My mother had one of those "ironers". I think it was an "Ironrite". It had a knee pedal underneath to control it, to keep your hands free
to manipulate the item being ironed.

 

[AZ Jim]

13 correct and Nonas object was a "Mangle". Gawd I'm old!

 

[Lara]

Okay, here's another one. Anyone know what it is?

 

[AZ Jim]

Okay, here's another one. Anyone know what it is?

Before my time I would guess by the scroll design. I am circa 1936.

 

[Ameriscot]

Okay, here's another one. Anyone know what it is?

Burglar alarm.

 

[Lara]

Yes! WTG, annie. This is the clockwork version of a Burglar Alarm circa 1870. You wind it up and place it under the door. The spike is pushed down when door opens setting off a "loud and effective" bell.

 

[Ameriscot]

Yes! WTG, annie. This is the clockwork version of a Burglar Alarm circa 1870. You wind it up and place it under the door. The spike is pushed down when door opens setting off a "loud and effective" bell.

Umm.. Can't take the credit. A wee bit of cheating. Right click on the photo and hit Search google for this image. A clever device!

 

[ndynt]

Amazing....thought it was a door stop....never began to envision it as a burglar alarm. Did anyone ever use one of these?

 

[Meanderer]

I think it's used to light a charcoal grill.......(or an electric ping pong paddle!)