1980 Vintage CuisineVu Computer Terminal Advertisement

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BBC: Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?. “Gen Z are going retro. People in their teens and early 20s are increasingly turning to old school tech in a bid to unplug from the online world. Amazon UK told BBC Scotland News that retro-themed products surged in popularity during its Black Friday event, with portable vinyl turntables, Tamagotchis and disposable cameras among their […]

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Marketplace: The photographer keeping the art of analog photo booths alive. “When photographer Breanna Conley Saxon found an analog photo booth at her local thrift store, she decided she’d stop at nothing to figure out how to get it working. Fifteen years and lots of tinkering later, analog photo booths have become her career; Conley Saxon owns more than 20 booths in seven states.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/02/marketplace-the-photographer-keeping-the-art-of-analog-photo-booths-alive/

Farming News: “Lost countryside sound” revived for British Library. “A University of East London (UEL) academic has brought back to life the long-lost sounds of clattering mills – wind-powered wooden machines once used to protect cherry orchards in northern Germany – with recordings now set to join the British Library’s prestigious Very Rare and Lost Sounds collection this December.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/26/farming-news-lost-countryside-sound-revived-for-british-library/

1984 An Actual-Size Photo of a Sony Super Walkman Cassette Player

This is an actual-size photo of the "cassies", teensiest, weensiest cassette player ever made—the new Sony Super Walkman.® The only thing that isn't teeny-weeny is the sound.

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A Lost IBM PC/at Model? Analyzing a Newfound Old Bios

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A new retro device for the museum of obsolete technology

A microfiche reader. Micro Vue 28R
Used by my father in law to check contact lenses on defects.
At first it didn't work. As it turned out an internal mirror got lose because of old glue not being sticky anymore.

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