Which retro tech do you miss the most? ✨

We’re taking a trip down memory lane! :film_frames:

Whether it was the magic of waiting for your Tamagotchi to hatch, or the thrill of recording Top of the Pops on VHS - I really feel like old school technology had more of a vibe.

Vote below and let me know what classic gadget or tech you’d bring back and let me know in the comments if I’ve missed your favourite.

  • Floppy disks
  • VHS tapes & VCRs
  • Polaroid cameras
  • Teletext
  • Walkman/Discman
  • Game Boys
  • Old-school landline phones
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I feel like I missed the boat on a few of these, I was a bit too young to fully appreciate MiniDiscs and rotary phones. But now that nostalgia is in I’ve definitely treated myself to a Polaroid and an old school digital camera and I’d actually love an old school rotary phone but I just have no use for it :joy:

I am weirdly nostalgic for the sound of a modem - the beeps and splutters as you tried to connect and hope and pray to the aptly named demon internet that you’d get a connection…

I remember the old modems and those sounds too. In fact I am old enough to have introduced my son to the wonders of an acoustic coupler which I borrowed from work and attached to the handset of our old rotary phone. I also thought it was technology gone mad when soon after this you could download a 3 minute pop song from one of the earlier bulletin boards in just over 10 minutes!! The only gadget I miss is my old stand-alone vinyl record player which had a large spindle so you could stack about 8 45 rpm singles and they would automatically dop down and play one after the other. About the equivalent of 1 side of an LP without having to get up and change each disc. Although vinyl has made a comeback and turntables are available again, nowhere seems to produce or sell these though. Unless someone knows better…please!!

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