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Gadgets, Then & Now

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the weekend-nostalgia dept.

An anonymous reader writes in to tell us about "A funny article about gadgets from the 70's & 80's compared to gadgets of today. Amazing that you can fit 25,000 5 1/4 diskettes on one 8GB compact flash, and phones weighed 11.5 pounds! "

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  1. Re:"The tchotchke society" by Raleel · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&n ame=ViewWeb&articleId=11367 might be it

    The Tchotchke Economy

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