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The classic black mid-20th century rotary-dial desk telephone.![Technological Dinosaurs]()
A 'hotline' telephone to the White House that traveled with President John F. Kennedy.![Technological Dinosaurs]()
Three 1.44-MB floppy disks, circa 1990.![Technological Dinosaurs]()
A 'professional-looking' businessmen checks his wristwatch.![Technological Dinosaurs]()
A man looks at new releases on VHS tape in an old-time -- i.e., about 10 years ago -- video store.![Technological Dinosaurs]()
A mid-1990s television set, complete with VCR atop.![Technological Dinosaurs]()
A fluorescent beeper from Metromedia Paging Services, state of the art in the mid-1990s.![Technological Dinosaurs]()
Edwin H. Land, inventor of instant photography and founder of the Polaroid Corporation, demonstrating his revolutionary film.![Technological Dinosaurs]()
Famed American writer Dorothy Parker at her trusty typewriter.![Technological Dinosaurs]()
The IBM Selectric electric typewriter, state-of-the-art in 1961.![Technological Dinosaurs]()
Sony's second-generation Walkman, vintage 1980, with an external battery pack. Note the dual headphone jacks -- the second one disappeared on later models.![Technological Dinosaurs]()
Four Walkman-brand items by Sony, playing, clockwise from top left, CDs, cassette tapes, MiniDiscs and FM radio.![Technological Dinosaurs]()
The America Online startup window on Apple's Mac OS 8 operating system, probably in the late 1990s.![Technological Dinosaurs]()
An early (March 1999) external DVD player for a PC. Notice the floppy-disk-style cartridge to protect the DVD inside.Technological Dinosaurs
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