the average family home. cory practices her violin. christian plays with his cars. and mike and carol worry over the bills. we went into the 1980s in pretty much the same technology that s been in place for a couple of decades. typewriter. calculators, tv, oven. a car. you listen to music on a big old stereo system with a turntable. maybe you had a digital watch, and that was the only thing that was going to be digital that you actually owned. hello? i m not here now, but my faithful machine is. there was a handful of technology at that time. one was the telephone answering machine. you d be driving home and you d say, i can t wait to check my messages. you know, it had become part of the day. honey, i m checking my messages. from the noisy streets of new york to the laid-back tranquility of california, americans are tuning out and tuning in. when i think of technology in the 1980s, i think of the walkman. the walkman was huge. it s the latest fad. tiny st
the average family home, cory practices her violin, christian plays with his cars and mike and carol worry over the bills. we went in with pretty much the same technology that s been in place for a couple of decades. typewriter. calculators. tv. oven. a car. you listen to music on a big old stereo system with a turntable. maybe you had a digital watch and that was the only thing that was going to be digital that you actually owned. hello? i m not here now but my faithful machine is. there was a handful of technology at that time. one was the telephone answering machine. you would be driving home and you would say i can t wait to check my messages. you know, it becomes part of the day. honey, i m checking my messages. from the noisy streets of new york to the laid-back tranquility of california, americans are tuning out and tuning in. when i think of technology in the 1980s, i think of the walkman. the walkman was huge. it s the latest fad. tiny stereo casset
will be on the market next year. your first cell phones look like soviet army field telephones. they re just these huge lunch boxes you hold up to your head. this is just the birth of this industry. all inventions start out in a very rough state. whether it s computers or cell phones. it took a while to refine them and make them into something that all of us use. you look at the bottom of your screen, it says please press return or the computer has become a national mania, and we re told, miss the electronic boat and you re sunk. in the future, everything s probably going to be computerized. so you re going to have to know how to use computers. my son just took a computer class in school, and he s only 8 years old. i figure i d just as soon be as smart as he is. for all you hear about friendly, they aren t really, except for playing pac man. a small snag in computer marketing has been what is called technophobia. fear of these bloodless little
phone. you will be able to take this to any american city and call virtually anyplace in the world and its maker, motorola says a smaller version than this will be on the market next year. the first cell phones looked like soviet army field telephones. they were these huge lunch boxes you hold up to your head. this is just the birth of this industry. all inventions start out in a very rough state. and whether it s computers or cell phones, it took awhile to refine them and make them into something that all of us use. you look at the bottom of your screen, it says please press. to defend the computer has become a national mania. we are told miss the electronic boat and you re sunk. in the future everything is probably going to be computerized so you have to know how to use computers. my son just took a computer class in school. he s only 8 years old. i figure i d just as soon be as smart as he is. for all you hear about friendly, they aren t really especially for playing p