[1987] VCR revisit: I tried watching VHS for the first time in two decades Reliving the VCR and VHS tapes that I grew up with. #tech #history #nostalgia #vhs #physicalmedia #video medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1987] Black Monday, 1987: the first computer-driven market crash How technology changed Wall Street forever. #tech #finance #stocks #crash #history medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1987] Nokia-Mobira CityMan 900: the first phone call that launched the mobile phone era The day Nokia-Mobira took on pioneer Motorola. #tech #technology #history #innovation #nokia #cellphone medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1987] Tiny tech: what the world’s smallest radio reveals about the 1980s miniaturisation boom The golden age of tech innovation and experimentation. #tech #technology #casio #history #1980s #memoir #author medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1987] Before the internet, there was MTV: the channel that globalised youth culture I remember the first time I saw MTV on television. #MTV #media #history #genX #music #1980s medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

Big Box era: manuals, maps and the lost ‘hardware’ of software The physical world of software we left behind. #tech #software #computers #nostalgia #physicalmedia #1980s medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

Everyone is talking about the Apple #Neo. I still worship the original Mac

[1987] Legacy tech: demystifying the early history of home computing How the modern computer “happened”. #tech #history #technology #apple #vomputer #nostalgia #author medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1987] The 5.25-inch floppy: the fragile backbone of the 1980s computer revolution Sneakernet: how we shared (and copied) software before the internet. #tech #computers #nostalgia #1980s #apple medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1987] An early history of Apple: secrets behind the success of the mighty Apple II The genius behind Apple’s strategy that dominated the 1980s. #apple #mac #tech #history #computers #stevejobs medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1987] Track 1, Disc 1: the real history of the birth of the Compact Disc era Do you remember your first CD? I do. #tech #history #technology #sony #CDs #physicalmedia #music medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1987] Desktop Revolution: Why 1987 was the most important year in computing history What 12 issues of MacUser magazine reveal about 1987. #tech #apple #history #software #technology #1980s medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1987] Bit by bit: how the CD player redefined the quest for flawless sound The kid who had the best CD player in the school. #tech #technology #history #audio #music #CD #Sony #retro medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1986] Projecting the past: rediscovering the ritual of family slide-projector night LONG READ: My childhood journey through China in the 1980s. #travel #china #photography #tech #history #diary medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1986] Beyond the negative: demystifying the golden era of chrome slide film and slides Lifting the lid on slide photography. #photography #analog #slides #slidefilm #nostalgia #camera medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1986] Across the USSR with just a Walkman and a pair of mini speakers My 7-day train journey on the ‘Trans-Siberian Railway’ as a 13-year-old. #travel #history #memoir #russia #coldwar #tech #1980s medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1986] By the book: Turning the tables on a mysterious 8-bit game from 1986 The game on the Commodore 64 caught my eye. #retrogaming #gaming #author #indieauthor #8bit medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1986] Skip, pause, rewind: How the Discman conquered the world But Sony’s early portable CD players had dirty little secrets. #tech #history #sony #cd #music #spotify #retro #physicalmedia #nostalgia medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1986] The fax of life: how did we send paper documents through the phone line? The mystery of the 1980s’ most essential office machine, explained. #tech #nostalgia #office #retro #fax #history medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1986] Amazing Amiga: recalling the stunning visual renaissance in computing I will never forget the first time I ever saw a “jpg” image. #gaming #amiga #retrogaming #computers #nostalgia #tech #design #digitalarts #pixelartist #1980s medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

At the Met, the melancholic work of the Finnish artist Helen Schjerfbeck has the strange effect of jolting your senses. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/c3UBhn

[1986] 40 years later: my boyhood memories of Chernobyl fallout in Sweden The radioactive cloud came straight in my direction. #history #nuclear #coldwar #1980s medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1985] Cheap sensation: a nostalgic look back at the legendary Sinclair ZX spectrum The impossibly plucky British computer that birthed an industry. #tech #british #computing #zx #nostalgia #history #genx #generationx #1980s medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1985] I tried starting my 40-year-old Commodore 64 and loading games from a tape Here’s what happened when I got it all set up. #gaming #retrogaming #computers #tech #retro #C64 #nostalgia medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1985] The 8-bit era: demystifying the sounds and graphics of 1980s computing Unpacking the 8-bit history and aesthetic — bit by bit. #8bit #pixelart #tech #design #nostalgia #1980s medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1985] Here’s what Lego should have announced in 2026: a classic kit from 1982 Has Lego lost the plot with smart bricks? They need to bring back the 8700 kits. #lego #build #tech #retro #nostalgia #1980s medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1985] All hail the Commodore 64: the greatest computer of all time I witnessed home computing’s “iPhone moment”. #computers #gaming #retrogaming #nostalgia #1980s #retro #tech medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1985] The mystery around Marty McFly’s original Casio watch in Back to the Future Having a calculator wristwatch in the 1980s was the height of cool. #tech #retro #watches #casio #nostalgia #backtotyefuture #1980s #genx #generationx medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1985] Rewind the tape: a requiem to the glorious format and culture of the cassette A journey back to the tape-tastic days of the 1980s. #music #gaming #tapes #cassettes #nostalgia #noai #1980s #genx medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1985] Boomboxes & breakdancing: memories of the birth of hip hop culture Technology altered the course of popular culture and created a new golden age. #hiphop #technology #nostalgia #history #popculture #1980s medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1985] Words built worlds: the epic text-based adventure games that shaped a genre How Oregon, Zork, Colossal Cave & Taipan! started it all. #gaming #adventure #retrogaming #nostalgia #computing #education #reasoning medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1985] Pre-internet childhood: the joy of pulling electronics apart and tinkering Sometimes kids just want to break things to see what’s inside. #electronics #childhood #STEM #education medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1985] Pre-internet childhood: fond memories of building plastic scale models as a boy #hobby #childhood #noscreens #1980s #nostalgia #retro medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1985] A page in history: how The Print Shop redefined home computing in the 80s Ordinary people wanted a computer for the first time ever. #software #computers #technology #retro #tech #history #1980s medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1985] Pre-internet childhood: the joy of building balsa model aircraft aged 11–12 What did we do as kids before the internet and social media? #nosocial #australiaban #model #childhood #aircraft medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1984] I decided to try BASIC programming on the VIC 20 for the first time in 40 years Then I showed it to my 10-year-old daughter. #programming #retro #retrocomputing #1980s #nostalgia #genx #code medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[feature article] Speed dreams: remembering the golden age of learning touch typing What subject do you wish you were taught in school? #tech #nostalgia #typing #typewriter #1980s #genx #generationx medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1984] Nokia-Mobira: how the Nordics invented the first true mobile/cell phones #tech #retro #cellphone #nokia medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1984] Keys to the past: the nostalgic charm of the old school typewriter My wife told me: “No more buying typewriters.” #type #writer #technology #retro #author medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1984] Love byte: how Generation X embraced the VIC 20 home computer revolution The Commodore VIC 20 invented the concept of home computing. #tech #retro #commodore #computer #1980s #nostaligia medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1984] Rewind for nostalgia: remembering the first arrival of VCRs and VHS tapes Home entertainment was never the same again after 1984. #technology #tech #history #tetro #vcr #vhs #nostalgia medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1984] Sky’s the limit: remembering the birth of satellite television in Europe Television from space was a new and fascinating thing in the early 1980s. #television #satellite #tv #1980s medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1984] Swedish hotline: possibly the world’s first social network Public and available to all ages free of charge, Heta Linjen became a social sensation when it first appeared. #technology #socialmedia #history medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1983] America’s Cup wing and a prayer: the secret tech of the greatest victory in sporting history The story of how a team of Aussies used a secret weapon to challenge a 130-year old winning streak. #sailing #americascup #sport #history #formulaone #yacht medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1983] Warm memories: revisiting the nostalgic allure of the 35mm film format A closer look at the 135-film format, its variations and imperfect aesthetics. #photography #35mm #filmslr #filmphotography #analog #film medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1983] The quest for perfect sound: demystifying 1970s stereos and hi-fis – Part 2 Who had the best sound, the deepest pockets and the ‘purest’ music? In the analogue age, you got what you paid for. #tech #hifi #audiophile #1980s #audio medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

Rise and fall: revisiting the 1980s video-game arcade experience Although an iconic period in video-game history, the arcade experience ultimately fell out of favour. #gaming #retro #retrogaming #1980s medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

Article: [1983] Reliving the 1980s: a week of listening to my vintage cassette ‘Walkman’ After giving up Spotify months ago, I had a chance to try what it was like listening to tapes on the move again. #tapes #cassette #walkman #1980s #tech #technology #nostalgia medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

‘Retro Tech Show: memoir chronicling the last 50 years of technology’ Turn off your devices and let’s look at the story of how it all began. #tech #technology #history #1970s #1980s #nostalgia #history medium.com/@RetroTechSh...

[1981] Dot-matrix throwback: the joy of endless computer paper as a child Reliving the days when we played with and drew on sprocket-holed computer paper in our childhoods. #80s #retro #tech #computers #genX #nostalgia #1980s medium.com/@RetroTechSh...