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A place to share and discuss Cassette Futurism: media where the technology closely matches the computers and technology of the 70s and 80s.

Whether it's bright colors and geometric shapes, the tendency towards stark plainness, or the the lack of powerful computers and cell phones, Cassette Futurism includes: Cassettes, ROM chips, CRT displays, computers reminiscent of microcomputers like the Commodore 64, freestanding hi-fi systems, small LCD displays, and other analog technologies.

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[Thread] Apple computer, phone and tablet prototypes by German designer, Hartmut Esslinger. 1980s (lemmy.likes.cat)

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Damn, that phone prototype is crazy-small for the 1980s -- it looks like a Motorola Razr V3 (2004)!

Even if it were just a cordless landline phone (with less demanding hardware than a cellular phone), battery size would be a problem because lithium-ion hadn't been invented yet. I'm not sure Ni-Cd batteries that thin ever existed.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

Probably intended to run on a pair of CR2032s or something. With an uptime of two days idle.