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thegroovyarchives · 2 months

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Mid-Century Radios From Genuine Plastic Radios of the Mid-Century, Ken Jupp & Leslie Piña, 1998.

#vintage radio #vintage technology #vintage electronics #vintage design #mid-century #my scans

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cravinganescape · 9 months

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MOTOROLA Memo Express Beeper (1993)

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chaptertwo-thepacnw · 23 days

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#gif #max headroom #1980s #vintage technology #art of noise #paranoimia #music video

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radiomuseum · 9 months

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General Electric Blue Max radio, model P2760B, made in 1970.

Originally released in 1969. The inside lights up

#vintage radio #transistor radio #radio #old radio #1970s #vintage #vintage technology #technology #70s

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b0redbruise · 2 years

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Liminal Space photo I took inside an Abandoned Hotel (OC)

#liminal space #dreamcore #surrealcore #abandonedcore #cybercore #lostcore #weirdcore aesthetic #box tv #crt #vintage technology #anemoia #abandoned #abandoned place #urban exporation #urbex

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vintagegeekculture · 9 months

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TV Broadcast Control Room, 1974

#vintage technology

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odd-drive · 2 years

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#my stuff #techcore #vintage technology #vintage computer #fave

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newyorkthegoldenage · 4 months

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The Associated Press, in an article on December 18, 1943, called this contraption "compact." It was a tape recorder that was available for consumers. "It can be plugged into a microphone, radio, or telephone for recording; then a flip of a switch sets the machine to play the record back," the press service reported excitedly. "The tape permits eight hours of recording or playing without changing. The inventor, Jay Fonda, a longtime cinema sound man, got his idea from the movie soundtrack." They added that the device "might upset the recording industry."

Photo: Dan Grossi for the AP

#vintage New York #1940s #Dan Grossi #tape recorder #vintage technology #Dec. 18 #sound recording #18 Dec.#vintage NYC

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beepboopappreciation · 27 days

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Popsicles

#commodore pet #old computers #vintage technology #my art #traditional art #acrylic painting #i did art for an art class! yipeee #popsicle mouse #aqua mouse #artists of tumblr #waaeuugh what else do i tag this with #objectum #painting #art #original art #Commodore PET 2001 #Clay Posts #Clay Art

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oldguydoesstuff · 1 year

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Remington Rand UNIVAC-1 delay line memory unit from 1951. Stored 1000 bits, in the form of acoustic waves propagating through mercury-filled tubes.

#vintage technology #retrocomputing #1950s #electronics #vintage electronics

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thegroovyarchives · 10 months

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1940′s Fada Bakelite Radio (via: cottoneauctions)

#vintage radio #vintage electronics #vintage technology #Bakelite #vintage design #20th Century #1940's

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cravinganescape · 9 months

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RARE fluorescent pink transparent desktop phone

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chaptertwo-thepacnw · 8 months

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#gif #selectavision 625 #vintage technology #technology #vcr #1979 #rca

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culturevulturette · 1 year

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It’s weird, but I miss them. Flatscreens are excellent in many ways, but they are all ugly, all the time.

#vintage technology

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your-dankle-bloob · 2 years

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So, this might’ve been obvious to some, but I found something really interesting while digging around on Eggabell’s wiki page. Did you know that Bugsnax’s worldbuilding is very 60s/70s inspired? Let’s start with what I found on the wiki:

(photo from 1966)

After seeing this small tidbit it struck me that a lot of the theming and technology in the game is very 60s/70s-esque. For example:

Beffica’s phone seen in the end credits is a push telephone commonly used in the 70s. And,

Clumby’s office phone is a rotary phone stylistically similar to those found in the 1960s (rotary phones originate way further back, but the one seen here is relatively modern in appearance)

In the same picture we can also see in the background the radio is reminiscent of a transistor radio from the 1970s.

And throughout the game you can notice typewriters are commonly used by the grumpuses (Floofty has one in their hut in Snaxburg, and Jamfoot has one in the Triplicate Space. You can also hear typewriter sounds in the music used during interviews.) On this note, it’s also important to point out that newspapers are incredibly frequent in the game, and appear more vintage than modern due to the lack of color and general aesthetic:

(it’s also interesting to note that Snorpy has an obsession with radio waves rather than, say, idk, cell towers? A much more modern conspiracy focus?)

A modern and vintage newspaper for comparison:

(Going back to hat aesthetics for a minute, I wanna point out that the whole fedora with a PRESS note tucked into the band on the side is a VERY vintage depiction of journalists/reporters)

A lot of the gear used by the journalist have similarities to technology used around those decades as well:

The journalist’s snaxscope is very stylistically similar to a 1960s voigtlander camera:

Their tape recorder is a portable reel to reel tape recorder stylistically similar to those from the 60s-80s, albeit significantly downsized (it looks a lot like a mashup of a reel to reel and a cassette player):

And the snaktivator made and given to them by Floofty is reminiscent of the 50s-60s sci fi aesthetic (this could just be contributed to them being a nerd, but I thought it was interesting enough to be put on the list)

Something else small but worth noting is the boombox used by Cromdo and by Filbo during the parties is quite 70s-80s-esque, and the record player in Wiggle’s hut is, of course, a timeless commodity.

The final thing I wanna touch on is the reel to reel tape player used in Clumby’s office and in Lizbert and Eggabells hut:

Not only is it very vintage device (in fact, it’s more closely similar to ones predating the 60s than ones from the 60s-70s), it’s very important to note that all the reels, when projected onto the screens, are a yellowy monochrome instead of in color:

Of course, there’s some things that conflict with all this, such as the songs that Wiggle’s records reference being released in the 90s at the earliest, and Beffica’s entire way of speaking, but the fun of a fictional world is that you can add things like this just for the hell of it! I think Bugsnax’s worldbuilding is really interesting with all the vintage references paired with the much more modern ones. Also, let me know if there’s anything I missed - I’d love to see other oldies references in this game!

#bugsnax #worldbuilding #vintage #history #eggabell #clumby #the journalist #60s #70s #80s #vintage technology

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vintagegeekculture · 2 years

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Ever notice that at the start of old VHS tapes, just before the FBI Warning, there were a bunch of beeping noises that sounded like a telephone dialing? What was that, anyway?

The telephonic beeping noises at the start of VHS tapes are there because cassettes are created from one master spool in the factory, and the beeping is an analog signal intended to tell the factory to “cut” the tape right at that point with a knife, to load into the cassette tapes, as it is where one tape ends and another begins.

Also, if you’ve ever heard dial-up internet, as you connect, you might have heard a beeping that became a growling buzz. What you are hearing is digital information converted into an analog sound comprehensible over a phone.

If you’ve ever used an old computer that stored data in cassettes, like the Commodore 64 tape drive, if you ever played one of the game tapes in a stereo, it will sound almost exactly like a dial up sound.

#vhs history #vintage technology #retro #80s #videocassette

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