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I still think ZIP drives are pretty cool. Or using cassette tapes of any kind for data other than video/audio. Hella wish I had a DAT drive still.
Zip drives still hold the most data of any media. Science may say otherwise, but science doesn't usually come in bright neon colored sleeves.
The Apple II is still such a fucking cool computer.
Sure, my watch is about a billion times more powerful, but my watch will never be as cool as the Apple II.
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I'm a sucker for Nixie Tubes
cooler then or now? because I would argue all retro tech is cooler now
Not really an "older iteration" as much as a "sideways iteration", but the Novint Falcon was the coolest controller I've ever used. It had a ton of potential, but it seemed like the company had no clue how to utilize it.
I still have mine sitting on a shelf in my office.
I still have mine in its original box in my closet. I wish there were modern drivers for it with custom game support; so you could mod support into your favorite games.
What a cool device. I just watched this video on it and lost a bunch of my morning in a quite enjoyable way.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jhGeq_yQYyg
Shame the company died before they could do much with it.
"Steam gauges" on car/plane instrument panels. Yeah, digital displays are cheaper to manufacture and less prone to failure, but they kinda suck the fun out of it.
A bunch of tiny lightbulbs that use twisted light and quantum mechanics to turn on or off.
There was a virus back in the day that could take advantage of old monitors. It would move a turkey around the screen and if you looked at it too long it would cause eye damage.
I searched and didn't find anything, gonna need some specifics on this one
This is the kind of rumor that tech geeks spread at a sleepover.
Car washes. All those pretty lights and water effects are now replaced with an instant transition.
I'm. sorry for your thread but in actual fact there is no older tech that is cooler than any modern tech - we get better tech because we get at the same tech as time goes by. Sorry, but your premise is flawed.
A wall full of 12” vinyl versus a hard drive full of flac files? We’re talking cooler - not better. Relax a bit, read the question again.
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