DO YOU REMEMBER

Any wonder why some baby boomers can’t do long hand division. Blame it on Texas Instruments Calculator Slide Rule T130. Invented by T.I. and in 1973 they released the “slide rule” calculator for $149.95. Followed in 1982 with the first solar powered one, any math genius could do complicated calculations just about anywhere - except in the dark.

The first American born sub-compact was born on April 1, 1970 - American Motor’s April Fool joke. The “groovy” Gremlin SIX-Series 40 in psychedelic colors.

Milton Bradley introduced The Mouse Trap Game in 1963. The goal was to build a mouse trap and catch your opponent’s rodent.

Polaroid’s The Swinger capped the swinging ‘70's trend in 1972. It took black-and-white wallet size pictures for a cheap price of $19.95. Polaroid’s award winning ads featured the then unknown beauty, Ali MacGraw, grooving to the Swinger jingle - in a bikini. Her career and Swinger sales soared.






The best selling movie track of all times, Saturday Night Fever, merged pop culture innovations of the period. The Panasonic 8-Track player, a.k.a., the “Dynamite” or “Plunger” let disco freaks PUMP IT UP. Without an automatic track changer, you had to hit the plunger.


Apple Lisa 1, was the 1st computer to use a Graphical User Interface, featured a 12” black-and-white screen, 1 megabyte of memory, two floppy drives named “Twiggy” after famous skinny model and the very first “Mouse” and “Trashcan” all for the low-low price of $9,995.00.

Tang. by General Foods, 1959. In ‘65 it accompanied the astronauts from Gemini spaceflights through the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969, establishing Tang as a futuristic food.

Panasonic "Toot-a-Loop” - 1970 was an AM radio designed to be wrapped around the wrist complete with stickers to accessorize the bold ‘70’s fashion statement.

The advent of the “Couch Potato” emerged in 1954 when RCA began production of the first 15” color TV, followed that same year with the 21” screen. Dwight D. Eisenhower was the 1st President broadcast in color. And at the time when NBC was owned by RCA, it used the Howdy Doody Show to sell color television sets in the 1950s.











Ah, the good old days, in our memories or for sale on E-bay. Ciao for now!! Winnie