MS-DOS 3.3 (with serial number!)
1988’s MS-DOS 3.30 adds support for 3.5 inch 1.44mb floppy drives! Photo by Venzor.
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Monarch Marking Systems from Pitney Bowes
Not as clumsy or random as a blaster. An elegant weapon, for a more civilized age. Photo by Blast.
Pee-Chee Folder
Per Wiki, the Pee-Chee folder in peachy yellow was introduced in 1943 and “had fallen out of general use by the 2000s.“ Photo by Grasons.
Night Deposit Sperm Bank
A throwback to 1981 and what you could by at Spencers Gifts. Photo by Diamond.
Atari 800 Centipede
They had a picture of the console, but I thought the proof that it worked was more interesting. Photo by Georgia Bean.
ThunderCats Live! (feat. Gumby & Pokey)
How do you make a live show of animation? Allow 1-900-Hotdog to explain: In 1987, ThunderCats Live! gave over a dozen drama school dropouts their very first… Read More »ThunderCats Live! (feat. Gumby & Pokey)
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
He apparently had a whole line of these, and I do love Fortune Wookiee in the shape of a folded fortune teller thingy. Photo by… Read More »The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
Play-Doh Fun Factory Jr.
A toy from 1972, teaching the children of America the joys of extruded parts.Photo by Diamond.
PrintMaster Gold 3.0 (1996)
This place had a great trove of 1990s era software packages. Photo by Treasures Retold.
RIVAL Crock-Pot
Per Smithosonian: In 1971 the Rival Company introduced the Crock-Pot, an electric cooker containing a removable glass or ceramic crock. By maintaining low temperatures, the… Read More »RIVAL Crock-Pot