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1980s video games and gaming consoles
These revolutionary 1980s video games made living rooms the new arcade

Take a trip back to 1980s video games, when home consoles filled family rooms with joysticks, cartridges and pixelated adventures.

Vintage dot matrix printers from the 1970s and 1980s
Remember vintage dot matrix printers like these from the 70s & 80s?

If you lived through the seventies and eighties, you can probably immediately remember the sound that these vintage dot matrix printers used to make. See and hear them again here!

Computer costs from 1986 (2)
1980s personal computers were expensive – and see how their features compare today

These vintage 980s personal computers weren’t just expensive, but some had hard drives so small that just one of these old PC ad images would have maxed them out.

 
Rockford Files - Vintage 1970s TV series at ClickAmericana com
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Stylish retro prefab fireplaces brought modern comfort to mid-century homes
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Vintage payphones
Vintage payphones & the huge public phone network we relied on before everyone had a smartphone
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