The things you forgot you loved.
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◆ Did you have this?
👍 I had this💔 I wanted this1970s · media
A rotating card file for storing names, addresses, and phone numbers on a desk, flipped through by hand before contact lists lived in a phone.
“A bulky magnetic tape cartridge format popular briefly in cars and home stereos before cassettes took over, known for its audible click between tracks.”
“Sony's videotape format that lost the format war to VHS despite arguably better picture quality, now a symbol of the wrong horse to bet on.”
“A weekly pocket-sized magazine listing every channel's programming, essential before onscreen guides existed and often left open on the coffee table.”
“A small reel of home-movie film shot on a Super 8 camera, projected onto a bedsheet or wall for family movie nights.”