by Shea Gunther, Mother Nature Network
Remember when VCRs were a novelty? How about cellphones as big (and heavy) as a brick? Check out these now-vintage videos. As technology and standards change over the years, so do the terms and words used to describe them. In 1975, “portable computer” was defined as a large box weighing 50 pounds with a tiny screen that you needed to plug in. Though we poke fun, the IBM 5100 was revolutionary in its time: This was 10 years before Windows 1.0 was released, six years before IBM’s PC. It had a 16-bit processor, 64 KB of RAM, a few hundred KB of ROM that held program code, and a five-inch monochromatic display. A computer with the same capabilities just five years earlier would have taken up the better part of your average small room.
http://www.mnn.com/green-tech/research-innovations/stories/7-early-videos-of-now-everyday-technology
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