Tech Memories - Child of the Seventies - IDP007 Show Notes

Are you a child of the Seventies? Let's reminisce!

References, Photos and Links from this podcast:

• Halle Brothers, Cleveland
• Fox Valley, Illinois
• Evolution of the Keyboard
• The Loop - Downtown Chicago
• Marshall Field and Company Building, Chicago
• Timeline of Computing 1950 to 1979
• Speak and Spell Toy

Speak and Spell!! Did any of you have one?
Photo Credit: CC BY-SA 4.0

• Microwave Ovens

1971 - Sears begins selling Kenmore microwave ovens.
I remember getting one of these in the mid-70s and it was a big deal!
Image Credit: Kenmore Chronology

• Cassette Tapes
• Beta Max and VHS - Format War!
• Grease - The Film 1978

Grease - Iconic movie of the 70s
We must have watched the recorded-off-TV version of this movie a hundred times!
Photo Credit: IMDB

• Batavia Boo Boo Days (Later renamed Batavia Windmill Festival)
• Atari Home Video Game System - Released September 1977

• Space Invaders
• Asteroids
• Pac Man

Original Atari Video Computer System
Picture Credit: Public Domain

Hope you enjoyed this week's Tech Tuesday podcast!
~JS~ 🌞
#TechTuesday

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Stay Tuned for Next Week's Podcast:
Tech Memories - Teenager of the Eighties!