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an old fashioned radio sitting on top of a granite counter next to a white wall

In the words to the late great Donna Summers, "Sittin' here eatin' my heart out waitin'. Waitin' for some lover to call. Dialed about a thousand numbers lately, almost rang the phone off the wall. Lookin' for some hot stuff baby this evenin', I need some hot stuff baby tonight. I want some hot stuff baby this evenin'. Gotta have some hot stuff, gotta have some love tonight"...I got some hot stuff for ya this afternoon! We are visiting the 80's for this Throw Back Thursday. The 80's at least…

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a person holding a small computer with a keyboard and monitor on it's side

As a part of my monthly product design practice, I decided to make an handheld Commodore 64 that uses "mini cassettes" to load programs or games. I inspired by most of the old Commodore electronic products to create this dream device :)

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an old fashioned camera and headphones are sitting next to each other

Remember Microcassettes? They were a dictation medium (but so was the original compact cassette) Invented in 1969 by Olympus as the standard cassette started gaining traction as a popular music medium. For a spell in the early '80s, Sony actually tried to make them as close to a serious audio medium as they could (as they did with the standard cassette.) Including stereo sound and Metal tape formulation microcassettes. The Microcassette Walkman even included a very rare microcassette version…

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an advertisement for the radio shack computer, which features a checkerboard keyboard and monitor

It's always funny to read old computer magazines, because nothing gets old faster than the technology news. Here are some very cool vintage computer ads for you - laugh while you can, because next time someone will be laughing at what you have right now.

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an old fashioned telephone with a small screen on it's face and cord attached to the phone

Back in 2015 I made a Retro Scifi Bunkroom scene to further my understanding of hard surface after working on Alien Isolation. It was well received and even sat on the 'Learn' tab of the Unreal Engine section of the Epic Launcher for a while. Last year I decided to pick up Blender properly, and decided to remake this scene to show how my skills have improved over the years. I am still working on the scene, but decided to focus my efforts into a single prop to show the level of fidelity I…

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