Can you remember what your first bit of 'Tech' was?

cainer · 26 Feb 2015 at 16:00

Rroff said:
Can't find an image of it but my first bit of proper tech was an lcd game back in the late 80s - IIRC you controlled a submarine at the bottom with hostile ships and aircraft above.

Grimley · 26 Feb 2015 at 16:54

Haggisman said:
First bit of tech I can remember having?

Probably this bad boy:

I used to have one of those. I bought it in an Airport Duty free shop on one of my first flights abroad. I sold it years later on the auction site & made a profit on it believe it or not!

My 1st bit of tech was a Digital LED watch my folks bought me for my 10th birthday & this was in the mid 70's when all the schoolkids had them.

robgmun · 26 Feb 2015 at 17:01

1st gen sony walkman when i was about 6-7, played nothing but Jungle Book audio cassette for 9 months solid

Kronos · 26 Feb 2015 at 17:24

Dimple said:
You can't really say that a transistor radio was a bit of tech since they had been around in various forms for decades.
I would say the calculator in the early 70s was my first bit of tech because it took over from my slide rule.

How can I not say that as my question was" Can you remember what your first bit of 'Tech' was?" Matters not that how long they had been out and it certainly was not ages as you put it. But it was my first bit of tech.

Pawnless Endgame · 26 Feb 2015 at 18:11

Second hand BBC Micro (model B, c. 1981) in 1986 aged 8 at the time. The machine is still going strong almost 35 years on, but my Philips RGB monitor went bang 1-2 years ago. They're becoming hard to find, so will probably have to get a scan converter to use on a PC monitor.

Castiel · 26 Feb 2015 at 18:13

Astro wars and donkey kong handheld I think. My nan did give me a radiogram befor that though.

Rilot · 26 Feb 2015 at 20:28

Probably the double-cassette radio I got for my 8th birthday. Or maybe my first RC car.

Malevolence · 26 Feb 2015 at 20:34

One of these bad boys.

ValiantUK91 · 26 Feb 2015 at 20:37

my grandad gave it me as it was in the loft where he had his trains set up

GAM8LE · 26 Feb 2015 at 20:55

I got a computer with windows 3. something or other on it and a SNES for xmas, I suppose that was my first "tech"

cainer · 26 Feb 2015 at 20:57

nvm nsfw ;p

Radec · 26 Feb 2015 at 21:03

Can't remember mine

PapaLazaru · 26 Feb 2015 at 21:06

Probably a Big Trak.

Had such wonderful memories of it I bought a new one a few years ago and it has not left the box.

*edit*

Might have actually been Snoopy Tennis on a Game & Watch.

Flying_Hellfish · 26 Feb 2015 at 21:32

MasterSystem II probably.

cainer · 26 Feb 2015 at 21:33

mind if i go slightly off topic just to mention my fav toy from being a young kid?

wish i still had it :/

chroniclard · 26 Feb 2015 at 21:59

^^ OMG Evel Knievel stunt cycle was completely awesome!

My first "tech" was probably either a casio watch, atari 2600 or a handheld pacman game. Cant remember......was a while ago.

aceface57 · 26 Feb 2015 at 22:10

I can't remember if I had this first

or a zx spectrum.

snapdragon · 26 Feb 2015 at 22:37

Got this when I was 9 (1980) as an Xmas pressie of my big sis, one of my best and most played with toys around that time.

Jinxter · 26 Feb 2015 at 23:02

Mine was a 'Major Morgan' you put card overlays on some keys and pressed the corresponding symbols which formed a song. Kind of a musical speak and spell I suppose. He's retired now.