Technological experiences current youths won't make anymore

[garbon]

I've done all of these things except the punch cards listed by M. I feel ancient.

[KRonn]

- telephones with rotating dial

I still have a rotary dial phone. I keep it in my cellar, half for kicks but also so I can hear the phone ring when I'm down there. I never use it to dial out so never bother with replacing it with something new - and I like the touch of old time tech.   

[The Brain]

I've done all of these things except the punch cards listed by M.

Really?

[Malthus]

I've done all of these things except the punch cards listed by M. I feel ancient.

With a cardboard box full of punchcards, you could get the computer to print out a calender with a picture of Snoopy in "Xs" and "Os". 

[garbon]

I've done all of these things except the punch cards listed by M. I feel ancient.

With a cardboard box full of punchcards, you could get the computer to print out a calender with a picture of Snoopy in "Xs" and "Os". 

Yeah sounds...not worth it.

[garbon]

I've done all of these things except the punch cards listed by M.

Really?

I don't know what shenanigans you are up to...

[Malthus]

I've done all of these things except the punch cards listed by M. I feel ancient.

With a cardboard box full of punchcards, you could get the computer to print out a calender with a picture of Snoopy in "Xs" and "Os". 

Yeah sounds...not worth it.

At the time (the 70s), it seemed totally cool. A machine was making a picture!!!!!111oneone

Then Space Invaders came out in the early 80s, which was a hundred times as cool.

[Ed Anger]

- trouble finding the right cable to connect a peripheral to a computer (yay USB)
- using floppy disks for, well, anything
- using DOS command prompt to start or configure programs

I know of a local firm out in the sticks still running early 90's computers and dot matrix printers. They are fun to work with.

[Fate]

- arcade game halls (Pacman etc.)

Those still widely exist in the US at family oriented pizza joints, pool halls, and bowling alleys. Maybe not Pacman, but games like Area 51, Terminator, Dance Dance Revolution, etc.

[Tonitrus]

I can confirm as recently as a couple weeks ago, that a Washington State ferry still has its classic Pacman machine.

[Razgovory]

Hand-cranked magneto car ignition.

[Siege]

This is ridiculous.
Having nostalgia about obsolete technology is a negative personality trait.

[Norgy]

How about day to day car maintenance or emergency repairs involving things like distributor caps, setting points or adjusting a carburettor; would younger people know what these were ?

Not if they avoided British-made cars, no.

[Siege]

This is ridiculous.
Having nostalgia about obsolete technology is a negative personality trait.

So what sort of car are you going to try to get running following terrorists expolding a huge EMP weapon, the one with obsolete technology or the modern car with the microprocessor controlled ignition and fuel control system ?  

Fantasy. Such a thing will never happen.
There isn't an EMP weapon large enough to blackout the entire world.
And the damage is not permanet. And military vehicles are EMP proof.

[DontSayBanana]

This is ridiculous.
Having nostalgia about obsolete technology superstitions is a negative personality trait.

FYPFY.