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I have a Asteroids Video Game which is a huge dam thing but it still plays good. It has about 4 - 2' x 2' PC Boards inside and a whole bunch of wires. All this stuff is needed to make the game work. Today you can download a program for the computer which will fit on a floppy disk and it is the same exact game. That's Hi Tech for ya. I remember when the "Pocket Calculator" came out and boy was it Hi Tech! 8-Track tapes used to be the "shit" then came the smaller Cassette Tapes and now CD's. Fortunately, there have been significant increases in quality with the development of these formats. That's Hi Tech. We used to have one of the first Cordless Phones on the market. My dad bought this thing for some ungodly amount of money and it actually worked. My friends used to come over and want to talk on it cause it was so cool. Cordless phones start at $19.99 these days. Not to mention Caller ID, voice mail, and all the other telephone goodies. Hi Tech...
My father brought home a "Video Game System" one day when I was little. It was way before Atari. This thing was Hi Tech. It had about 5 games you could play depending on how the "switches" were set. The controllers were hand held and were similar to a sliding dimmer switch. No buttons just a lever that slides from top to bottom. This was very useful for playing the Tennis or Pong game options on the game. I have never seen a game like this since. Years later the Atari 2600 came out and it was really Hi Tech. Had to have one of these. The controllers with this game system now have a "button" which can be used for firing or whatever. This "Button" (which was Red) was really Hi Tech and opened up endless possibilities for new games. Nintendo dropped the bomb on Atari with its "multi button" game controllers and better graphics. The Japs were thinking when they added more buttons. Hi Tech Japs...
After that I got a IBM 486DX2 50Mhz with 8mb of memory. This thing was one of the first systems to have a CD Rom. This thing was Hi Tech. I paid something like $3000 for it with a 15" monitor and a printer. That was 1987. The computer is gathering dust in the garage now. Too Low Tech to use... Now I have 4 computers in my home all networked together for the ultimate gaming experience. Cable Internet access is the best thing since sliced bread. Scanners and laser printers, digital camera, CD Burner, DVD ROMs, Zip Disks, 9 speakers....Hi Tech. I build my own systems now because it is cheaper and you can get more bang for the buck.
The "ENIAC" - Worlds First Computer...
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Hi Tech is a cool topic because it is constantly changing. The
"latest & greatest" of last year may just plain suck this
year. Some of the Hi Tech stuff I bought a long time ago still works fine
but is surpassed by cheaper and more advanced items of today's markets. 
It's scary to watch the History channel when there is stuff on about
NASA. When we first went to the moon that was Hi Tech. If we look at
the computers and equipment used at the time we laugh at the complexity of it
and the simple tasks it would perform. I don't think anyone in their right
mind would get in and fly to the moon in that equipment in this day and
age. NASA's first computer was bigger than our homes and was about as
powerful as my Casio Watch. It was Hi Tech.
My first computer was a Commodore VIC 20 which I still have. It was a
cross between a computer and a video game. It used your TV for a monitor
and Cassette tapes for data storage and transfer. No game controllers but
now we have a "keyboard" Hi Tech for sure. Must learn to
type....
