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more about #giz79 Pope John Peeps II: My first sets were the galaxy explorer, the space base with the railroad car, and the yellow lego castle. more » OMG! Ponies!: Yeah. Big ominous cable with a label that says "LOOK BUT DON'T TOUCH". That will keep prying fingers away from the geeks. more » liveinabin: Ah, the first Space Lego sets. Awesome. I had that Apollo style launch pad, the big control center and the middle sized one of the transport craft. ... more » gemcosta: Image 21 looks exactly like my own!!!! Could it be we both followed the manual! :O more » judacris: Best Gallery Ever. This pushes the Lego Factory visits down a notch. Plus, I never knew there was a Airport Monorail set. What I would give for any 9V... more » Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: Then again, I also had the Star Wars Death Star playset. Everyone I know had like the X-Wing or the Falcon. Me? I had the goddamn Death Star... An... more » Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: My all-time favorite space lego set was the Galaxy Commander. I really can't tell you how many damn ship variations I built out of that set and the 4... more » gyffes: No, no, I always tossed the 'manual' without reading it at all.. wanted it to be just me an' the pieces. I had several of those space sets but none of... more » Bandit: I had that ship in the main photo! Brings back memories. I was pretty young and got frustrated trying to complete it. Some years later I tried agai... more » (DEAD) Goldwings - Remembered for his bravery and heroism... xD: I have some nostalgic memories of these. They weren't cheap either since those castles went for $125. In all my block, everyone played with their new ... more » strider_mt2k: Is that the guy from the Buggles? more » Eruanno: ...actually, the world would probably be a better place without Twitter. more » switchblade saints: Well hats off, 'modo '79 was a blast. bitchin' in fact. Keep on truckin', man. more » frigg: Grrrreat. Another format war as Toshiba has already announced a compact disc format based on a MASER. more » Chimaera: Totally plausible. Magnavox is already doing this with Video. This "CD" will probably be out in 5 years or so, but there are some caveats. 1) It'll... more » bornonbord: I call fake. This has clearly been Xerox-shopped. I can see lines between the words "optical" and "read-out" that clearly indicate a separate piece... more » strider_mt2k: Aww man, how are we ever gonna COPY these things??? GAME OVER MAN! GAME OVER! more » strider_mt2k: HEEEY, has anyone seen my N-to-BNC adapter? Anyone? more » strider_mt2k: One time I replaced this guy's cassette program with a recording of a bunch of us laughing and calling him a loser. When his program didn't load, he o... more » David Vong: I swear I've seen this article before, is this a rerun or stolen from someone else? more » -
#lego
1979: The Golden Age of Lego
1979 was the beginning of Lego as we know it today, the year when they took over the world, the year of the Galaxy Explorer. I photographed all the classic sets in my Lego trip. Here's the never-released gallery: More » -
#gizmodo79
Yes, Good Old Retro 1979 Seemed Fun (But It Really Sucked!)
Writing about technology as it was thirty years ago, I realized that 1979 was perhaps the last year before a digital tsunami hit, sweeping clean the analog era that had persisted for decades. More » -
#giz79
1979 Rumor: Leaked Docs of "Compact Disc" Audio Format Using LASERS
From 1979: A source "close to the matter" claims this document outlines a future Audio format that would utilize a tapeless design, and *snort* use lasers as some sort of record needle. Sounds like Bullshit to me. More » -
#microsoft
Then and Now: Microsoft
Gizmodo '79 is a week-long celebration of gadgets and geekdom 30 years ago, as the analog age gave way to the digital, and most of our favorite toys were just being born. More » -
#network
The Network Before the Internet
The network started to breathe in the 70's. Above, the first ethernet cable, found in PARC's labs by Boing Boing Gadgets. Dag Spicer, numero uno Curator at the Computer History Museum, tells us more: More » -
#apple
Then and Now: Apple Computers
Gizmodo '79 is a week-long celebration of gadgets and geekdom 30 years ago, as the analog age gave way to the digital, and most of our favorite toys were just being born. More » -
#gizmodo79
Digital Cams Still Haven't Caught Up to Film's Resolution: Does it Matter?
Lenses being equal, a large format 8x10 piece of film can capture the equivalent of 800 Megapixels. Just saying. But does it matter? Discuss! More » -
#pcs
What Is This?
Q: What classic computer and Apple II competitor opened its steel case up like a car hood? And was named after a domestic rock toy popular at the time? More » -
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#sony
Then and Now: Sony's A/V Range
Gizmodo '79 is a week-long celebration of gadgets and geekdom 30 years ago, as the analog age gave way to the digital, and most of our favorite toys were just being born. More » -
#design
Frog Design's Hartmut Esslinger On Design in 1979
Hartmut Esslinger's Frog Design made WEGA/Sony's electronics fetish items, and then designed the "Snow White" language the Mac used. He's a design legend and an author. Here he tells us about the challenges of designing, then and now. More » -
#tvs
The Sinclair MTV-1 Micro TV
Sinclair's little ultra-sharp black and white TV was meant to be a pocket set. But with a 4x6-inch footprint, it was impossible to stash in most disco-tight pockets at the time, even if it was under 2 inches thick. More » -
#toys
Speak and Spell: 1979's Best Robotic Teacher
The Speak and Spell, which was first shown at CES in 1978 and sold in 1979, was one of the first gadgets with a visual display to use interchangeable game cartridges, and it taught a whole generation how to spell. More » -
#gizmodo79
Then and Now: The Hewlett-Packard Family
Gizmodo '79 is a week-long celebration of gadgets and geekdom 30 years ago, as the analog age gave way to the digital, and most of our favorite toys were just being born. More » -
#giz79
The Original TPS-L2 Sony Walkman Was Indeed Born in 1979
We didn't forget the Walkman in Giz 1979. It's just that its birthday was two weeks ago. Question: if it's the first model, what's with the complicated name? Regift! [The Original Walkman, Crazy and Notable Walkmans and Walkman Trivia] -
#crazy
Everything About Crazy Eddie Was Completely Insane
If you lived in the New England area during the '70s and '80s, chances are you recall those ridiculous commercials for Crazy Eddie electronics stores. Even if you don't, they are pretty damn amusing to watch. More » -
#gizmodo79
Then and Now: IBM Personal Computers
Gizmodo '79 is a week-long celebration of gadgets and geekdom 30 years ago, as the analog age gave way to the digital, and most of our favorite toys were just being born. More » -
#gizmodo79
Then and Now: Panasonic's Multimedia Lineup
Gizmodo '79 is a week-long celebration of gadgets and geekdom 30 years ago, as the analog age gave way to the digital, and most of our favorite toys were just being born. More » -
#giz79
Phreaking the Phones: Before There Was Hacking
Before there were computer hackers, there were phreakers. And before there were Macs, Jobs and Woz kept themselves busy building their own blue boxes (above) which would emulate precise control tones to seize control of the phone system. More » -
#imagecache
Sony's Entire 1976 Lineup in One Photo
In 1976, Sony went to the National Stadium in Tokyo and lined up every single gadget they offered to photograph them. All were analog, mostly in radio, audio and TV. This is a photo of that. More »
