{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5aaaa0e2d5b938bd4ebf4ca5/5afb140afa5d485c49bd4546?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Tech Memories - Child of the Seventies - IDP007","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5aaaa0e2d5b938bd4ebf4ca5/1526403119660-3854d7294dc50933c8b55e0dd2363388.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>References and Links:</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halle_Brothers_Co.\" target=\"_blank\">Halle Brothers, Cleveland</a></li><li><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Valley_(Illinois)\" target=\"_blank\">Fox Valley, Illinois</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.pcworld.com/article/2013440/evolution-of-the-keyboard.html\" target=\"_blank\">Evolution of the Keyboard</a></li><li><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Loop\" target=\"_blank\">The Loop - Downtown Chicago</a></li><li><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Field_and_Company_Building\" target=\"_blank\">Marshall Field and Company Building, Chicago</a></li><li>1971 -&nbsp;<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Tomlinson\" target=\"_blank\">Ray Tomlinson</a>&nbsp;develops the first program that can send&nbsp;<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email\" target=\"_blank\">email</a>&nbsp;messages, via the Arpanet, between people using different computers. (From&nbsp;<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_computing_1950%E2%80%9379\" target=\"_blank\">Timeline of Computing 1950 to 1979</a>)</li><li><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speak_%26_Spell_(toy)\" target=\"_blank\">Speak and Spell Toy</a></li></ul><p><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speak_%26_Spell_(toy)\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PG7NTYGdie4/Wvr773CoaFI/AAAAAAAAD8g/CczS7SqF0V8pWftKshcDog3kRi8g6NXywCLcBGAs/s400/Speak%2Band%2BSpell.jpg\"></a>Speak and Spell!! Did any of you have one?</p><p>Photo Credit:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=54319223\" target=\"_blank\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a></p><p><br></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave_oven\" target=\"_blank\">Microwave Ovens</a></li></ul><p><a href=\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-52-xuRJ620c/Wvr_nUeQg0I/AAAAAAAAD84/GjeuPyLZZK0gZAkAPGKTz01BkuuH7yawACLcBGAs/s1600/1971FI_1_96%2BMIcrowave%2BAd%2BSears.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-52-xuRJ620c/Wvr_nUeQg0I/AAAAAAAAD84/GjeuPyLZZK0gZAkAPGKTz01BkuuH7yawACLcBGAs/s640/1971FI_1_96%2BMIcrowave%2BAd%2BSears.jpg\"></a>1971 - Sears begins selling Kenmore microwave ovens.</p><p>Image Credit:&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.searsarchives.com/brands/detail/kenmore/1970s.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Kenmore Chronology</a></p><ul><li>Cassette Tapes</li><li>Beta Max and VHS -&nbsp;<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videotape_format_war\" target=\"_blank\">Format War!</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077631/\" target=\"_blank\">Grease&nbsp;</a>- The Film 1978</li></ul><p><a href=\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w3zF_4gkREg/WvsQ0BoKhxI/AAAAAAAAD9I/sMfmg9MGwfgoW20qMExRyvAe5EgZ6NWZwCLcBGAs/s1600/Grease%2BThe%2BFilm.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w3zF_4gkREg/WvsQ0BoKhxI/AAAAAAAAD9I/sMfmg9MGwfgoW20qMExRyvAe5EgZ6NWZwCLcBGAs/s640/Grease%2BThe%2BFilm.jpg\"></a>Grease - Iconic movie of the 70s</p><p>Photo Credit:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077631/mediaviewer/rm4095419136\" target=\"_blank\">IMDB</a></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_2600\" target=\"_blank\">Atari</a>&nbsp;Home Video Game System - Released September 1977</li><li class=\"ql-indent-1\"><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Invaders\" target=\"_blank\">Space Invaders</a></li><li class=\"ql-indent-1\"><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroids_(video_game)\" target=\"_blank\">Asteroids</a></li><li class=\"ql-indent-1\"><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-Man_(Atari_2600)\" target=\"_blank\">Pac Man</a></li><li><a href=\"http://www.kcchronicle.com/2018/01/19/batavia-business-beat-batavia-chamber-provides-history-lesson-on-an-amazing-past/atergbb/\" target=\"_blank\">Batavia Boo Boo Days</a>&nbsp;(Later renamed Batavia Windmill Festival)</li></ul><p><a href=\"https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Kx7sBd-opKM/WvsSKy9TCHI/AAAAAAAAD9U/h31CBVNE4k04bqVXlrScwapQvjBAVrSzwCLcBGAs/s1600/1200px-Atari-2600-Wood-4Sw-Set.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Kx7sBd-opKM/WvsSKy9TCHI/AAAAAAAAD9U/h31CBVNE4k04bqVXlrScwapQvjBAVrSzwCLcBGAs/s640/1200px-Atari-2600-Wood-4Sw-Set.jpg\"></a>Original Atari Video Computer System</p><p>Picture Credit:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atari-2600-Wood-4Sw-Set.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Public Domain</a></p><p><br></p><p>Hope you enjoyed this week's Tech Tuesday podcast!</p><p>~JS~ 🌞</p><p>#TechTuesday</p><p><br></p><p>* * *</p><p><br></p><p>Stay Tuned for Next Week's Podcast:&nbsp;</p><p>Tech Memories - Teenager of the Eighties!</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Erika Ward"}