Technology keeps moving along at an ever increasing speed, the latest cutting-edge gadgets would have seemed like science fiction impossibilities just a few years ago.  Back in 1954 a gadget enthusiast would have had to have saved very hard to be able to afford the Regency TR1 the very latest in ‘transistor’ technology that actually allowed you to carry a radio around in your own pocket for just $50.

But things move on, and 25 years later, in 1979 Sony introduced the ‘ultimate in mobile music’ the Walkman. But this was a full two years after ordinary householders entered the world of NASA technology, with the Atari 2600 Video computer system. This gave us not only Space Invaders, but also the cutting edge graphics of Pac Man.

It has been twelve years since the introduction of the PalmPilot 1000, the must have gadget of 1996 that was the last word in ‘personal data assistants’.
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