Old tech tales are the stories we share with this generation about products and services that has completely changed or become obsolete due to the advancement of technology. We’ve learned that overtime keeping our technology and software current and up-to date is necessary to remain competitive in this application economy. However while we often look ahead at upcoming trends in technology, rarely do we joyfully reminisce about the past. Join me and the Customer Lifecycle Solutions group in sharing some of our favorite, funny, and almost embarrassing experiences with old technology. The latest tale in this series is from Jerry Maldonado, CLS VP Business Strategy – IM and APM.
Today’s car, to some of us in the 80’s would be thought of as science fiction. Cars back in my days were more muscle then machine, rougher around the edges.Cars had a raw look and feel about them. Not like the cars of today. The connected cars of today are amazing true marvels of engineering, technology and efficiency. The connected cars of today offer the latest and greatest in performance , comfort and safety and make driving especially long distances very enjoyable , but the cars of old, they had a certain flare.
As in the old days or maybe I should think of them as my young days. Back in the days when I got my first car, it was nothing like my car today with all its cool electronic gadgets. My first car was an old four door car where everything was manual. You know the type of car where you had to crank down the windows to open them. To get in you needed a key to unlock the door and you had to run around the inside of the car to lock it. The kind of car where you opened the hood and there was this massive engine with only a couple of wires and hoses and you could see the street while bending over the fender to change the spark plugs . Yeah we use to do those things to cars back then, change the points, spark plug wires, and distributer cap, use a timing light, etc . . . . had to lean across the seat to open the passenger window, and unlock the doors. The type of car where you listen to the ball game on AM radio, cool radio stations on FM and had a suitcase to hold your mix cassette tapes.
I remember as a kid going on my first camping trip with the boys, we filled the trunk of my car with food and equipment for three for a week (and still had room for another two people). Filled the trunk up with gas , made sure we had a good selection of music tapes , several maps , and a bunch of quarters in case we got stuck and had to walk a couple of miles to a pay phone. And off we went deep into the Delaware water gap, a place where radio signals where lost and the music tape reigned supreme. A place where the scenic beauty was only marred by the lack of street signs, and where a slightly warn fan belt would break in the middle of nowhere, causing the great 2 ton car push episode of the 80’s, followed by the scary hitch hike ride to the nearest auto parts store and the even scarier ride back to fix the car on the road. Too bad my car then could not send me a health report like my car today can.
Did you have a similar experience? What was your first car?
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Haylee Thikeo is part of the Customer Lifecycle Solutions Group and this quarter she will be posting an old technology tale every month here on communities.ca.com Be sure to stay up to speed & stay ahead in this application economy with CLS: Video || Infographic ||@hayleethikeo