One
place where the world of UFO had it over the real 1980 was in
the field of electronics. 1980 was to be a world of cell phones
in cars (albeit with ridiculously huge microphones on goose-neck
arms), videophones are de
rigueur, and space defence satellites would speak with suitably
deferential voices.
True, computers would still be mainframe jobs with reel to reel tapes
and even punch tape memories, but they would look cool, which is what
really matters.
And
telephones would be much more sophisticated. Not only would
videophones be common, but so would cordless models that were smaller
than anything then real world would see for until the '90s.
This
neat little gem is rather clever. It's a tiny portable radio
with a built-in speaker that puts the old tranny to shame.
And
then there's this poser. It looks like a PC from the early '80s.
Pretty impressive on the prediction side-- or would be if there was a
monitor to go with it. Apparently word processing in 1980 relied
a good deal on memory and touch-typing skills.
One
place where the world of UFO had it over the real 1980 was in
the field of electronics. 1980 was to be a world of cell phones
in cars (albeit with ridiculously huge microphones on goose-neck
arms), 
And
telephones would be much more sophisticated. Not only would
videophones be common, but so would cordless models that were smaller
than anything then real world would see for until the '90s. 
This
neat little gem is rather clever. It's a tiny portable radio
with a built-in speaker that puts the old tranny to shame. 
And
then there's this poser. It looks like a PC from the early '80s.
Pretty impressive on the prediction side-- or would be if there was a
monitor to go with it. Apparently word processing in 1980 relied
a good deal on memory and touch-typing skills.