A smart phone from 1984 - The STC Executel

1984's smartest phone - The STC 3910 Executel. A desktop information device that looks straight out of Blade Runner. Futuristic in concept, yet very much a product of its time.
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IT TURNS OUT MY PHONE WAS ONCE THE PROPERTY OF THE COMPANY I RANG AT THE END OF THE VIDEO (H&S)
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[@Techmoan]

*M Y S T E R Y S O L V E D* - *THIS PHONE WAS PREVIOUSLY OWNED BY H&S (The company who answered my call)* *It is an executive recruitment consultancy.* *This message is pinned and in bold to make it as visible as possible*

[@JacGoudsmit]

How did you find out?

[@Techmoan]

Old phone directories showed the numbers as belonging to them. The company still has offices in all those locations and has been around sixty years. I think the problems with the numbers I rang were just down to changes over the last 26 years - e.g prefixes of some numbers or consolidating to a central exchange.

[@JacGoudsmit]

@@Techmoan Ah, right. Of course. Like almost all phone numbers in the Netherlands changed in 1995 because of a giant reorganization to make more space for phone numbers and comply with new international standards.

[@felixdietzCGN]

Not pinned any more - i think it gets unpinned if you edit the comment

[@TheRanblingjohnny]

@@Techmoan it's a minor miracle that at least one of these numbers worked.

[@mcolville]

"New York, London, Paris, Munich." Maybe it has something to do with pop music? I love this channel so much!

[@tychothefriendlymonolith]

Bowowowowow Bowww Bowww

[@InflatablePlane]

Whelp that song is stuck in my head now.

[@cameronmalchow1837]

🎶Talk about, pop music, pop pop pop, pop music🎶

[@davoid96]

Shoobie doobie do-op

[@wowqa9387]

San Francisco

[@amiralavi6599]

This device has yellowed a bit *8-Bit Guy wants to know your location*

[@mrkitty777]

😁😆😂

[@robertgaines-tulsa]

He knows, and he's not interested... kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXq7gHtnqa99q5Y

[@38911bytefree]

LOL ... but then, it he will have so many rainy days that it will take ages.

[@frixyg2050]

Still, I wouldn't mind seeing it wretchrowbreighted (or one of those spellings).

[@YoStu242]

I have many yellowed devices in my mouth, 8bitguy where art thouuu

[@lurid_phaesporia]

Hah, the calendar's actually got a better user interface than a lot of modern apps these days.

[@bicycleninja1685]

Lurid Phaesporia And everything is in one place and integrated. Today you may have to open several desktop and web apps to do the same thing, interrupted by various prompts and ads. User experience is at the bottom of the list for software and technology companies today. They just want to squeeze more money out of you.

[@bicycleninja1685]

@PrintOmnivore20 Not boomer, am developer. Is boomer an insult these days? I see it thrown around alot. Nothing wrong with being old. You too, one day, will be old, if you're lucky.

[@bicycleninja1685]

@PrintOmnivore20 Son, go back to eating avocado toast and getting high scores on your video games while talking on your Obamaphone.

[@bicycleninja1685]

@PrintOmnivore20 whoosh

[@lurid_phaesporia]

Wow LOL who is this printed omnivore and where on earth did they learn this "boomer" nonsense. A regular internet troll moron that one.

[@CesarAbeid]

The lady from Heidrick & Struggles answered your call on her STC Executel

[@Halfpipesaur]

on the Executel's slave unit

[@CesarAbeid]

Halfpipesaur indeed.

[@jk9554]

@@Halfpipesaur "slave unit" sounds so much worse than it should in that context.

[@CaptainCaveman1170]

@@Halfpipesaur Lololololol

[@harukatakahashi8822]

@@CaptainCaveman1170 Lololololololololololololo

[@zappawench6048]

You've become a telephone sanitizer as per Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy!

[@pegtooth2006]

Yes and he has a forest load of money. If you don't believe me, go ask the head honcho in the large bath tub.

[@ederst9759]

Must have been retrieved from the wreckage of the 'B'' Ark...

[@futurepastnow]

"Faulty Time" Yes, phone, yes it is.

[@dernahstudent2891]

Now more than ever.

[@markusisaksson6023]

Amen 😓

[@alptigin5438]

Hang on, my shoulder pads aren't big enough to be watching this video. I also seem to be out of L.A. Looks Ultra Hold.

[@JeepBoiFL]

I know this is lame but when I saw the note -call___ "if no contact", that phrase sparked memories. Back in the 90s when I had cubicle and tie jobs that was a common sticky note I would place on the wall in front of me. Definitely reminded me of, IMO, better times when a person was only reachable at their office or by paging them. You always had the time to think through the business at hand as opposed to how it is now. Instant is not always the best or most productive. (I used the acronym "INC" on my notes to remind me)

[@binarydinosaurs]

Thanks for the nod to my STC page which I've realised is sorely out of date :) When I first saw one of these back in 2016 I didn't care what it was, I just had to have one. The resemblance to a Beocenter was striking and there's reasons it won a design award. These days thanks to the generosity of STC ex-staffers I have the motherlode of Executel goodness which is awesome, and the demo unit that went around the world will once again be on display at the Centre For Computing History in Cambridge UK at the Retro Weekend on the 7/8th September. Your unit is an early version missing the printer capability, later versions had not only serial printer support (hence your missing key) but also an external RGB socket so you could hook up to a large SCART TV to show off your stocks and shares on Prestel. A quick note about the One Per Desk - the project manager for the Executel was also responsible for the Wunper.

[@GrahamDenison]

Adrian Graham I was thinking OPD as soon as I saw it.

[@binarydinosaurs]

@@GrahamDenison The main difference is that the 3910 is a computerised phone whereas the Wunper is a computer that happens to be nailed to a 2 line phone exchange. I need to revise my OPD page though, I wrote that back in 2002.

[@lucidphreak1137]

youre right.. it DOES look like a B&O device.

[@NicMG]

Clicked the video, waited for a Blade Runner reference, you never let me down.

[@trippmoore]

Eh, with that tiny monitor it looks more like something out of Brazil. Just add a magnifying screen in front and pull off the keyboard cover to expose the wires and it would look exactly like something Sam Lawry would use.

[@TouhaiDensetsu]

@@trippmoore Or straight outta Alien. I bet the software can easily calculate the landing trajectory.

[@stevenjlovelace]

For a machine marketed to millionaires, it's funny that the calculator can't go to a million.

[@jusb1066]

it was to calculate others pay, not their own

[@kaitlyn__L]

This got a laugh from me but then my pedantic mode kicked in and remembered that for them, they usually just count in millions anyway. Like shareholder reports. "255.32” for 255,320,000.

[@ballsrgrossnugly]

@@kaitlyn__L Yup, they simply moved the decimal point 6 places when computing their OWN pay, while doing the grunt's payslips in pov mode with the decimal in the standard position.

[@pannenkoekspek]

@@ballsrgrossnugly i want a "pov mode" button on my keyboard. Just to remind my employees i view them as peasants..

[@mbirth]

Because after buying one, you wouldn't be a millionaire anymore…

[@AthenaNova1]

A way around the Y2K year issue would be to set the calendar year to 1985 or 1991. They have the same days of the week as 2019. That's the way I do it on vintage devices.

[@MusicalArmageddon]

Not 1985, because that wouldn't sync up with leap years. 2020 and 1992 are leap years; 1986 is not.

[@alainportant6412]

@@MusicalArmageddon why are you being a dick?

[@aliatef7203]

@@alainportant6412 correcting someone being considered dick behaviour must be a leading contributor to ignorance everywhere

[@nthgth]

@@aliatef7203 _Mic dropped._ That was actually a very helpful correction

[@imperialspy3457]

@@alainportant6412 the comment is concise, helpful and free of insults. You are the dick here.

[@DjNikGnashers]

You never cease to amaze me, with the sheer number of unheard of technology items you discover. Every video is a learning day, thank you so much.

[@Simple_Jackass]

Until he explained the data of the previous owner stored inside, I was actually wondering if he had taken the time to input a whole bunch of random information just to show us how it worked... I was thinking "man that's some serious dedication there"...

[@Orinslayer]

The 80's and 90's were big on those fake cooling fins.

[@bicycleninja1685]

Orin Anthony Xbox original has them as well.

[@TheDonSapius]

Lol, Atari 2600 though.

[@petros_adamopoulos]

I don't think most fins are fake, there was heat to dissipate even back then.

[@Leo9ine]

All thanks to the Ferrari 512 Testarossa which innovated the design.

[@Wolfstanus]

Most of them weren't fake, just a clever way of hiding the tiny holes

[@OnnieKoski]

I love the idea of having to spin up micro cassettes to spy on someones’s 25 year old calendar. Now all you have to do is ask FaceBook

[@haroonabassi1821]

It really does look like something Sean Connery would have sitting on his desk while he's sipping coffee and viewing security footage on an off-world deep space mining colony.

[@dwoodman26]

13:01 That ringer is a time machine! I was instantly transported back to the 80's.

[@tsdarc]

The design is really reminiscent of old Bang & Olufsen BeoCenter HiFis

[@TheRealColBosch]

That's what I was trying to think of. It really does!

[@tmc-bh1eo]

My thoughts exactly!

[@peterlinddk]

Exactly. Especially the 2200 series, from 1979/1980.

[@JimUK]

Yes that what I thought when I first saw it.

[@beitie]

As an owner of a Beocenter 9000, I agree.

[@JimnyVR5]

Please don‘t start calling your secretary the "slave-unit" after watching this...

[@demogorgonzola]

On the other hand, calling Secretary of State a Slave-Unit is quite funny.

[@bland9876]

Is it ok if the secretary is black?

[@SionynJones]

"primary" and "secondary" is the preferred terminology from master and slave. I'll give you that slave and master is a egregious. But you have to remember techmoan makes videos about periods time. That was just the terminology from a old model of communication standards.

[@ukeyaoitrash2618]

@@SionynJones bdsm uses master and slave all the time and were not gonna change lol So yeah depending on context I think the terms are fine

[@shadshowadradna]

"She'll have access through her keyboard and screen..."

[@AndySmallbone]

My Dad worked for STC all his working life, first in London and then moved to Basildon, Essex in the 60s before moving to Harlow till it became Nortel Networks till he retired. I worked for them as well in Basildon for sometime. Funny that the green phone was also made by STC for BT. They had so much cool tech in the factory including equipment that floated on a bed of air on a special coated floor.

[@mjarbar3204]

I have lived in Basildon since the early 1970's and I wondered why STC sounded familar!

[@BillAnt]

OMG Techmoan has actually smiled at 17:30 ... wooo-hoooo!! ;D

[@MarvelDcImage]

That was an impressive phone receptionist for H&S - I can tell how high quality a firm is in their employee staffing/training based on how professional the receptionist is. Especially these days when firms just replace receptionists with temps if they have any at all.

[@GVCarroll71]

"Don't be surprised if that doesn't ring a bell." I see what you did there.

[@TombstoneChris]

3:30 a.m. here in Florida and I get a notification of a techmoan video and I instantly click. Absolutely one of my favorite channels. I can't wait a smartphone from 1984 wow.

[@tntgamer9138]

3 mins later

[@aidanstenson7063]

I live in Florida too!

[@patricescattolin43]

I winter in Florida 😀

[@aidanstenson7063]

@@patricescattolin43 smart, winter is probably the best time here, except for the snowbirds

[@ChatGPT1111]

ChrisS82 Cocoa Beach here!

[@tychosis]

Per Wikipedia, Heidrick & Struggles appears to be an executive search firm--you know, the companies that go headhunt for people looking for executives. Anyway they apparently started in 1953 and eventually had over 50 offices in six continents.

[@gcewing]

Sounds like they may have been singlehandedly responsible for most of STC's sales of Executels...

[@cgavin1]

50 offices on six continents... nobody has ever heard of them. Definitely a CIA front.

[@dominateeye]

I know this is a few years old now, but I think there's a good chance that this device was in fact used by someone from Heidrick & Struggles. I've looked up their list of offices, and the only places he reads out at 15:36 that aren't on their website are Barcelona and Greenwich. I think it's plausible that those offices got folded into the Madrid and London offices, respectively. Considering that only two of those locations no longer have H&S offices, and one of the phone numbers still works, and this is both a headhunting AND executive consulting firm that would probably send people all over the world... There'd be no proof unless something on the machine specifically mentioned being owned by H&S, of course, but I think it's a reasonable conclusion to say it was owned by that company. Jury's still out on whether it's a CIA front, though.

[@chrisbircham221]

Had one of these in our shop, I finally re-tubed it in 2000 & it still worked fine, everyone thought it was fantastic.

[@AnonyDave]

Perhaps his cocaine habit finally took him in '93 🤔

[@lashyndragon]

The keyboard was probably sticky from all the rails he did off of the surface over the years.

[@AnonyDave]

@@lashyndragon Line of coke, then drop his can of coke on the keyboard. *shudders*

[@sophieewohaa]

That's when he became a Conservative MP.

[@ericpode6095]

@@sophieewohaa could be worse, he could have joined Labour. 🙄

[@steviebboy69]

@@lashyndragon Maybe also sticky because of all the Nicotine and Tar residue. Maybe Mr Retromancave can retro bright the thing.,

[@mittfh]

"And he takes a train from London to Runcorn - it can't be all fun and games, can it?!" 😁

[@lucidphreak1137]

what does that mean? im a yank and have zero clue what the meaning of that is..... obviously he was being "cheeky" though. :)

[@lucidphreak1137]

ahhh.. in that its a long commute?

[@tigerchillyable]

lucid phreak Runcorn is a shithole. Watch a show called 2 pints of larger and packet of crisps.

[@sagichnicht6748]

The minicassette was Made in Austria. Oh those were the days :) Greetings from Austria.

[@SudaNIm103]

Beautiful. Looks kind of like an early AT&T Merlin deskset that was the unlikely love child of a B&O BeoMaster, and a Mitsubishi Visitel, but manufactured by Tandberg. I love it!

[@areyouserious3092]

What a fantastic looking piece of equipment and someone got value for money out of it by using it for over ten years lol. Brilliant video buddie.

[@cubeflinger]

In love with that screen. Right out of alien.

[@wrestleswithangels]

This had been one of the most fascinating pieces of retro tech that I've seen. Thanks for sharing!!

[@da5idnz]

It looks like something you might have seen in _Space 1999_

[@da5idnz]

@John Stroud With flared trousers :)

[@dashcamandy2242]

"Space: 1999" just randomly began showing up in my recommended videos about a week ago, and I've been on/off binge watching... Yes, it would fit the series nicely.

[@JohnnyX50]

The look on your face when the lady answers was bloody hilarious :D

[@woofgbruk5947]

This would not have looked out of place on CMDR Straker`s desk in Gerry Anderson`s UFO!

[@hiterss]

Hahaha I LOVE YOUR CURIOSITY dialing the numbers, trying to figure out what company could've been 😂😂! Love from Mexico

[@TwoWholeWorms]

Damn you, I've been after one of these for ages for a project, and now the bloody prices are gonna shoot through the roof. xD

[@carriageofnoreturn.1881]

I was using one of these until recently when it died in a house move - best phone ever invented. Let me know if you want any instruction manuals. Also, the mystery button you mention at the end was a printer button on the next iteration. Lovely to see one still working!

[@deadfreightwest5956]

6:26 - You are seriously overdue for that meeting with Chris Canty Kapiti!

[@jasonrfoss248]

Kapiti is in New Zealand and H&S had an office in Wellington New Zealand that serviced that area. Unfortunately Chris Canty is also the name of a fairly well-known American football player so if you Google the name that's all you really get.

[@avishinka]

Best was calling and sneaking into personal details. Loved that.

[@acoow]

Boy did you ever fool me! When I saw a phone handset on a keyboard in the thumbnail for the video, I was 100% convinced it was a gag to tease us into a video showing something different. What a surprise!

[@wavetrex]

AMD CPU. Still working fine 35 years later.

[@Crazy_Borg]

It's not a K5, which explains why it has not melted through the board. Yet.

[@Phenom98]

... is this a fanboy comment? Intel chips from that era are bulletproof, too. As long as the power supply is good.

[@wavetrex]

@@Phenom98 Yeah. It is... or it's supposed to look like one ;-) I buy whatever CPU or GPU or hardware component is good at the time of purchase, doesn't matter who makes it. But it's fun from time to time to start some flame wars between actual fanboys ... ^.^

[@Phenom98]

@@wavetrex I agree. Thats why I'm rocking a Ryzen 5. Bought it a month ago for $135 :) whatever is fast and cheap.

[@sj65535]

AMD's Intel-compatible CPUs, before the 386, were simply "second source". They got the masks from Intel under license and simply manufactured the chips. So basically the design and technology is all Intel, and AMD's role was to diversify the supply chain in case there was a issue at the Intel fab.

[@tubester4567]

New York, London, Paris, Munich, everybody talkiin about Pop Music!! The younger kids probably didnt understand that reference. Song is called Pop Muzik by M

[@fordtechchris]

Or those who just don't listen to that style of music.

[@ericwoytasek269]

Happy times!

[@dereksmith7781]

It looks like the video phone they used In aliens! Try calling Wayland Yutani corporate office 😂😂

[@kingcobrajfssepaboosterclub]

Bought out by Walmart

[@RadicalCaveman]

All you need is a very long phone cord, a very long power cord, and a huge lanyard and you have yourself a somewhat mobile phone.

[@mattround5071]

No Matt, the 'Pop Music' joke was brilliant!! Thanks for all the great content..

[@stulop]

Yes, that gave me a chuckle.

[@wojiaobill]

I still remember when call display was introduced. What a breakthrough that was!

[@Popk1ller]

This Telephone will fit perfectly standing nearby an late 80's bang & olufsen stereo system

[@Popk1ller]

@@NuGanjaTron they Made the beocom phones en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeoCom

[@MEKKANNOID]

I went to the Heidrick & Struggles channel to see if any Techmoan viewers had visited and left a mark. I was not disappointed.

[@Christopher-N]

This device reminds me that I miss having a pocket electronic organizer. What I don't miss is the hinges on the protective cover failing.

[@mistermatix8241]

Looks like something designed by Bang & Olufsen, their horizontal components had that same look.

[@quirqq]

1k+ bonus points for the Pop Muzik joke! Does it come with a fresh keytar shoulder strap? Any salacious ASCII art on the casstte? :P

[@ericwoytasek269]

Misses-a Wiggens, you come in here right-a now. I can't figure out how to use this darn-a thing!

[@sweethomeboston2720]

Beautiful! ROFL! Here's the original Tudball/Wiggins intercom sketch in case you didn't look it up kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXq9cmqdnd2KeLM Loved the way she would always wind him up and bust his ______

[@ericwoytasek269]

@@sweethomeboston2720 Lol! Thanks!

[@dadadaddyoo]

Thanks for the Carol Burnett reference! Really takes me back, in a good way.

[@patrickmccurry1563]

Oh, my. That pop music joke is not something younger fans of this channel could possibly get. lol But thanks, for getting that song stuck in my head again.

[@stevec00ps]

My dad once worked for STC in Basildon, Essex. I remember him telling me it stood for "Sod The Customer" :)

[@ALurkingGrue]

You are now officially a telephone sanitizer.

[@neonte13]

Man, I really need to get around to rewatching Blade Runner! Actually, I was thinking of Max Headroom, for where it could come from, what with everything having a telly screen. I could totally see Theora talking to Edison, with his camera feed appearing on the phone's screen, then Murray comes in, turns the screen so he can see it, Theora huffs sarcastically before leaning in to see, again. As a bonus, Max could pop up on it, later, and pretend to be an uppity business man.

[@goodtimeswerehad]

I worked at STC in New Southgate in the early 90’s and when it became Northern Telecom. I installed PABX systems similar to this called SDX that also had a top end device of this nature. Thanks for a trip down memory lane

[@calmeilles]

The rainbow ribbon cables inside are just adorable.

[@gushiperson]

Look up the AT&T Personal Terminal 510. Touchscreen, computer terminal integrated with phone. Similar idea but wildly different execution. Super rare and I'd love to see TechMoan or Fran Blanche do an exploration of one.

[@dudleyblokerave]

I'd buy that for a dollar!

[@danielstephenson7558]

I like your self realisation at the terribleness of that joke towards the end. Gave me a quick giggle that did.

[@richardalderton1047]

A salutary lesson in scrubbing your personal data from devices before getting rid of them!

[@Strawberry92fs]

It looks like a phone I'd see in a ridley scott movie. Lol you just said it as I was typing.

[@thedaniespot]

Caboose 92m great minds think alike

[@francisfarmer6005]

U r my fav geek/dork on the whole internet! Much Love

[@leisergeist]

Well that's fascinating! ViewData... I bet someone savvy enough could write a bridge on a Raspberry Pi to connect that with some social media, lol.

[@Wilson84KS]

That thing is so cool, keeping things original is nice, but in this case I think it would be a shame not to modify it with a rasperry or kinda micro pc, a nice touchscreen, but keep the original look, I really think I would use it, actually I have a pen and some paper close to my phone and sometimes search for number on my smartphone snd call then from the other one, with such a system I could do it all and it doesn't need more more power than an older DECT phone.

[@MrDuncl]

I didn't realise Viewdata was obsolete. Looking on Wikipedia it says "As of 2015, Viewdata was still in use in the United Kingdom, mainly by the travel industry.".

[@leisergeist]

I more meant some sort of external bridge that emulates the original protocols on the phone line, rather than modifying anything, but I don't know if such a thing is even possible... MrDuncl Really? It's actually pretty impressive that it's lasted into the smartphone era!

[@MrDuncl]

@@leisergeist I'm sure it would be possible with a Raspberry Pi, an old modem (not a soft modem) , and a bit of software. Teletext enthusiasts have done something similar to route news feeds into teletext generators.. Regarding travel agents using Prestel, the last time I went in one (over a decade ago) they were running Prestel as an application on a PC. I don't know what the situation is now but I don't think people would be very impressed if they were using the same equipment and websites as the general public.

[@leisergeist]

MrDuncl D'oh, if they just use a regular old modem that'd certainly make it easier. In my mind I was over complicating it by thinking of how Teletext works for some reason.. I'll go ahead and blame that on late-night-brain, since I'm *totally* not a moron /s Wouldn't seem too daunting as long as the protocol is documented out there...

[@TatsuZZmage]

And this is why so much tech gets shredded now, instead of being allowed to walk out the door.

[@DRDCC]

Very cool video. Love the B&O style of this device.

[@areyouserious3092]

Lol i thought the very same thing buddie and you got to admit it sure is a very attractive phone for that time.

[@TheRealColBosch]

I seriously would not mind having a desk phone like this today - and something like a Beocenter on the wall. Maybe I'll track down some busted units and fill them with modern components.

[@areyouserious3092]

@@TheRealColBosch sounds like a plan lol

[@pkeshish]

This video and device (STC Executel) just became my favorite! :-) The design is lovely. Simply gorgeous. Thank you.

[@TheOriginalEUrban]

The yellowing just gives it that classic beige IBM aesthetic.

[@777anarchist]

The fact it's not pocketable doesn't mean it's not a smartphone! Have respect mate!

[@joeblankenship377]

Remember when a cell phone was considered a luxury? You'd see someone pull one out and mock them for thinking that they're some kind of big shot that needs to be able to make calls everywhere.

[@TheChiefHobbit]

What a fantastic machine , kind of reminds me of a lot of my Bang & Olufsen stereos! with its “stainless steel” like finish and sleek design. Overall great video!

[@masterluisYTV]

bang & olufsen has garbage equipment.so it makes sense

[@jk9554]

week numbers on the calendar... watch and learn, Microsoft, watch and learn!

[@Brookspirit]

I'd love to see you do a review of the Seiko UC-2000 Wristwatch Computer, it was from the same period.

[@Kochiha]

This is one of the coolest-looking things I've ever seen. I want to build one now, a sort of modern hardware-based version.

[@otopico]

I very much appreciated the M joke at the end. Talk about, pop music.

[@Hykje]

Does that thing detect Replicants?

[@gregx5096]

Now imagining Techmoan's (April Fools?) video "What we've got to show you today is a Voight-Kampff unit, in reasonable condition." 😂

[@pourlefun]

Your theory for why this unit was in-use until 1993 is very likely spot-on.

[@Techmoan]

That section originally went on longer with an anecdote which illustrated the point, but I get told my videos are too long, so I cut it.

[@raymondnichols4564]

My wife worked her way through university as a temp legal secretary, most offices used Word Perfect for DOS (it was the 80s). They would spend $10,000+ on macros to write wills or whatever. We were shocked to hear that even in 2014 some law firms were still using DOS versions of Word Perfect so they could keep using those macros they invested so much in.

[@wormyguy]

@@Techmoan Aw.

[@tomnewsom9124]

Yep. My boss has his emails printed out, then replies via his secretary on Dictaphone

[@ShadowTheHedgehog85]

@@Techmoan in no way are your videos to long. They are entertaining and it wouldn't harm to make them a bit longer, especially if there is something to tell that links to the subject. Now I'm curious to know what that anecdote is. 😂

[@politicaltrucker5269]

Idk what it is but I love your videos. Once I start watching I can’t stop till the end

[@juanarellano5511]

This "yellowish" device, was part of the history of the modern office .... A concept, which formed the basis for an industry, with a focus on business ... A piece of unique and special history .... ( If the calendar does not work at a date greater than 1993, it is why the software is NOT updated, this, and the battery of the real time clock (RTC) that was sulphated "battery Rotten"). good video, greetings from Mexico

[@mikecowen6507]

@Techmoan Pop Musik! Well done, Matt! You know your audience to a "T".

[@TimWochomurka]

I'm a few years younger than the song, but instantly caught the reference so... Definitely knows his audience.

[@DJTomOke]

A return to form.

[@BlahBleeBlahBlah]

Absolutely - bravo Matt! 👏

[@davidchristensen6908]

Yup your right I do want to know about this. What an amazing find. It is just a fascinating time capsule of that persons appointments and schedule on a machine that has been long forgotten. Just exactly what we love to snoop through and remember back to that point in time. It will make a nice addition to your museum. Some university needs to give you an honorary degree in electronic history of home, office and industrial electronics. Nice find.

[@StephanS]

Fun Fact: The BIS (Bank for International Settlements) is a large Tower in (my hometown) Basel in Switzerland, that looks like a giant robot leg from the 80s. The design of the building fits perfectly with the phone. Google: Basel BIS or BIZ

[@TechnologistAtWork]

Send it to David The 8-Bit Guy to retrobright it. He'd have a great day dealing with this relic.

[@reinplat]

But how do you activate the Voight-Kampff mode?

[@jimd385]

........dim the blinds, spark up a huge yellow cigarette, and ask a series of odd questions in a bored and indifferent manner.

[@MrUlski]

reinplat It’s your birthday. Someone gives you a calfskin wallet.

[@jimd385]

MrUlski .......I wouldn’t accept it, also, I’d report the person who gave it to me to the police.

[@MrUlski]

Jim D Deckard: One more question. You're watching a stage play. A banquet is in progress. The guests are enjoying an appetizer of raw oysters. The entree consists of boiled dog.

[@jimd385]

MrUlski .........Awkward pause, (perhaps indicating a lack of subtlety in her programming) take a huge puff from her cigarette, blow out an impressive plume of billowy smoke combined with a look which suggests barely concealed annoyance. VK machine crunches it’s numbers, and makes its assessment. Harrison (throughout) looks bored.

[@IDann1]

Ahah, funny 😂 music joke at end..You would have to be a certain age to understand that😎

[@thedungeondelver]

I loved it. As soon as he listed the cities off like that I was like - o man is he going to...yes he did! :D

[@Phenom98]

I am 21 and when he started listing the cities earlier in the video, my dumb brain still thought of pop muzik automatically lol

[@IDann1]

Y e e t juice Younger people always have a lot more music choice than us old people, because they have got a bigger music library to choose from

[@Oldermodels_are_twitchy]

New York, London, Paris, Munich - Thanks for that earworm Techmoan...

[@rkan2]

Everybody talk about... Which version did you get?

[@rkan2]

@@davidjames579 Try google

[@s.kxx1956]

New york, paris, peckham you mean haha

[@greenaum]

You know how is is with those hydrogen struggles. Chasing it around with butterfly nets, while it's all floating around in the air, so you can put it into tanks and sell it to customers. It's a proper struggle. No wonder they have so many offices, probably need to keep a lot of staff. [I just looked it up - it really IS Heidrick and Struggles! Man I bet Struggles had a hard time attracting women.]

[@CDRaff]

When you were talking about the owner of this phone using it so late in it's life I was reminded of my dad. He was a lawyer and used PFS: First Choice 3.0(released in 89) for all his billing, and paperwork until he retired in 2005ish.

[@GNeuman]

All very good, but can you do a Voight-Kampff Test with it?

[@Tony32]

This is the phone they used to upload the matrix.

[@ml.2770]

No retrobrite? 8-bit guy has left the chat.

[@terenas1986]

Thank you for ringing the phone!!!

[@Donfuy]

What impressed me the most was the user interface for the agenda. Very clear and well laid out. I've seen a lot of proper smartphone apps that are way way worse.

[@themagicboy6548]

Meeting with the BBC, KFC in Hong Kong... definitely interesting

[@kaitlyn__L]

Of course, Hong Kong was still a British territory at that point. Just treated as an extension of the UK, and handily close to East Asian manufacture for meetings too. It's still weird for me to think of Hong Kong like that, even just in terms of how were things before.

[@mons.romerodurante8086]

@@kaitlyn__L It's ok, there's still another 14 colonial tax havens for you to compare and contrast. It's why Brexit happened. The City can't survive any major tax auditing by the EU and in 2014 / 15 the Brussels corridors were full of chatter about major Interpol investigations. Turns out the reason half of Asia and Africa are bankrupt is because Lloyds, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan Chase etc etc have stolen all their natural resources and stashed the money in the Turks and Caicos islands. More Pimms, Binky ?