Retired Tech Museum Catalog

A museum-catalog entry on Bandai's original 1996 Tamagotchi, where three buttons, a tiny monochrome screen, and a keychain turned care into a portable routine.

A museum-catalog entry on Apple's first-generation 2001 iPod, where 5 GB, FireWire, and a mechanical wheel made the desktop music library portable.

A museum-catalog entry on Sony's 1997 MVC-FD5, the digital camera that made a standard 3.5-inch floppy disk the handoff point between camera and computer.

A museum-catalog entry on the 1983 TRS-80 Model 100, the battery-powered notebook that put field writing and dial-up communication in one case.

A museum-catalog entry on the 1996 Pilot 1000, the pocket organizer that made desktop synchronization part of everyday handheld computing.

A museum-catalog look at Nintendo's original Game Boy DMG-01, pairing its grey handheld form with verified specs and the late-1980s design choice that favored battery life and cartridges over color-screen spectacle.

A museum-catalog look at Apple's original Bondi Blue iMac G3, pairing its translucent polycarbonate shell with verified period specs and the home-Internet context that made it a late-1990s design object.

A three-card design-museum catalog entry for Sony's first Walkman, pairing object view, verified specs, and the late-1970s shift toward private portable listening.