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A place to share and discuss Cassette Futurism: media where the technology closely matches the computers and technology of the 70s and 80s.

Whether it's bright colors and geometric shapes, the tendency towards stark plainness, or the the lack of powerful computers and cell phones, Cassette Futurism includes: Cassettes, ROM chips, CRT displays, computers reminiscent of microcomputers like the Commodore 64, freestanding hi-fi systems, small LCD displays, and other analog technologies.

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Citroen BX "Digit" 1985 (lh6.googleusercontent.com)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Source with a lot more images: Dark Roasted Blend: Flash Dance: Digital Dashboards of the 1980s

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Citroën used to be so avant garde it's ridiculous. Nowadays they make uninspired cars, but they used to be the bomb.

Go watch the grand tour on French automotive design and beside laughing your ass of you'll see that the French had a penchant of doing things differently, sometimes with great success and sometimes not so much.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The thing about citroen that i find interesting is that they are always the most comfortable cars i have ever been in.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

They pioneered hydraulic suspension, which means they have the feeling of floating instead of driving. This technology waar also used by Mercedes and Rolls Royce.

I mentioned the grand tour, where Clarkson admits the CX being the most comfortable car he's driven. They prove this by having some interns disabling a bomb in the trunk whilst driving over cobblestones.

Rather unfortunately the last Citroën with that suspension was made in 2007. So modern Citroëns are meh.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That suspension design was also infamous for being unreliable, so there's that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Yup and many French quirks are different because of the sake of it, even disregarding practicality completely.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

God, old car interiors are rad!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

(In case you missed it) You will like the source of the image.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thanks for that! Here’s a crazy link I found there: https://www.markscustomkits.com/trans-am-interior.htm

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

(IMHO) That would be a great post for this community :).

I suggest to choose one image and send it as a link (so lemmy shows it in the thumbnail), you can include the source on the post body.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I’m on mobile and bouncing around. Please feel free!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Hehe, no hurry, I'll save the link to post some other day. There are plenty of images for a lot of posts :).