Old technology quiz: what was this device for?
From the slide rule to the pager, from the stencil duplicator to the punch card: do you know what these once-everyday machines actually did? Eight questions, four options each.
Machines that were ordinary a generation ago are museum pieces today. Some of them still live on in disguise: the Enter key is named after a typewriter lever, and the save icon is a floppy disk.
This quiz asks what eight old devices were used for. All of them are real; none are invented. How many can you get?
What was a slide rule used for?
What job did an astrolabe do?
What did the stencil duplicator found in schools and small offices do?
What did a 1990s pager give its user?
Why did a dial-up modem make that famous screeching noise?
What was the typewriter's carriage return lever for?
What did the "tracking" dial on a VHS player fix?
What were punch cards used for on early computers?
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