Did touch screens really exist back then? - Die Hard (1988) Discussion

[–] Nikostratos 9 years ago

Yes they did, the technology was definitely there. I worked at a similar building in the late 80`s, and we had a touch screen directory.

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[–] BlueNoodle79 9 years ago

That's pretty cool. I wonder why it took so long to become main stream.

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[–] BlueNoodle79 9 years ago

That makes good sense, thanks.

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[–] greatwareagle 9 years ago

Yeah, they didn't respond or perform well at all back then.

The one I encountered in 1986 never found my zipper when I had to take a leak, as advertised. I was....pissed...

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[–] MurphAndTheMagicTones 9 years ago

The one I encountered in 1986 never found my zipper when I had to take a leak, as advertised. I was....pissed...

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[–] contreraschz 9 years ago

It's not really a technology thing as much as a marketing thing. Apple made it a thing ten years ago and then everybody copied them.

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[–] anjansons 8 years ago

Nah, pretty much a technology thing. Apple made them more usable as they were before. Maybe not the screen itself, but UI for the screen. I remember using them on phones before Apple and it was just not the same as when Apple did them. Even if Apple copycats that followed sucked in comparison, people switched to them because now it as fancy to use one. But to get to that point, Apple still had to innovate.

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[–] Solastine (1104) 3 years ago

Apple did nothing important, apple only stole existing technology and claimed they owned it all. but crapple knows how to market.

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[–] DrRumack 9 years ago

I first saw them at Disney World in 1984.

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[–] SpaceMountainMike 9 years ago

I first saw them at Disney World in 1984.

Somehow that makes sense. Disney has always been ahead of its time. This traces back to Walt Disney himself.

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[–] millsey72 (10939) 3 years ago

Yes and Disney got way ahead of themselves again making Star Wars

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[–] RIP_IMDb 9 years ago

My former brother-in-law and my sister (back in the late 70s) had a Bang & Olufsen stereo that worked with a simple touch to it's glass-like surface. Not the normal buttons and dials that most others used at the time. So just by touch like a touch-screen. I thought it was the coolest stereo-system ever back then.

Well, most people are idiots with bad taste...so there!

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[–] Willus_A 9 years ago

The ATMs at Expo 86 in Vancouver had touch screens.

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[–] Nipsey_Russell 9 years ago

^this

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[–] werkis2002 9 years ago

60th tech :D
http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2015/04/touchscreen-inventors.html

Altough laser disk to was inwented already in 1959. In 1972 jaws first movie on laser disk . Altough VHS took over cause it was so cheap comparing to LD.

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[–] Mensa1856 (135) 3 years ago

Jaws came out in 1975.

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[–] SpaceMountainMike 9 years ago

My dad had one from HP in 1983.

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[–] 06986 9 years ago

Touchscreens have been around for decades, even the early 80's. It did not catch on because they were and are horrible ergonomically. They are so annoying in cars. I remember a touchscreen at the rental car building in Charleston SC near the military airport. I believe the Buick Regatta and some GM models had touchscreens but they were so unreliable and un ergonomic they fell out of favor. I hope the touchscreen fad goes away, buttons are so much more intuitive.

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[–] anjansons 8 years ago

buttons are so much more intuitive.

yeah right... touchscreens exist for a reason, they're definitely not going away :D LOL at calling something which is used in billions of devices a fad

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[–] Vega_Lyra 8 years ago

I was going to bring up the GM cars back in the late 1980's. A friend had an Olds Toronado with the touch screen. It wasn't too bad but it wasn't the greatest either. Regular buttons would have worked better. I believe it actually had some limited voice commands as well.

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[–] Gwasgray 9 years ago

I remember touch screens were often in museums and tourist attractions I'd visit as a kid in the early 90s.

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[–] willywonkasrevenge 9 years ago

I remember Cub (a grocery chain in Minneapolis) had touchscreen directories in the 80s. I used to think they were so cool.

Remember when the fully touchscreen bridge on the Next Generation Enterprise was so futuristic looking? The technology only took about 10 to catch up and become mainstream.

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[–] tyrexden 9 years ago

The big brick phone Argyle was using was actually an early prototype of the iPhone 5s.

i'm just surprised they had cars back then.

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[–] GreenGoblinsOckVenom86 9 years ago

i'm just surprised they had cars back then.

I'm sure you're joking but cars in movies go back to the 30s with the original Scarface which was one of the first movies with a car chase to be filmed in Chicago, Illinois.

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