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createdinstantphotographs.We

don’t

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anymore.Nowadays,we………OldInventionsVHScassetteswereusedforwatchingmoviesonyourTVwithaVHS(VideoHomeSystem)playercalledaVCR(VideoCassetteRecording).Thereweremanyrentalshopstorentmovies,oryoucouldrecordyourfavoriteTVshowsfromtheTV.ThesedaysDVDplayershavereplacedthem.Inthepast,peopleusedtowatch

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usedtomake

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days,we

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floppy

disks.They

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days,we

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TVs

usedtobe

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expensiveandmostpeoplecouldn’t

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anymore.

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instead.Backintheday,people…haveTVs

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instead.OldInventionsTypewriterswereinventedinthe1830sandwereusedupuntilthe1980s,whentheywerereplacedbycomputers.Manyjournalistsandwritersusedthem,buttheyarenotasconvenientascomputers.Backintheday,journalistsandwriters

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don’tusethat

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………..computers………...OldInventionsDatingfromaround1890Vinylrecordshavetinygroovesandaneedleontherecordplayerreadsthemusic.Vinylrecordsarestillusedtoday.ManyDJsandmusicloversstillprefertheirsoundtoaCDoraMP3.Vinylrecordscomeinthreecommonsizesandhavethreepossiblespeeds.groovesaneedleaVinylrecordarecordplayerAround1890,peopleputVinylrecordsonrecordplayers.ManyDJsandmusiclovers

stillusethem

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Vinylrecords.Others

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