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Motorola StarTAC, Mattel Football and More: Re/code’s Weekly #tbt (Throwback Tech)

Check out this week’s old-school gadgets, courtesy of our Re/code readers.

At Re/code, #tbt isn’t just Throwback Thursday — it’s Throwback-Tech Day, an opportunity to showcase some of the best old-school gadgets our readers share with us.

We started Throwback Tech during the Code Conference in May, when I asked a bunch of conference-goers to share their favorite first gadgets (and even convinced a couple of people to mimic the AOL dial-up sound — thanks Matt Mullenweg!) I had so much fun with it that we thought, why not do it on a more regular basis?

Check out this week’s below, submitted through Twitter:

https://twitter.com/TreyMojo/status/484711524930703361

https://twitter.com/mikefoley/status/484710635549122560

https://twitter.com/emilyhornSF/status/484705725369704449

https://twitter.com/seanmills/status/484472257012432899

https://twitter.com/ifostore/status/484466592806215681

https://twitter.com/woodlandalyssa/status/484464766354591745

https://twitter.com/lhhalstead/status/484389653093830656

https://twitter.com/froesei/status/484384396368027648

https://twitter.com/karenjnovak/status/484363901367103488

https://twitter.com/khawe/status/484360721342291968

This article originally appeared on Recode.net.

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