There are a lot of things that date it, but for me one of the things that seems most grounded in the early 80s is the description of connectors and converters.

There are a lot of things that date it, but for me one of the things that seems most grounded in the early 80s is the description of connectors and converters. If you ever had to deal with non-standard serial ports, or the plethora of different SCSI connectors then you’ll feel the pain of needing to connect two things and desperately searching for the right cable to do it with.