In 1991 I lived in Cupertino, 3 blocks from Apple HQ. I was doing a summer internship at NASA Ames Research Center working on an Army stealth project for helicopters. I was 19 at the time and didn’t quite realize the Valley was about to go through lots of changes. All I was concerned about was making some cash to get a good car and to also get my first cell phone. Imagine, being 19 in 1991 and having a cell phone, it was cool, and freaken expensive. I remember, GTE was the operator and their coverage was weak, which meant I roamed all the time between the Silicon Valley and the Central Valley.
Take a look at the Technophone Mobile Telephone, model MC915A, made in 1990. She was piece of work, for a bag phone, it was top of the line, small, light, and sturdy. I used it for a couple years until the Motorola Microtac came out, which then followed by the famous Startac, but thats another story…
–and so it went
