# If "Back to The Future" were a thing today, what would be the contrast?

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**Created:** [November 12, 2021, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-back-to-the-future-were-a-thing-today-what-would-be-the-contrast/954240 "2021-11-12T11:56:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-back-to-the-future-were-a-thing-today-what-would-be-the-contrast/954240/69 "2021-11-14T04:44:27Z")

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Here is a thread that is tangential related to time traveling back to 1991:

> [@Could the people of 1983 connect to my Macbook Pro?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-people-of-1983-connect-to-my-macbook-pro/438039):
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> In [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=455773), Sampiro raises the intriguing possibility of spending a month in 1983. I mention bring my computer back to 1983, and wonder whether the people then could connect to it. I’d like to expand on that question here. So… a [Macbook Pro](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook_Pro). In 1983. Let’s assume that it has the power adaptor and power cord, but no other accessories. How would people in 1983 be able to connect to it? It has no RS-232 serial port, no VGA port. There’s a DVI port for an external monitor, but that’s output o…

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