Vintage PC ads

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By Gareth Branwyn
Posted 2010/07/14 @ 2:52 pm
Category Computers & Mobile, Electronics

Remember these ads? I sure do. I remember a surprising number of them, from magazines like Byte and PC Age.

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12 Responses to Vintage PC ads

SKR on July 14th, 2010 at 9:34 pm said:

COCO!!!!

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fiilfin on July 15th, 2010 at 12:14 am said:

I have to laugh a little when I see ads for “vintage” clothing shops that jack the price for old clothes when you can find the same things at the Salvation Army for fifty cents.

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Jochem on July 15th, 2010 at 1:47 am said:

The guy in the first picture kinda looks like an old Collin Cunningham to me…

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Simon on July 15th, 2010 at 3:11 am said:

Ah, the VIC 20. My first computer. That’s the biorhythm software shown on screen I believe and Captain Kirk himself advertising it. I loved that thing so much ‘VIC 20′ is the number plate I put on the car I just spent 6 years restoring (the car is also called Vicky 2 – different story). If it wasn’t for that computer getting me interested and into the industry I am not sure I could afford expensive hobbies like building cars now.

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CircuitGizmo on July 15th, 2010 at 6:19 am said:

I remember about half of those ads. The commentary is a little disappointing, though. We can ALL do the math. What would have been nice is a date to go with the ads, and some information other than what we can see and calculate from the ad image. There just wasn’t effort put into the list.

Sequential, historical, and “fun” facts would have made that a pleasant trip down memory lane. Instead it was like reading a grocery list.

I wish I hadn’t tossed all of my Byte and Kilobaud magazines.

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Alan Parekh on July 15th, 2010 at 1:00 pm said:

That’s a blast from the past!

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Richrd Jack on May 30th, 2011 at 5:18 am said:

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Roslynjazz Smith on May 31st, 2011 at 10:51 am said:

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