Today’s post brings a tear to the eye. Retro computer advertisements. For all you 21st Century learners, there were indeed, computers before iPads….
How many readers remember…
- penril modems;
- digi-log systems;
- when 16K of RAM was enormous;
- 80MB for under $12,000;
- Technico Inc;
- Honeywell;
- Issac Asimov flogging colour computers;
- Tandy 2000;
- Introduction of Microsoft Excel;
- Elvira flogging paper-less solutions?
Image courtesy of Retronaut
Check out all of the advertising and have a smile here: http://www.retronaut.co/2011/09/we-call-it-a-penril-modem/
Teachers, as you meet your students today, remind them that there was life before Angry Birds!
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I absolutely love that ad!