Comments on: Vintage computer ads http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/01/vintage-computer-ads/ Ever get the feeling you're living in the wrong time? Thu, 03 Nov 2024 22:08:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jinx http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/01/vintage-computer-ads/#comment-71992 Jinx Thu, 29 Sep 2024 09:39:36 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=10421#comment-71992 Oh god, I'm old. I remember these ads, and used and owned many of these machines.... Sigh, the Internet - I remember when all of this was fields... Oh god, I’m old. I remember these ads, and used and owned many of these machines….

Sigh, the Internet – I remember when all of this was fields…

]]> By: Aneesah http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/01/vintage-computer-ads/#comment-56744 Aneesah Sat, 30 Jul 2024 17:54:19 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=10421#comment-56744 WOW! Just got a sincere LOL from the print ads for the TI 99/4a. That was the first computer I had any experience with--it was my older brother's and my mother bought it for him despite the fact that he EXPRESSLY asked for an Atari. She's a teacher so I suppose her reasoning was that the TI 99 could be used for games as well as educational software? I'm sure she was also swayed a bit by Bill Cosby--she would've have probably bought crack from that Pudding pushing,crazy sweater-wearing funny man,haha! Anyway, nice trip down memory lane. WOW! Just got a sincere LOL from the print ads for the TI 99/4a. That was the first computer I had any experience with–it was my older brother’s and my mother bought it for him despite the fact that he EXPRESSLY asked for an Atari. She’s a teacher so I suppose her reasoning was that the TI 99 could be used for games as well as educational software? I’m sure she was also swayed a bit by Bill Cosby–she would’ve have probably bought crack from that Pudding pushing,crazy sweater-wearing funny man,haha! Anyway, nice trip down memory lane.

]]> By: Fuzztone http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/01/vintage-computer-ads/#comment-49136 Fuzztone Thu, 23 Jun 2024 12:40:12 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=10421#comment-49136 I remember most of these ads from OMNI magazine. Still got them somewhere though probably cut up for collage purposes. I remember most of these ads from OMNI magazine. Still got them somewhere though probably cut up for collage purposes.

]]> By: raeesmerelda http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/01/vintage-computer-ads/#comment-41315 raeesmerelda Sun, 06 Mar 2024 05:22:24 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=10421#comment-41315 This makes me miss the TRS-80, though I know my parents never did ANY home finances on ours! Programming in BASIC (or at least, getting my brother to do it) when I was in elementary school was highly entertaining. This makes me miss the TRS-80, though I know my parents never did ANY home finances on ours!

Programming in BASIC (or at least, getting my brother to do it) when I was in elementary school was highly entertaining.

]]> By: William http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/01/vintage-computer-ads/#comment-38631 William Thu, 17 Feb 2024 23:17:30 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=10421#comment-38631 That Royal McBee LGP-30 is a famous machine http://www.cs.utah.edu/~elb/folklore/mel.html That Royal McBee LGP-30 is a famous machine
http://www.cs.utah.edu/~elb/folklore/mel.html

]]> By: Russell http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/01/vintage-computer-ads/#comment-34356 Russell Sat, 05 Feb 2024 16:54:27 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=10421#comment-34356 Time travel so it's possible by looking into the past...No physical danger, interesting not a patch on the Tardis or a Novel by Michael Moorcock. All the same a interesting concept. Time travel so it’s possible by looking into the past…No physical danger, interesting not a patch on the Tardis or a Novel by Michael Moorcock. All the same a interesting concept.

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