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These Covers Of Magazines Advertising Computers In The 80’s Will Make You Go Back In Time
Now you probably can't even imagine your life without a computer. But computers weren't always that common and there was a time when computers were advertised on magazine covers. If you like computers and are kind of nostalgic, you'll love these covers.
If you like computers and are kind of nostalgic, you'll love seeing these covers from 30 years ago, when many readers of the Bored Panda weren't even born yet.
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Yep. Early home computers kept the cost down by interfacing to TVs that customers already owned. Even the more professional Apple IIe used composite video for the same reason.
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Tandy's TRS-80, two joysticks, floppy disk drive, dot matrix printer. If you're wondering where the actual computer is, it's under the keyboard :)
Our first home computer was a TRS-80 mod 1 lvl 1 that ran on cassette tapes....dang I'm old.
"Ok mom next you hit the w button..." "You mean the one that says enter?" "No mom the letter w" "You mean this red one" "Jesus Christ mom the letter W!"
"Look! There is a key. And another one, And another one. Yikes, almost one for each letter in the alphabet!"
It took a long time for typewriter users to get used to the fact that there was a "1" key on computers!
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Isn't that the daughter from Different Strokes? She's definitely on drugs in this picture. But then again I bet the photographer was too. Oh the 80's.
The sheer weight of these things will definitely give you that workout :)
So many women using computers on the front pages of magazines and still the loudest men wanted computers all for themselves. Tsk tsk tsk (sorry to bring politics into this, but I couldn't not notice).
That's because computer programming used to be a female-dominated field back in the day. http://www.startupdaily.net/2015/02/women-didnt-just-recently-start-coding-actually-stopped-coding-decades-ago/
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My mum used to have a white box-like computer back in 2007. It really pissed her off because it was kinda slow and had a really small amount of modern functions but nevertheless, that memory of her, sitting behind the chestnut-colored desk and using the "stupid crumbling" computer often comes to my mind when I think about my early childhood years.
Great collection! I remember those days all too well. So, what about the Amiga??? There was a time when the Amiga was absolutely the platform for early color graphics and 3D rendering development (even before the "video toaster"). I had several of these in my basement home computer lab at the time . . . oh well, just tossing in my 2 cents worth here.
When I worked summers at IBM during college I remember one of the secretaries (which is what they were called then!) saying the office of the future will be paperless (early 80's). LIES!
Every office I've worked in, the printer was always out of paper because it was constantly printing. Everyone needs a hard copy. I bet statics will prove more paper is used in offices than ever before.
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It's funny - the cell phone I'm reading this on is more powerful than all these computers put together.
Anyone else longing for the good old days of Windows 98? I know this article is about 80's computers, but still... I miss my old grey Acer. I made a lot of memories with it.
I have two old computers here (not plugged in) and one of them still runs on Windows 98. I loved it.
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First pc i remember having was so weird. It didnt have much but i still managed to play sims 1 on it
So many women using computers on the front pages of magazines and still the loudest men wanted computers all for themselves. Tsk tsk tsk (sorry to bring politics into this, but I couldn't not notice).
That's because computer programming used to be a female-dominated field back in the day. http://www.startupdaily.net/2015/02/women-didnt-just-recently-start-coding-actually-stopped-coding-decades-ago/
Load More Replies... My mum used to have a white box-like computer back in 2007. It really pissed her off because it was kinda slow and had a really small amount of modern functions but nevertheless, that memory of her, sitting behind the chestnut-colored desk and using the "stupid crumbling" computer often comes to my mind when I think about my early childhood years.
Great collection! I remember those days all too well. So, what about the Amiga??? There was a time when the Amiga was absolutely the platform for early color graphics and 3D rendering development (even before the "video toaster"). I had several of these in my basement home computer lab at the time . . . oh well, just tossing in my 2 cents worth here.
When I worked summers at IBM during college I remember one of the secretaries (which is what they were called then!) saying the office of the future will be paperless (early 80's). LIES!
Every office I've worked in, the printer was always out of paper because it was constantly printing. Everyone needs a hard copy. I bet statics will prove more paper is used in offices than ever before.
Load More Replies... It's funny - the cell phone I'm reading this on is more powerful than all these computers put together.
Anyone else longing for the good old days of Windows 98? I know this article is about 80's computers, but still... I miss my old grey Acer. I made a lot of memories with it.
I have two old computers here (not plugged in) and one of them still runs on Windows 98. I loved it.
Load More Replies... First pc i remember having was so weird. It didnt have much but i still managed to play sims 1 on it
