Found a great posting today in my aggregator. Check it out …
Found this little gem in the archives and scanned it for y’all. Couple of great ads inside.
- An IBM PC ad, the one with Charlie Chaplin – 16k bytes. 16 bit, 8088, optional 5.25″, 160k floppy. 4-color 320×200. Good times. Only $3k.
“The modem that plugs into your phone takes the codes your IBM Personal Computer understands and turns them into signals that can be transmitted over phone lines”- Some nice articles on acoustic vs. direct-connect models. The acoustic model from Novation was only $189.
- This was back before computing was limited to a few companies. Some highlighted models:
- (Apple II)
- (Atari 800)
- (Commodore 64)
- (Franklin ACE 1000)
- (IBM PC)
- (TRS 80 Model III)
- (Apple III)
- (Casio FX9000P)
- (Corvus Concept)
- (Cromemco C10)
- (DEC Rainbow 100)
- (Fortune 32 16)
- (Heathkit H90 Zenith Z89)
- (MTU130)
- (NEC APC)
- (North Star Advantage)
- (Olivetti M20)
- (TFI if800)
- (Victor 9000)
- (Wang PC)
- (Xerox 820II)
- (Dynalogic Hyperion)
- (Epson HX20)
- (Grid Compass)
- (Kaypro II)
- (Lexicon LEX31)
- (Osbourne I)
- (Otrona Attache)
- (Panasonic RLH1000)
- (Sharp PC1500)
- (Atari 400)
- (Commodore VIC 20)
- (TI99 4A)
- (Timex Sinclar 1000)
- (TRS80 Color Computer)
Do you have any fond memories of these beauties?