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| Started by | RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> |
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| First post | 2014-06-15 10:49 +0000 |
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vintage computer adverts 1950-1980 RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-06-15 10:49 +0000
Re: vintage computer adverts 1950-1980 RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-06-15 15:54 +0000
| From | RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> |
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| Date | 2014-06-15 10:49 +0000 |
| Subject | vintage computer adverts 1950-1980 |
| Message-ID | <lnjtmu$jj5$1@solani.org> |
From the «Not too late to get a nice IMSAI, bro» department: Title: Vintage computer brochures channel your inner nerd Author: Jackie Dove Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 23:12:19 -0400 Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNextWeb/~3/3-JUg3kvSO8/ Podcast Download URL: http://cdn1.tnwcdn.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2014/06/zilog-2014-06-13-at-7.23.20-PM-520x245.jpg [image 1] Ever found yourself unable to concentrate and needing a bit of inspiration? Here’s the ticket. Click over to the Computer History Museum Web site where a great exhibit — Selling the Computer Revolution — posts a brilliant collection of computer brochures spanning the 1950s through the 1980s. While this might be targeted to the nerds among us (you know who you are), it just radiates admiration for the “high-tech” of the day, and perhaps reveals more about the cultural landscape of the times than is comfortable. While the 250 items featured are just a small part of the museum’s vast collection, these art works mark... This story continues[2] at The Next Web[image 4][3][image 6][5][image 8][7][image 9] Links: [1]: http://cdn1.tnwcdn.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2014/06/zilog-2014-06-13-at-7.23.20-PM-520x245.jpg (image) [2]: http://thenextweb.com/creativity/2014/06/14/old-computer-ads-tug-inner-nerd/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=profeed (link) [3]: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheNextWeb?a=3-JUg3kvSO8:BuPgGirjKLI:D7DqB2pKExk (link) [4]: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheNextWeb?i=3-JUg3kvSO8:BuPgGirjKLI:D7DqB2pKExk (image) [5]: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheNextWeb?a=3-JUg3kvSO8:BuPgGirjKLI:yIl2AUoC8zA (link) [6]: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheNextWeb?d=yIl2AUoC8zA (image) [7]: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheNextWeb?a=3-JUg3kvSO8:BuPgGirjKLI:V_sGLiPBpWU (link) [8]: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheNextWeb?i=3-JUg3kvSO8:BuPgGirjKLI:V_sGLiPBpWU (image) [9]: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheNextWeb/~4/3-JUg3kvSO8 (image)
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| From | RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> |
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| Date | 2014-06-15 15:54 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <lnkfl7$l1g$1@solani.org> |
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RS Wood wrote: > From the «Not too late to get a nice IMSAI, bro» department: > Title: Vintage computer brochures channel your inner nerd Skip the middlemen and go straight to the source at: http://www.computerhistory.org/brochures/ Some truly lovely stuff there - Cray, VAX, PDP-11, and I've only scratched the surface. Computing back when the women wore jumpsuits and the men had sideburns that leaked over the side of our faces.
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