I play you do n’t remember that both William Shatner and Isaac Asmiov were peddler for PCs . Well , people who had “ home computer ” back in the 1980s do . Here ’s a assemblage of insanely great ( and greatly mad ) computer ads from the days of WarGames and Tron .
Commodore makes software for every member of the family. Almost.
Pictured above .
( viaVintage Ad web browser )
15-Megabyte Hard Disk Drive for $2495
Adds 15 million character reference of storage , which is 30 times more than Leo Tolstoy : War And Peace ’s total length .
( viaDeanhunt )
William Shatner Commodore VIC-20 ads
( viaRetrocrush )
Isaac Asimov with a Radio Shack TRS-80
( viaVintage Ads )
10 MB Hard Disk for $3398
( viaMetamythic )
16K RAM turns your computer to a working giant
( viapinkish )
Briefcase portability
Maybe even sexy!
Unlimited Vocabulary
By the year 2000, the world may catch up with the way Compuserve’s Electronic Mall lets you shop today.
( viaTop Design Mag )
A New Workhorse from the 1950s and a BASIC ad from the 1980s
What the heck is Electronic Mail?
( viaMascola )
It’s a small miracle
( viaThe Hidden Fact )
That’s why a Commodore 128 is better than an Apple IIc
( viaZimmers )
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