Comments on: 10 Funny Old Computer Ads http://www.sadanduseless.com/2010/01/10-funny-old-computer-ads/ Sad and Useless Humor Blog Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:39:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Glen http://www.sadanduseless.com/2010/01/10-funny-old-computer-ads/#comment-7080 Glen Tue, 07 Jun 2011 16:00:06 +0000 http://www.sadanduseless.com/?p=1383#comment-7080 My first PC was a TI99 (Texas Instruments). Was a big deal because it had 16k ram. You had to connect a cassette tape recorder with another plug for automatic start/stop in order to save your program in basic. Used your TV for the monitor. Also bought one of the first IBM P3's for work in the 1980's and it cost $25,000. Could buy a supercomputer for that price today. My first PC was a TI99 (Texas Instruments). Was a big deal because it had 16k ram. You had to connect a cassette tape recorder with another plug for automatic start/stop in order to save your program in basic. Used your TV for the monitor. Also bought one of the first IBM P3′s for work in the 1980′s and it cost $25,000. Could buy a supercomputer for that price today.

]]> By: Jaxx Miller http://www.sadanduseless.com/2010/01/10-funny-old-computer-ads/#comment-3874 Jaxx Miller Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:36:11 +0000 http://www.sadanduseless.com/?p=1383#comment-3874 I still have my Commodore 64 at my parents house. With tapedrive and games. Imagine a computer you switch on and the OS is the first screen you see. sound and graphics built into your keyboard size PC. I still have my Commodore 64 at my parents house. With tapedrive and games. Imagine a computer you switch on and the OS is the first screen you see. sound and graphics built into your keyboard size PC.

]]> By: Ben http://www.sadanduseless.com/2010/01/10-funny-old-computer-ads/#comment-2097 Ben Thu, 27 May 2010 23:32:26 +0000 http://www.sadanduseless.com/?p=1383#comment-2097 Dude Isaac Asimov! Dude Isaac Asimov!

]]> By: Robert Bruner http://www.sadanduseless.com/2010/01/10-funny-old-computer-ads/#comment-942 Robert Bruner Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:24:50 +0000 http://www.sadanduseless.com/?p=1383#comment-942 "Now you've got a 32 bit microprocessor, a Meg or more of RAM, and a monitor that looks so good it makes you feel guilty." Oh yea, and referencing that Excel has a new visual interface "with the same look and feel as OS/2 from IBM and Microsoft." I remember being at the Consumer Electronics Show one year when IBM was having a drawing for OS/2, there must have a hundred people standing around trying to get lucky. I would have liked to have won...I really wanted to try it, but like so many others, not enough to pay for it. Come to think of it I don't believe I ever did get a chance to set down and mess around with it. All that hype about how OS/2 was going to replace Windows etc. Funny how everyone's still gunning for the Microsoft OS. Step up to the line Chrome, draw your weapon and come out firing. “Now you’ve got a 32 bit microprocessor, a Meg or more of RAM, and a monitor that looks so good it makes you feel guilty.” Oh yea, and referencing that Excel has a new visual interface “with the same look and feel as OS/2 from IBM and Microsoft.” I remember being at the Consumer Electronics Show one year when IBM was having a drawing for OS/2, there must have a hundred people standing around trying to get lucky. I would have liked to have won…I really wanted to try it, but like so many others, not enough to pay for it. Come to think of it I don’t believe I ever did get a chance to set down and mess around with it. All that hype about how OS/2 was going to replace Windows etc. Funny how everyone’s still gunning for the Microsoft OS. Step up to the line Chrome, draw your weapon and come out firing.

]]> By: Robert M http://www.sadanduseless.com/2010/01/10-funny-old-computer-ads/#comment-878 Robert M Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:26:11 +0000 http://www.sadanduseless.com/?p=1383#comment-878 I'm loving the "HoneyWell: “What the Heck is Electronic Mail?” (1981)" It looks good even today and might still be just as relevant. I’m loving the “HoneyWell: “What the Heck is Electronic Mail?” (1981)” It looks good even today and might still be just as relevant.

]]> By: Robert http://www.sadanduseless.com/2010/01/10-funny-old-computer-ads/#comment-876 Robert Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:08:11 +0000 http://www.sadanduseless.com/?p=1383#comment-876 Nice vintage samples. Jejejeje! Nice vintage samples. Jejejeje!

]]> By: PlaceInsane http://www.sadanduseless.com/2010/01/10-funny-old-computer-ads/#comment-829 PlaceInsane Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:30:09 +0000 http://www.sadanduseless.com/?p=1383#comment-829 <blockquote cite="#commentbody-826"> <strong><a href="#comment-826" rel="nofollow">Hacques</a> :</strong>the last picture…is it young Bill Gates? </blockquote> Yep!! That's him!! :)

Hacques :the last picture…is it young Bill Gates?

Yep!! That’s him!! :)

]]> By: Hacques http://www.sadanduseless.com/2010/01/10-funny-old-computer-ads/#comment-826 Hacques Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:56:33 +0000 http://www.sadanduseless.com/?p=1383#comment-826 the last picture...is it young Bill Gates? the last picture…is it young Bill Gates?

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