$40,000 hard drive from 1985
September 1, 2008
Back in 1985, hard drives were gigantic and not to mention insanely expensive (40MB/$40,000) as shown in the above image. That was coincidentally the same year Microsoft released Windows 1.0 which sold for $100 ($177.47 with inflation) a piece.
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80’s Computer: the technology that changed me
June 25, 2008
The t
echnology that changed my life in the 80s had to be the first time I saw a computer in the 1980s. It was the coolest thing I’d ever seen. I remember it had the old rainbow Apple/MAC symbol on it. If I had to guess I’d say it was an Apple II system. I remember it had some sort of word fishing game on it.
The school didn’t have many computers for the students to use. There may have been about eight of them. I was amazed by the system. The interaction was what fascinated me. Sure there were plenty of games that I could play on my Atari 2600, but this device could do so much more. I wouldn’t have much more exposure to computers until more libraries started getting them in to allow searches and (later) to allow access to 56k dial-up Internet. That’s about the time I started reading about QBasic programming. It may have been Jr. High School (late 80s) that I was in a class where we actually got to write code in QBasic. We used Goto/Run commands. I loved it. It made lots of sense to me.
Once I was out on my own and able to buy my own computer, it was over… I was hooked.
I still believe that if I’d had more early exposure to computers I’d be a great programmer by now.
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1981 Early Computer Graphics
June 25, 2008
This video was shown to Disney Executives in early 1981; it is what convinced them to go ahead with the leading edge movie “TRON”. It was a compilation of different programmers from the company called Triple I (Information International Inc.) This was way ahead of its time in many ways, CGI was still brand new at this…
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80’s Osborne, Commodor Laptops
December 27, 2007
Bad ass 80s Laptops
Enormous briefcases with tiny screens. 64k used to weigh 64 pounds! Check out this 80s Laptops. Released in 1981 by the Osborne Computer Corporation, the Osborne 1 is considered to be the first true portable computer. Check out the Digi-log. That 80’s digi-log modem (dataphone?) reminds me of the one on War Games. Pretty kick ass!
The Osbourne Micro Ace, Commodore Pet, TRS-80 Model I Level I — these all predated the colorful toys like the Atari 400/800, Timex/Sinclair, Commodore 64, TRS-80 Color Computer, TI 99/4A.
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8 Tracks R Us @ 8 Track Heaven
June 23, 2007
8 Track Heaven features 80s hits.
courtesy of highhopesgarden.com - tapestry of goodness from IOWA
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Whatever happened to DAT?
June 7, 2006
DAT (Digital Audio Tape) was developed by Sony and Philips in the mid-1980s. It was designed to offer pristine digital recording on tiny 4mm tapes. This clever little format seemed like the perfect replacement for the ubiquitous cassette tape, yet it never fulfilled that promise. So why did the format fail?
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Computer Sneaker from the 80s
April 19, 2006
Puma RS Computer Tennis Shoes.
“…and plugs directly into the game port in your Apple II.”
I wonder why this didn't take off like the pump shoes did.
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Catalog of nearly every apple commercial
April 19, 2006
NERRRD!!
Huge catalog of apple televison ads- tons from the 80s, 90s.
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80s Tech Brochures - Odyssey, Comodore
January 17, 2006
“In the 1980s I wrote dozens of letters to companies asking for more information on their products. Some of them manufactured hardware or wrote software while others were vendors of other companies' products. I kept all the materials they sent me, from catalogs of software to brochures for new products, in a stack which eventually grew to over a foot high with hundreds of sheets of paper. Recently while going through my archives I decided to scan the more interesting stuff and make it available online.”
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80s Tech Brochures - Odyssey, Comodore
January 17, 2006
“In the 1980s I wrote dozens of letters to companies asking for more information on their products. Some of them manufactured hardware or wrote software while others were vendors of other companies' products. I kept all the materials they sent me, from catalogs of software to brochures for new products, in a stack which eventually grew to over a foot high with hundreds of sheets of paper. Recently while going through my archives I decided to scan the more interesting stuff and make it available online.”
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