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Colorful Computing: When Tech Was Technicolor

Colorful Computing: When Tech Was Technicolor

Once upon a time, our computers and various technologies came in vibrant colors.  It made ...
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Prehistoric Tech: Hasbro’s Think-A-Tron, The Electric Question and Answer Machine (1960)

Prehistoric Tech: Hasbro’s Think-A-Tron, The Electric Question and Answer Machine (1960)

Straight from the Eisenhower Era comes this beloved toy of a generation: Hasbro’s Think-A-Tron, “The ...
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Totally Rad 1980s Video Game Advertising

Totally Rad 1980s Video Game Advertising

Clearly, this game is just too much to handle.  The RGB color graphics and the AY-3-8910 PSG sound ...
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Personal Computers In The 1980s: The Faces And Sensations That Made Us All Triangle Drawing Nerds

Personal Computers In The 1980s: The Faces And Sensations That Made Us All Triangle Drawing Nerds

In the 1980s personal computers kicked in. In 1980 alone, the Acorn Atom, Sinclair ZX80 ...
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Jaron Lanier’s EyePhone: Head And Glove Virtual Reality In The 1980s

Jaron Lanier’s EyePhone: Head And Glove Virtual Reality In The 1980s

Before the iPhone, there was the EyePhone.     In this photograph from June 7 ...
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12 Recent Electronic Inventions You Already Take For Granted

12 Recent Electronic Inventions You Already Take For Granted

Here is a list of gadgets which weren't available to consumers until the past few decades; ...
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1980s Home Computers Will Make Our Dumb Kids Smart

1980s Home Computers Will Make Our Dumb Kids Smart

The advertising for 1980s home computers may have over-represented their products, but they did it ...
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Paleotechnology: How a Computer System Works (A 1975 Book)

Paleotechnology: How a Computer System Works (A 1975 Book)

Time to take a quick tour through a book on computing from 1975.  How A Computer ...
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The Computers Are Coming! A Warning From Southwest Radio Church In 1980

The Computers Are Coming! A Warning From Southwest Radio Church In 1980

  The Computers Are Coming! A warning from Southwest Radio Church in 1980. (The book ...
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Mini Skirt Monday: Minis and Vintage Computers

Mini Skirt Monday: Minis and Vintage Computers

Is there a better way to start out the week than with a generous helping ...
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Paleotechnology: A Curious Glimpse Into An 80s Computer Book

Paleotechnology: A Curious Glimpse Into An 80s Computer Book

  THERE"S always a good time to be had touring through old computer books, especially ...
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Norwich City Council Takes Delivery Of A Massive Computer In 1957

Norwich City Council Takes Delivery Of A Massive Computer In 1957

FLASHBACK to 1957:  Norwich City Council take delivery of their new computer
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