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Post Your Favorite Pre-1990's News and Reports of Computers and Technology !!!

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rockthegod
rockthegod Original post #1
Jan 30, 2009 at 3:20 AM
Hi,
Just had this idea whereby we can share pictures and/or videos of awesome "primitive" Ads/Reports/News etc of "groundbreaking" technological advances specifically in the field of Computer Science and IT dating before the 1990s....!!! You can post any of your favorite stuff that you may have seen in Newspapers/Magazines/Posters/Internet and from any sources...:)

I will start off with two: A Video of a 1981 documentary on "Internet" and how you can read Newspapers online from the comfort of your home: :p :D
Click to Watch Video !!!


and an Ad of an "awesome" 10 MB Hard Disk :D

*img141.imageshack.us/img141/1466/45016228zj9.th.jpg
chicha
chicha #2
Jan 30, 2009 at 10:39 AM
$3400 for 10 MB hard disk??? :shock::shock::shock::shock::shock::shock::shock:

oh man are we guys lucky :D
gxsaurav
Jan 30, 2009 at 10:56 AM
1 GB in 1988 & 1 GB today

*www.utheguru.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/1gb.jpg
rockthegod
Jan 30, 2009 at 11:11 AM
^^Holy M&#F'in Sh1ite....:shock: :eek: Look @ the bloody size o' that one... awesome one gx !!!
Cool G5
Cool G5 #5
Jan 30, 2009 at 11:55 AM
1 GB in 1988 & 1 GB today

*www.utheguru.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/1gb.jpg

Digit published the same pic in one of it's issue's.

Surely it was portable :rolleyes:
K
Jan 30, 2009 at 5:07 PM
1 GB in 1988 & 1 GB today

*www.utheguru.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/1gb.jpg

abe yeh toh BOEING ke Engine jaisa hai..

Nice pic..
raksrules
Jan 30, 2009 at 5:21 PM
abe yeh toh BOEING ke Engine jaisa hai..

Nice pic..


ROFL ROFL....LOLZZZ


I will post a pic of the 5 1/4" floppy disk that i still have at my home :D

By the way, for now heres the config of my first desktop PC

RAM: 8MB
HDD: 540 MB
Processor: Intel 486
Speed: 66Mhz and 100 Mhz (in turbo mode)
OS: DOS...upgraded to Windows 3.1 later
Graphics Card: Whats that ?
Motherboard: No clue
Floppy: Yes...5 1/4"
CD Drive: None
Monitor: Black and white 14" one..company dont remember

Purchase price: 50k
Selling price: 4k
ajaybc
ajaybc #8
Jan 30, 2009 at 6:19 PM
^^u got 4K for that???!!!
IronManForever
Jan 30, 2009 at 6:40 PM
^ his grandson would have got millions for it. :lol:
Kl@w-24
Kl@w-24 #10
Jan 30, 2009 at 7:31 PM
This has inspired me to keep my 8 year old HP Brio PC for a few more decades. And then sell it for a fortune. :D :lol:
MetalheadGautham
Jan 30, 2009 at 8:07 PM
I have an old TwinHead i486 notebook still with me. Gonna keep it so that my great grandson can make a fortune :D

Anyway, here is a 1985 game's ad

*www.geocities.com/thebardstale/images/Ad-TheBardsTale.jpg
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Cool Joe #12
Jan 30, 2009 at 10:02 PM
"640 KB of memory ought to be enough for anybody."
confused!!
Jan 30, 2009 at 10:36 PM
Now this thread is going to be one interesting thread if it isn't already
rockthegod
Jan 31, 2009 at 12:31 AM
"640 KB of memory ought to be enough for anybody."

Yeah, that World famous line and heck true for the times when BSODs were novel .. :D

Ok, here are two more...

1) 16K RAM Card which is suppossed to trun your computer into a "Working Giant".. :lol: :D

*img218.imageshack.us/img218/7916/11111111111111111111111ck2.th.jpg


2) Awesome 16 bit Microcomputer with a Floppy Drive....:D [If by any chance, this pic seems offensive to anyone, just lemme know, I will remove it, but on the flipsyde it is a damn hilarious ad :D]

*img218.imageshack.us/img218/884/22222222222222222222222oq5.th.jpg
eggman
eggman #15
Jan 31, 2009 at 1:08 AM
[If by any chance, this pic seems offensive to anyone, just lemme know, I will remove it,

yes. it offends my uber sense of morality and gayness and the policy to not see any woman . please remove it.:))
rockthegod
Jan 31, 2009 at 1:24 AM
^^ :D just being extra careful in here ... you never know who might have those aforementioned traits..., especially in these bad times... :D