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These Covers Of Magazines Advertising Computers In The 80’s Will Make You Go Back In Time
Now you probably can't even imagine your life without a computer. But computers weren't always that common and there was a time when computers were advertised on magazine covers. If you like computers and are kind of nostalgic, you'll love these covers.
If you like computers and are kind of nostalgic, you'll love seeing these covers from 30 years ago, when many readers of the Bored Panda weren't even born yet.
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Sean Radford 7 years ago
Isn't that the daughter from Different Strokes? She's definitely on drugs in this picture. But then again I bet the photographer was too. Oh the 80's.
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Jonathan Reyes 7 years ago
The sheer weight of these things will definitely give you that workout :)
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Daria B 7 years ago
So many women using computers on the front pages of magazines and still the loudest men wanted computers all for themselves. Tsk tsk tsk (sorry to bring politics into this, but I couldn't not notice).
Kelly Macq 7 years ago
That's because computer programming used to be a female-dominated field back in the day. http://www.startupdaily.net/2015/02/women-didnt-just-recently-start-coding-actually-stopped-coding-decades-ago/
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Zori the degu 7 years ago
My mum used to have a white box-like computer back in 2007. It really pissed her off because it was kinda slow and had a really small amount of modern functions but nevertheless, that memory of her, sitting behind the chestnut-colored desk and using the "stupid crumbling" computer often comes to my mind when I think about my early childhood years.
Charles O 7 years ago
Great collection! I remember those days all too well. So, what about the Amiga??? There was a time when the Amiga was absolutely the platform for early color graphics and 3D rendering development (even before the "video toaster"). I had several of these in my basement home computer lab at the time . . . oh well, just tossing in my 2 cents worth here.
Daria B 7 years ago
So many women using computers on the front pages of magazines and still the loudest men wanted computers all for themselves. Tsk tsk tsk (sorry to bring politics into this, but I couldn't not notice).
Kelly Macq 7 years ago
That's because computer programming used to be a female-dominated field back in the day. http://www.startupdaily.net/2015/02/women-didnt-just-recently-start-coding-actually-stopped-coding-decades-ago/
Load More Replies... Zori the degu 7 years ago
My mum used to have a white box-like computer back in 2007. It really pissed her off because it was kinda slow and had a really small amount of modern functions but nevertheless, that memory of her, sitting behind the chestnut-colored desk and using the "stupid crumbling" computer often comes to my mind when I think about my early childhood years.
Charles O 7 years ago
Great collection! I remember those days all too well. So, what about the Amiga??? There was a time when the Amiga was absolutely the platform for early color graphics and 3D rendering development (even before the "video toaster"). I had several of these in my basement home computer lab at the time . . . oh well, just tossing in my 2 cents worth here.
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