mvintageads·Vintage and Retro Ads, Promos, Fliers, Etc. bymarx2k Osborne 1 Advertisement, BYTE Magazine, Volume 6, Number 5, May 1981View original on lemmy.world53Comments8Reply
FFiniteLooper lemm.ee1Hide 1 replyI always imagine being able to take something like a modern phone or laptop back in time to show people of this era, and just totally blow their mind3Reply
iitsworkthatwedo replysh.itjust.works1Hide 1 replyMy grandparents had one of these. My 80 yo grandma typed up Christmas letters on that tiny little screen well into the 1990s. Wish it was still around. Wonder if it could run doom.3Reply
hhahattpro lemmy.worldI wonder, what people want to do with this computer these old day ? Buy an equivalent 6k today machine just to do spreadsheet ?1Reply
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That's $6,230.03 in today dollars!
I always imagine being able to take something like a modern phone or laptop back in time to show people of this era, and just totally blow their mind
Hell, show them a multi-terabyte nvme
That's fantastic; I've never seen these. I love it!
My grandparents had one of these. My 80 yo grandma typed up Christmas letters on that tiny little screen well into the 1990s.
Wish it was still around. Wonder if it could run doom.
Not as far as a quick search pulled up.
I wonder, what people want to do with this computer these old day ?
Buy an equivalent 6k today machine just to do spreadsheet ?
Joe MacMillan's baby.
godDAMN SCOOT MCNAIRY