Classic commercials from brands of computers that no longer exist. Gone but not forgotten (2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ก.พ. 2025
- These vintage 80s commercials are from computer brands from the 70s & 80s that either no longer exist or companies that still exist but no longer produce computers, IBM, Digital, Wang, Packard Bell, Tandy, Marrow, Kaypro, Toshiba, Compaq, AT&T, Epson, Texas Instruments, Xerox. Plus, there are some facts / history / trivia / info about each one. Discontinued, antique electronics, 1980s, 1970s, retro, old, throwback, old technology, nostalgia, nostalgic, do you remember, #80s #1980s #commercials #computers
The technology leaps made with removable data storage from then to now is nothing short of phenomenal!
Back in the heydays of the PCs in these TV ads, removable floppy diskettes, of five-and-a-quarter inch size, of 360 Kb to 720 Kb of memory capacity were the standards; it was then raised to 1.2 MB in the 1980s.
Nowadays, an SD card no larger than a postage stamp can store TWO MILLION MB of data.
The joking references Kaypro made about the prices of PCs was very real in the 1980s.
Trying to get a good quality brand PC in the 1980s generally ran around $2K (US) back then, which would equate to around $5K ~ $6K (US) in 2024.
There were always 'add-ons' needed to make the PC function well back then; which would raise the PC price by hundreds of dollars.
Software was especially pricey back then, costing hundreds of dollars with a very limited scope of capabilities.
When comparing the functionality and cost of PCs and the apps from the 1980s to the present, the PCs nowadays offers some of the best bargains to be found in any commerce sectors, save for the price/performance to be found with HDTVs.
My first computer was the Radio Shack Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer III
I remember some of these.
I remember all the commercials. I never owned one but I wanted to show off my Wang. I had to settle off with showing off my TRS80.
My first computer was the Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer II when I was 11 years old. Learned to program in BASIC on that system and created a short animated movie (which I erased b/c I thought it sucked). Also played a couple of (proprietary) video games on it with the cartridges in the side slot. Stored programs on a separate standard portable audio cassette recorder since there were no hard drives then. Good times.
My parents bought my siblings a Tandy (I was already out of the house) around 1986. My husband & I didn't get out first computer until 1991. Not sure why we waited so long. We were in the military & moving a lot, so that may have factored into it...
Well the saddest part here for me was the loss of Toshiba, I had no idea they left in 2018, I'd seen a few Sharp before but had little encounters, and I never heard of Dynabook.
But Toshiba were a main part of my entire experience as a Technician, they were everywhere here.
and we still have Dell and HP (rolls my eyes)
also still have a Compaq laptop, I never had issues with the Compaq PC in any form, but HP was another thing,
I do prefer the Compaq brand label, HP makes me think of Steak Sauce.
It's a shame TI didn't succeed in the PC business, since they were the ones who invented the microchip.
Was that F. Murray Abraham in the Xerox commercial?
@@larryroyovitz7829 - I thought so at first, but I don't think it is
One Wang to service all your needs. With a Wang in your hands you can achieve BIG results. Wang, it just measures up. Get down to business with a Wang. HaHaHaHaHaHa!😀 They could have made Billions with a good writer
Another PC brands that no longer is Emachines
I never heard of those! If I do another computer video, I'll try to remember to include them!
Where's Commodore??
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Technology, the beginning of the downfall of humankind.
@@davidgoodman6924 - pretty much!
Well, I guess it all started with the Wheel then.