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Compaq Ad


Posted by admin on 21 Nov 2008 / 0 Comment
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One of many wonderful commercials John Cleese did for Compaq Computer Corporation in the mid to late ’80s.

A very rare find and a treasure for any John Cleese fan, these classic ads were shown only in England.

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Compaq Portable 2


Posted by admin on 20 Nov 2008 / 0 Comment
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One of many wonderful commercials John Cleese did for Compaq Computer Corporation in the mid to late ’80s.

A very rare find and a treasure for any John Cleese fan, these classic ads were shown only in Great Britian.

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The Speccy Song


Posted by admin on 04 Nov 2008 / 1 Comment
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Obviously this isn’t an ad but I thought I would put it up just the same.  A song dedicated to the good old Sinclair Spectrum. This is very well produced and uses the mellow tones of the Speccy loading games sounds to create a unique piece of music.

If you are a Speccy fan and retro geek you will think this cool. Enjoy! :)

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Honeywell Bull Computer


Posted by admin on 07 Oct 2008 / 0 Comment
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1986 advert for the Honeywell Bull office computer.

Honeywell came into being through the invention of the damper flapper, a thermostat for coal furnaces, by Albert Butz, in 1885 and subsequent innovations in electric motors and process control by Minneapolis Heat Regulator Company tracing back to 1886. In 1906, Mark C. Honeywell founded Honeywell Heating Specialty Co., Inc. in Wabash, Indiana. Honeywell’s company merged with Minneapolis Heat Regulator Company in 1927. The merged company was called the Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Company. Honeywell was its first president, W.R. Sweatt its first chairman. (more…)

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Commodore 64


Posted by admin on 20 Aug 2008 / 1 Comment
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This is an advertisement for the Commodore 64 a popular computer in the 80′s. This particular advert has the Elephant sitting on a chair working his own personal unit :) .

The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer introduced by Commodore International in January 1982. Volume production started in the spring of 1982, with machines being released on to the market in August at a price of US $595. Preceded by the Commodore VIC-20 and Commodore MAX Machine, the C64 features 64 kilobytes (65,536 bytes) of memory with sound and graphics performance that were superior to IBM-compatible computers of that time. It is commonly known as the C64 or C=64 (after the graphic logo on the case) and occasionally as the CBM 64 (for Commodore Business Machines), or VIC-64. It has also been affectionately nicknamed the “breadbox” and “bullnose” due to the shape and color of the first version of its casing.

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