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  1. John Cleese Explains Why The Compaq II Is Better Than A Dead Fish [Retro Futurism]

    John Cleese Explains Why The Compaq II Is Better Than A Dead Fish [Retro Futurism]

    io9 - Nov 10, 2008

    Let's see, to begin with, the fish weighed 22 pounds. So did the Compaq Portable II computer (in retrospect, perhaps "luggable" is more accurate). Here, in a British commercial from 1986 or so, former Python John …

    Also tagged: john cleese, dead fish, retro futurism, compaq ii

  2. Lonely Computer Begs Uninterested Public to "Touch Me" in 1983 [Retro Futurism]

    io9 - Aug 12, 2008

    I had no idea that there was a personal computer with a touchscreen on the market twenty-five years ago, but indeed there was: the HP-150 from Hewlett Packard (also the first computer to use the rigid 3.5” diskette) …

    Also tagged: touch screen, retro futurism, hp 150

  3. IBM Slides Sold The Concept of "Online" in 1975 [Retro Futurism]

    io9 - Aug 4, 2008

    Square America is a web site devoted to American vernacular photography, found photos, and snapshots. In addition to a ton of great pix from the 1940s to the 70s, they are currently showing selections from a 56-image …

    Also tagged: ibm, retro futurism

  4. Training for the Automated Office of Tomorrow--Today! 1984 [Retro Futurism]

    io9 - May 2, 2008

    Learn how in a mere 24 weeks you can become a word-processing secretary using all the latest computer technology in this 1984 ad for MBTI (Manpower Business Training Institute) featuring Voice of the Milwaukee Bucks …

    Also tagged: technology, retro futurism

  5. Gigantic Computers, Huge Reels of Tape - Remember the 80s? [Retro Futurism]

    io9 - Apr 22, 2008

    At my first office job in the mid-80s, we backed up the computer every night on reels of magnetic tape. Here, in a scene from a slide show of 1980s IBM mainframe computer ops (all set to a snappy Sousa-esque march) …

    Also tagged: ibm mainframe, tape drives, retro futurism

  6. Univac Predicts Data Drives Smaller Than Cold Capsules, 1969 [Retro Futurism]

    io9 - Apr 11, 2008

    "The white ones are the men and the yellow ones are the women" is the tag line on this odd ad for Univac's experiemental photochromatic technology. Odd because it was 1969 and drugs were the new social scourge - at …

    Also tagged: dolls, univac, retro futurism