A Very Vintage Tech Christmas
In these nostalgic 1980s ads, home computers, floppy disks, and even robots bring the whole family together.
Benj Edwards
By Benj Edwards
Personal computers have never seemed more promising than in the early 1980s, when they began to enter American homes in large numbers and the whole idea of using a computer for entertainment, education, and personal finance was still new. So join us as we celebrate the holidays with this evocative collection of vintage computer-related ads--Christmas-themed and otherwise--targeted at the first generation of families that welcomed PCs into their households.
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