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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 1 of 11

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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