20 Top Vintage Computer Adverts (Apple, IBM, Microsoft, Commodore…)

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The below ads range from the 1950s to the 1990s, the styles vary dramatically from one era to the next. But the best thing is looking at the computer specs and prices…and a very young and innocent looking Mr Gates!

If anyone has any more of these, send me a link and I’ll add them on to this article.

Tandy 1000Tandy 2000AmstradAppleAltosIBMLincIBM2IBMIBMLaptopISCISCAppleTICommodoreAMB 300AppleApple82Visual

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  • http://www.copesflavio.com/en/blog Copes Flavio

    I really like the Adam one ;) not to mention the latest.. a younger Bill.. a genious

  • http://doteduguru.com/ Kyle James

    This is awesome! I can’t believe you found all these. Man Technology has come a LONG way.

  • Hozay

    Thanks for the memories. One of my first jobs, ~1977/78, was working for these guys: http://rwebs.net/micros/TDL/systems.htm. Little did we know.

  • http://techmalaya.com Syahid A.

    The TI computer ads strikes a resemblance to a HP PC today (the box)! Lol!

  • http://www.everybody-else.blogspot.com Melody

    Oh my goodness! The baby Bill Gates one is hillarious…well, they’re all hillarious, but that just killed me.

  • John Winkler

    Have you ever seen the ad for word processing where the original draft was addressed to “Dear Mush-for-Brains”
    at a clothing manufacturing company. The writer complained that
    Mush-for-Brains’ factory had manufactured thousands of jackets with
    cigarette burn holes in the sleeves.
    The finished product is of course considerably revised.

    If you have, do you know of a link where I could find it?

    • Ken

      I’ve been looking for this ad for years – people look at me like I’m nuts when I utter the phrase “Dear Mush For Brains” and chuckle….

      I’ve found it – ironically, google brought me to this blog, but I found the ad using Bing….

      http://www.macmothership.com/gallery/gallery2.html

  • Richard Damiani

    Yes, I remember the “Dear Mush for brains” ad. I wish I could find a copy. I remember it ended, “It will be a cold day in Calcutta, Mush for Brains, before you get a dime from us.”

  • http://www.newcomputersforless.com apple computer

    Oh do I miss my first Apple ][ ! Countless sleepless nights trying to find the ins and outs of the basic programming language and using the lighting speed 1200 baud modem!

  • http://www.idealogical.com/markham-toronto-computer-service.html Annie Britts

    Vintage advertisements have always been my kind of thing! I’m loving all of these! The newspaper style, the brownish colors, the oldies kind of men and the computers are completely creating attractive advertisements! It’s just alright that even in the modern times, we look up to these kinds, because they are still way beautiful than ever!