Anorak

Anorak News | Before iPad And Apple A Pictorial History Of Computers

Before iPad And Apple A Pictorial History Of Computers

by | 31st, May 2010

BEFORE the iPad and apple made computing into a thing for posers and the superficial, the machines were going to save the world. They would feed penguins. They would mow the lawn. They would launch rockets and play chess. Remember Commodore Computers and the ZX Spectrum? We do. We’ve put together an archive of pictures of how computers used to be sold to the masses. It’s was high-tech boffinry. It as in black and white…

5786327

Image 16 of 19

Warenne Collinson aged 11, with a couple of Big Trak, a futuristic programmable wheeled vehicle which introduces children to the computer age. Big Trak is based on a battery operated computer system incorporated in the product which allows it to follow an infinitly variable pre-programmed course.



Posted: 31st, May 2010 | In: Technology Comment | TrackBack | Permalink