December 4, 2009

Vintage Prime Computer Ads

With Tom Baker a.k.a. Dr. Who

(thanks, Dale)

posted by Andrew Simone in commercials, technology | * | 8 comments 

comments

  1. Sheila Ryan on December 4th, 2009 at 2:14 pm

    Seven computer languages and five protocols.

  2. Andrew Simone on December 4th, 2009 at 3:12 pm

    the same part grabbed me as well.

  3. Sheila Ryan on December 4th, 2009 at 3:19 pm

    A certain degree of geekiness was once required of purchasers of ‘home computers’ (in the parlance of that time).

  4. Phil Bebbington on December 4th, 2009 at 4:54 pm

    Why was I never able to buy a Prime in the UK? I feel cheated – was my Commodore 64 the same thing?

  5. Sheila Ryan on December 4th, 2009 at 5:02 pm

    Your Commodore was not endorsed by Dr Who. I expect that may have made a difference.

  6. Phil Bebbington on December 4th, 2009 at 5:05 pm

    I can remember the Daleks laughing. I felt humiliated

  7. Sheila Ryan on December 4th, 2009 at 5:12 pm

    Sheesh. It must have felt like right after the war (not that you were around for that). Knowing that you’re top of the world but having to scrape by on Spam and black-market sundries.

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