OldTechAdverts

A laser printer cost similar like a small car back in the day. Well, I exaggerated. But it certainly feels like it.

#retrocomputing

They are cousins so I will let it slide. 🤪

Did you get goose bumps, like I did, when you first saw the Mega ST line of computers. 😍.

#retrocomputing

That's the week sorted. 😎

#retrogames

Racing SIM done right. 😎

Wouldn't it be funny if Lamborghini got its design inspiration from this artwork. 😅

Is Apple competing with Compuserve?

#sarcasm #dadjoke #retrocomputing

The days before the NAS was a storage a of choice. Such a beautiful device!

#retrocomputing

Data visualisation was all the rage back in the day. These days it is known as content creation. 😅

This as good as Zaxxon! I wonder if it the same code base, just slightly different graphics.

Pioneer makes pretty affordable gear that sounds really decent.

He looks cheeky!

KOSS headphones. Amazing cans.

#retroaudio

The Japanese does minimalist design better than anyone. A simple LED and a latch to close the door on this disk drive. What else do you need?

Edutech back in the day was very....um...boring. At least it is for the teenagers.
No too sure if the publishers really thought that it would engage the kids with this software.

Star printers. Don't know too much about them I had a Logitec printer. Yes, Logitec without the "h". It disappeared int he mist of time after a few years.

#retrocomputing

I have not used any of these productivity manager bits back back in the day. It felt a bit like gimick Did it really improve productivity?

Adventure International as a gaming pioneer back in the day. To be honest, most of their games were not my "cup of tea" but it made a name of itself.

#retrogames

Let's start 2025 by growing retro YouTube channels. If you have or like a retro YouTube channel, post a link to one of your favorite videos.

Comparing ship specifications - Elite on the 6502 A deep dive into all the different ship specifications in Elite

Brand new year, brand new #Elite deep dive!

It's the most comprehensive comparison ever published of all the different ships in Elite:

elite.bbcelite.com/deep_dives/c...

This is my 120th Elite deep dive article. There are more to come...

#retrogaming #retrocomputing #bbcmicro #c64 #nes #8bit

My dad's work in the early internet days affected so many people. If you knew John Friel or just used his software to get online, please let me know, I want to know all of the people whose lives were touched.

The maker of QModem has died. He worked at Wildcat! BBS (Mustang Software) for a time. I ran a multiline Wildcat BBS on DesqView and later OS/2 Warp for years. Today, my boss at Microsoft is the author of Wildcat BBS! Stay in this business long enough and you’ll meet tons of lovely and smart people.

John Friel pass very recently. If you had any dealings with QModem's author John Friel, head over to this HN to share your story. RIP

#retrocomputing #Qmodem

news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4255...

Animation software made a really good attempt.

#retrocomputing

Those advertising tag lines are terrible back in the day!

Sartorius naled the Industrail Design on this scale. 😍

#retrotech

The transition from B&W to Colour was a momentous time. How was it for you?

But where the joysticks?

bsky.app/profile/kels...

Terminal emulation was really a thing back in the day. It's mostly for connecting to mainframe computers from your PC.

#retrocomputing