this post was submitted on 27 Dec 2024
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Vintage and Retro Ads, Promos, Fliers, Etc.

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For sharing images of vintage magazine ads, fliers, promos, etc.

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[–] Anticorp 6 points 1 month ago

That's $6,230.03 in today dollars!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's fantastic; I've never seen these. I love it!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My grandparents had one of these. My 80 yo grandma typed up Christmas letters on that tiny little screen well into the 1990s.

Wish it was still around. Wonder if it could run doom.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Not as far as a quick search pulled up.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I always imagine being able to take something like a modern phone or laptop back in time to show people of this era, and just totally blow their mind

[–] marx2k 2 points 1 month ago

Hell, show them a multi-terabyte nvme

[–] hahattpro 1 points 3 weeks ago

I wonder, what people want to do with this computer these old day ?

Buy an equivalent 6k today machine just to do spreadsheet ?

[–] SidewaysHighways 1 points 1 month ago

Joe MacMillan's baby.

godDAMN SCOOT MCNAIRY