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Adam Rifkin stashed this in History of Tech!

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Adam Rifkin
6:18 PM Mar 28 2013

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VINCZE MIKLÓS summarizes but forgets to mention Doctor Who:

I bet you don't remember that both William Shatner and Isaac Asmiov were pitchmen for PCs. Well, people who had "home computers" back in the 1980s do. Here's a collection of insanely great (and greatly insane) computer ads from the days of WarGames and Tron.

(via Vintage Ad Browser)

Viva The Shat! In the video above and the Vic-20 print ad below...

Adam Rifkin
6:21 PM Mar 28 2013

My favorites:

<p>My favorites:</p>

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Adam Rifkin
6:20 PM Mar 28 2013

Ok, I call BS on Dr. Who ADs. I'm sure he visited 2013 and seen MacBook Air...

Sergey Zelvenskiy
11:37 AM Mar 29 2013

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