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1977 Commercial for the IBM5100

Posted April 28, 2010 1:14 PM

From Boing Boing:

This 1970s commercial for the IBM5100 is really funny.

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Re: 1977 Commercial for the IBM5100

04/28/2010 8:50 PM

Oh yes. Laugh now, you smug little punks with your fancy iTops and 3D Googles and wireless radios. When your grandkids are walking around with the whole Internet built into their heads, we'll see who's laughing then.

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Re: 1977 Commercial for the IBM5100

04/29/2010 3:15 AM

My first programming job was to write an accounting program on this computer. Then you had to take into consideration limited working memory and only a tape drive for permanent data storage. It makes sorts and such an interesting process.

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