The computer rotation did n’t come into people ’s home overnight . There was a farsighted period when the populace was still discovering all the thing they could do if they owned a estimator — and this led to some genuinely outrageous tv set ads . mark off out the most hilarious and creative classic base figurer advertizing ever made .
A 1956 commercial for UNIVAC, produced by Remington Rand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pd63MHGQygQ
IBM 5100, one of the first portable computers, introduced in 1975
Sperry UNIVAC BC/7, 1978
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I74sVdw7gkc
Tom Baker and Lala Ward in Prime Computer ads, 1980
William Shatner selling Commodore VIC-20, 1981
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4mafXNMTuk
ZX Spectrum, 1982
“Does it have a handle?”, a Compaq Portable Plus commercial made by John Cleese, 1983
AWA Sequel, 1983
Apple’s 1984 Super Bowl commercial introducing Macintosh computers, directed by Ridley Scott
An IBM Personal Computer commercial from 1984
Commodore 64, 1985
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_f3uIzEIxo
“I wouldn’t watch this commercial”, by John Cleese to advertise Compaq’s DeskPro 386
Compaq Portable II, compared to a fish by John Cleese, 1986
Compaq Portable III, made by John Cleese for Compaq, 1987
Radio Shack Color Computer 3
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