Computer Ads from the Past
John Paul WohlscheidDid you ever stare at the ads in your favorite computer magazine and wish you could afford those cool systems or games? I have. Now I look back at computer history through those ads. I also republish interviews and comics from those magazines.
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Parasitic Engineering's Equinox 100 Minicomputer
From the January 1978 issue of Interface Age magazine
The Company
I had a lot of fun researching this company. Every once in a while, I stumble upon a company that has quite a story.
Parasitic Engineering was founded by “two Oakland,...
Comics from February 1978 Issue of Interface Age Magazine
Hi,
Interface Age was published from August 1976 to December 1982. Vintage-Computer.com has a nice little write up about the magazine:
Interface Age evolved out of the club newsletter for the Southern California Computer Society: SCCS I...
NeXTWORLD Interviewed Steve Jobs (1992)
From the Fall 1992 issue of NeXTWORLD magazine
Reinventing NeXT
Steve Jobs goes on the record about technology, marketing, and Ross Perot
By Dan Ruby
By May 1992, NeXT had completed its transition to a marketing strategy based on ob...
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