I have to imagine all these illustrations must feel pretty abstract now, but they built on the classic IBM 729 tape drive shape that was all over the place 50–60 years ago.pic.twitter.com/lKQtfUoR7q
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These are incredible! Both the art direction, and the fact that they’re typing on themselves.https://twitter.com/amyhoy/status/1210798247729455107 …
Went to @prelinger Library today, and while searching for other things, I found a few more for this collection.
Let’s start with this stamp from Tunisia (1968), celebrating the computerization of postal office.pic.twitter.com/3JLN2O56eG
This is how Varian – one of the classic early Silicon Valley companies – anthropomorphized computers.pic.twitter.com/zVbdj2D2lk
But then, there’s this, from Micro Switch!!!!! CAKE = Computer-Assisted Keyboard Evaluator (perfect for testing QWEFTY keyboards)pic.twitter.com/beulfCzdH4
RCA made an appearance before in this thread, with the Dunce cap computer, and an ad for Octoputer. Here are a few more appearances of the latter.pic.twitter.com/fWVXJcChnK
Ooof, the Octoputer is really, really creepy the more you look at it or think about it.pic.twitter.com/zh9nl4APj8
A few more “computer myths explained” by @montewolverton, a cartoonist that is still active today.pic.twitter.com/kgFZ0WIV2N
Two more RCA images. All of these have been created by Ed Renfro (1924–2012).pic.twitter.com/tBihnWqx3g
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