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Marcin Wichary
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Marcin Wichary

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Writing a book about the history of keyboards: http://aresluna.org/shift-happens  · Design manager @figmadesign · Typographer · Occasional speaker · He/him

San Francisco, Calif.
Joined October 2009

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    1. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 7 Jul 2020
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      I’ve been trying to find a good photo of a 1970s/1980s microcomputer store for my book and I haven’t had great luck – but sharing what I found so far could make for an interesting thread! This is 1983 in Sunnyvale, CA: https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/sunnyvale-ca-this-year-should-tell-if-video-game-giant-news-photo/515185352?adppopup=true …pic.twitter.com/ANQFQPb0ik

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    2. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 7 Jul 2020
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      “On 8 May 1984, young people play concentrated on a Commodore computer in a store in Nuremberg.” https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/on-8-may-1984-young-people-play-concentrated-on-a-commodore-news-photo/1060983192?adppopup=true …pic.twitter.com/j3cVIt0iC1

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    3. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 7 Jul 2020
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      “A young boy looking at Acorn Electron computer and monitor in a WHSmith shop in Waterloo, London, UK, 6th December 1984.”pic.twitter.com/8ivIf0K0ao

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    4. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 7 Jul 2020
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      A weird little set from a Granada TV Rental shop, 1985. https://www.alamy.com/1985-historical-home-entertainment-equipment-including-the-latest-televisions-and-video-recorders-on-display-inside-a-granada-tv-rental-shop-england-uk-image247043014.html …pic.twitter.com/jvRqpWfBsM

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    5. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 7 Jul 2020
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      A photo inside the legendary ComputerLand. Given PCjr is prominently on display… 1984?pic.twitter.com/5XW469dbII

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      Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 7 Jul 2020
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      Supposedly West Germany, 1984: (Thank you to @benjedwards for unearthing this and a few other photos, and his help in this whole search.)pic.twitter.com/mVv6TX0UEr

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        2. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 7 Jul 2020
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          “In an unspecified computer store, a customer speaks with a sales clerk about features of on a Polymorphic Systems' System 8813 business computer, October 12, 1977.” https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/in-an-unspecified-computer-store-a-customer-speaks-with-a-news-photo/1127580648 …pic.twitter.com/ZhPSxgM6ML

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        3. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 7 Jul 2020
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          A few low-quality photos I found in various corners of the internet.pic.twitter.com/OxMWQj5QLO

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        4. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 7 Jul 2020
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          Some photos from an hmv shop in Reading, UK, 1985 or 1986: https://www.flickr.com/photos/hmvgetcloser/5117478315/ …pic.twitter.com/wynDpLbEWg

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        5. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 7 Jul 2020
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          “Boys at a computer store in West Germany” (1983) I don’t know the original source for this photo. Not 100% sure this looks like a store (as opposed to e.g. an expo).pic.twitter.com/f5KIgV7v0g

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        6. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 7 Jul 2020
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          A 1982 Akihabara, Tokyo store (via @benjedwards and his article: https://www.pcmag.com/news/inside-computer-stores-of-the-70s-and-80s …).pic.twitter.com/hhA6h94Byk

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        7. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 7 Jul 2020
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          Not a store, but you could rent a computer from a Dutch library at one point!pic.twitter.com/YqkkuoZkVp

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        8. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 7 Jul 2020
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          Another hmv display, Oxford Street: https://www.flickr.com/photos/hmvgetcloser/5057364746 …pic.twitter.com/4R9Kt17j9R

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        9. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 7 Jul 2020
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          A bad photo of what seemed like a cool store in New Zealand: https://www.classic-computers.org.nz/blog/2018-08-23-viscount-electronics.htm …pic.twitter.com/KRXdZB2gyq

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        10. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 7 Jul 2020
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          ComputerLand once more, early 1980s:pic.twitter.com/3STGsdfYVy

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        11. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 7 Jul 2020
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          A little newer, but still cool – a lot of detail in the window.pic.twitter.com/B60HR5EDXS

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        12. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 7 Jul 2020
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          Vancouver’s The Byte Shop (later Byte Computers), 1978. https://vancouvertrueborns.com/post/131586398776/who-sold-the-first-apple-computers-in-canada …pic.twitter.com/1R1nqoa7PJ

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        13. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 7 Jul 2020
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          “Man using IBM computer at retail store.” (IBM Displaywriter, it seems.) https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/man-using-ibm-computer-at-retail-store-news-photo/50312546?adppopup=true …pic.twitter.com/FuwtpxDUX0

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        14. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 7 Jul 2020
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          Ooh, these are nice. A store in the Netherlands, 1984.pic.twitter.com/NBsnRd9S6P

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        15. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 7 Jul 2020
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          (If you can name possibly the most beautiful laptop that’s hiding in the last photo, we can be friends!)

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        16. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 7 Jul 2020
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          Here we go, @marzagao got it right! It’s Data General One, an early laptop of truly beautiful proportions. I still have a framed poster of it somewhere. *swoon*pic.twitter.com/EZRtm4svud

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        17. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 8 Jul 2020
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          A great submission from @josch: “Customers at the computer-section of a Karstadt department store in West Germany. (1983)”pic.twitter.com/O8klVRV3mU

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        18. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 8 Jul 2020
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          And, I really love this, from @thomasafine: “Shopping for the latest in computer and video games at Toys 'R' Us, 1983”pic.twitter.com/XK3FNcp83W

          6 replies 5 retweets 48 likes
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        19. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 8 Jul 2020
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          Marcin Wichary Retweeted Ricardo B

          This one is very good. https://twitter.com/0xdeadbeefcafe/status/1280939012727898112?s=21 …https://twitter.com/0xDEADBEEFCAFE/status/1280939012727898112 …

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          One from Brazil, also with a wide-angle pic.twitter.com/oGBSXKTrae
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        20. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Jul 2020
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          I reached out to Dick Heiser by @ShortFormErnie’s recommendation, and he shared two extra photos. Love the energy of the first one – Gary Shannon happy with his creation of Very Tiny Language (smaller even than Tiny Basic!).pic.twitter.com/KiEH9pWxsA

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        21. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 7 Aug 2020
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          I bought and scanned this photo for you! “Jay Fulce tries out a new wordprocessing program on an Apple Power Macintosh at the Computize Store at 9647 Southwest Freeway. Fulce recently purchased a Macintosh for his home for personal and business use.” Houston, TX, 1994pic.twitter.com/sxq0Uj5m6x

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        22. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 13 Aug 2020
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          A 1985 photo: “Skip Mandich, owner of Milwaukee’s 2nd Bytes computer store.”pic.twitter.com/s12X5I5lgn

          4 replies 9 retweets 72 likes
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        23. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 29 Aug 2020
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          I’ve since discovered there’s a whole category of “computer store owner or employee poses typing on the best machine being sold in said store.”pic.twitter.com/KdsQaADBy8

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