A trip down tech memory lane

Amiga 4000

Submitted by Joseph McGee.

Amiga software

Submitted by Joseph McGee.

Copy of BPwin

I used to work for Computer Associates and was one of the top people with their modeling suite products (AllFusion). I found this copy of BPwin at a swap meet in AZ. Still in shrink wrap from Logic Works before CA acquired them.

Submitted by Marc David.

IBM promotional button.

IBM promotional button. “Friendly Bytes”, was a greeting card on a floppy before the age of e-cards.

Submitted by John McGrew.

Stacker

Submittee by Jamie Payne.

Doom disks

Doom disks, from Gold Medallion Software.

Submitted by Jamie Payne.

Promotional buttons for IBM.

Promotional buttons for IBM.

Submitted by John McGrew.

IBM documentation.

Original documentation that came with an IBM PC back in September 1982--which includes a vintage copy of DOS 1.1, in the box, on (low-density) 5¼" floppy disk.

Submitted by Leon.

An IBM tool used to insert the wires into unit record circuit boards.

An IBM tool used to insert the wires into unit record circuit boards. The board shown is from and IBM 402 accounting machine, ca apx 1947.

Submitted by Jim Wazorick.

Internet Yellow Pages

Before the World Wide Web, there was still an Internet, full of FTP, Usenet, Listserv, Gopher, Telnet, and Finger. And before Google or even Yahoo!, there was... the Internet Yellow Pages, a PRINTED book pointing to various resources on the Internet.

Submitted by Bradley Whitlock.

Page from the Internet Yellow Pages

Before the World Wide Web, there was still an Internet, full of FTP, Usenet, Listserv, Gopher, Telnet, and Finger. And before Google or even Yahoo!, there was... the Internet Yellow Pages, a PRINTED book pointing to various resources on the Internet.

Submitted by Bradley Whitlock.

Page from the Internet Yellow Pages.

Before the World Wide Web, there was still an Internet, full of FTP, Usenet, Listserv, Gopher, Telnet, and Finger. And before Google or even Yahoo!, there was... the Internet Yellow Pages, a PRINTED book pointing to various resources on the Internet.

Submitted by Bradley Whitlock.

Still shrink-wrapped Microsoft MS-DOS version 4 and Microsoft Windows version 3.0.

Still shrink-wrapped Microsoft MS-DOS version 4 and Microsoft Windows version 3.0.

Submitted by Greggory R. Benshoof.

Minicom

Minicom, a terminal specifically made so that hearing impaired people can use an ordinary old fashioned telephone receiver, put into the cups on the Minicom and use the the keyboard to communicate with similar instruments.

Submitted by Jamie Payne.

Radio Shack TRS Model 100 portable computer

A Radio Shack TRS Model 100 portable computer in the center, surrounded by (from left) portable diskette drive, barcode reader, and telephone handset acoustic coupler for the built-in modem.

Submitted by Bradley Whitlock.

Quattro Pro for DOS

Quattro Pro for DOS

Submitted by  Erv Kuhnhenn.

Smack a Mac, SyQuest disks.

A Smack A Mac, some SyQuest disks, and a portable typewriter.

Submitted by Susan Chiz Berenguer.

Cauzin Softstrip Reader

A Cauzin Softstrip Reader, sample program book (on left), and several purchased programs fanned on the right. This was touted as being the answer to software distribution in print, instead of shipping diskettes in magazines or having people type in long programs by hand. Cauzin also provided software to print your own softstrips, allowing you to save your own data and programs to share with others. Main problems were the reader cost about $200 (in 1980's dollars), and each strip held just 5500 Bytes (thats 5.5 KB), though they could be linked for larger files. Today, QR Codes are its more successful offspring.

Submitted by Bradley Whitlock.

An old telephone butt set.

An old telephone butt set.

Submitted by David Blakley.

Old text telephone

Old text telephone.

Submitted by Jamie Payne

Old S/370 Reference Card

Old S/370 Reference Card

Submitted by Bradley Whitlock.

Windows 95, certificate of authenticity.

Windows 95, certificate of authenticity.

Submitted by Jeff Davis.

Promotional button for Microsoft Word.

Promotional button for Microsoft Word.

Submitted by John McGrew.

Promotional button for Microsoft Word.

Promotional button for Microsoft Word. In the age before Windows when “word processing” meant WordStar, MultiMate, or WordPerfect, Microsoft had to put a bit of effort into selling “Word” when they were mostly known for MS-DOS and “Flight Simulator."

Submitted by John McGrew.

dBase promotional button.

dBase promotional button. In an age when PCs owned and deployed was still counted in “millions," “One Million Copies Sold” of anything was a big deal.

Submitted by John McGrew.

dBase tiepins.

dBase tiepins. Marketing software prior to the mid-80s mostly meant floppy disks in plastic bags.  Eventually, the bigger vendors got more advanced and started producing marketing kits that would include items like tiepins.

Submitted by John McGrew.

3/5 floppies

3/5 floppies

Submitted by Alan Portman.

Punch tool

Notice the punch tool in the corner.

Submitted by Susan Chiz Berenguer.

An old test switchboard.

An old test switchboard. The service techs and cable splicers would call in to have the cable pairs tested.  You could set the Ohm meter to 10 and then have them dial and set the percent break and check the dial speed.

Submitted by Kerry.

Xeon II

Xeon II

Submitted by Erv Kuhnhenn.