Amiga 4000

ntSubmitted by Joseph McGee.

Amiga software

ntSubmitted by Joseph McGee.

Copy of BPwin

ntI 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.

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ntSubmitted by Marc David.

IBM promotional button.

ntIBM promotional button. u201cFriendly Bytesu201d, was a greeting card on a floppy before the age of e-cards.

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ntSubmitted by John McGrew.

Stacker

ntSubmittee by Jamie Payne.

Doom disks

ntDoom disks, from Gold Medallion Software.

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ntSubmitted by Jamie Payne.

Promotional buttons for IBM.

ntPromotional buttons for IBM.

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ntSubmitted by John McGrew.

IBM documentation.

ntOriginal 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) 5u00bc” floppy disk.

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ntSubmitted by Leon.

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

ntAn 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.

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ntSubmitted by Jim Wazorick.

Internet Yellow Pages

ntBefore 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.

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ntSubmitted by Bradley Whitlock.

Page from the Internet Yellow Pages

ntBefore 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.

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ntSubmitted by Bradley Whitlock.

Page from the Internet Yellow Pages.

ntBefore 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.

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ntSubmitted by Bradley Whitlock.

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

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

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ntSubmitted by Greggory R. Benshoof.

Minicom

ntMinicom, 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.

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ntSubmitted by Jamie Payne.

Radio Shack TRS Model 100 portable computer

ntA 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.

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ntSubmitted by Bradley Whitlock.

Quattro Pro for DOS

ntQuattro Pro for DOS

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ntSubmitted by  Erv Kuhnhenn.

Smack a Mac, SyQuest disks.

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

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ntSubmitted by Susan Chiz Berenguer.

Cauzin Softstrip Reader

ntA 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.

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ntSubmitted by Bradley Whitlock.

An old telephone butt set.

ntAn old telephone butt set.

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ntSubmitted by David Blakley.

Old text telephone

ntOld text telephone.

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ntSubmitted by Jamie Payne

Old S/370 Reference Card

ntOld S/370 Reference Card

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ntSubmitted by Bradley Whitlock.

Windows 95, certificate of authenticity.

ntWindows 95, certificate of authenticity.

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ntSubmitted by Jeff Davis.

Promotional button for Microsoft Word.

ntPromotional button for Microsoft Word.

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ntSubmitted by John McGrew.

Promotional button for Microsoft Word.

ntPromotional button for Microsoft Word. In the age before Windows when u201cword processingu201d meant WordStar, MultiMate, or WordPerfect, Microsoft had to put a bit of effort into selling u201cWordu201d when they were mostly known for MS-DOS and u201cFlight Simulator.”

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ntSubmitted by John McGrew.

dBase promotional button.

ntdBase promotional button. In an age when PCs owned and deployed was still counted in u201cmillions,” u201cOne Million Copies Soldu201d of anything was a big deal.

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ntSubmitted by John McGrew.

dBase tiepins.

ntdBase 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.

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ntSubmitted by John McGrew.

3/5 floppies

nt3/5 floppies

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ntSubmitted by Alan Portman.

Punch tool

ntNotice the punch tool in the corner.

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ntSubmitted by Susan Chiz Berenguer.

An old test switchboard.

ntAn 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.

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ntSubmitted by Kerry.

Xeon II

ntXeon II

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ntSubmitted by Erv Kuhnhenn.