Friday, October 12, 2007

News.com on 70s PCs


Here's a phun photo essay of 70s PCs. Seeing the Apple II and Atari 800 brought a little tear to my eye. Here's my favorite example of 70s era PC glamaliciousness, the Vector 1:

In 1976, Vector Graphic designed and sold static RAM and other expansion cards for S-100 computers. The company was run by two women--Lore Harp (founder and chair) and Carole Ely. Bob Harp, Lore's husband, was the design engineer. Eventually they released an entire computer based on their technology--this
Vector 1.
Credit: Steven Stengel, Oldcomputers.net

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