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Title: 1984 IBM Displaywriter commercial
Post by: ander on Sun, 24 September 2017, 05:37:47

Hey guys – Dunno if anyone's posted this, but as there's a fair number of IBM fans here on GH, I thought you might enjoy it.

The IBM Displaywriter (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Displaywriter_System) word processing system was the last of its product to use its mammoth beam spring keyboards (https://deskthority.net/wiki/IBM_Beam_Spring_Keyboards#IBM_Displaywriter_Keyboards).

Title: Re: 1984 IBM Displaywriter commercial
Post by: tp4tissue on Sun, 24 September 2017, 08:23:43

Quote from: ander on Sun, 24 September 2017, 05:37:47

Hey guys – Dunno if anyone's posted this, but as there's a fair number of IBM fans here on GH, I thought you might enjoy it.


The IBM Displaywriter (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Displaywriter_System) word processing system was the last of its product to use its mammoth beam spring keyboards (https://deskthority.net/wiki/IBM_Beam_Spring_Keyboards#IBM_Displaywriter_Keyboards).

Hahaha.  Cool stuff.. she looks so happy..

Title: Re: 1984 IBM Displaywriter commercial
Post by: xueyao on Sun, 24 September 2017, 09:23:35

Love the old tech ads from the late 80s, the cheerful music and narrative gives it such a retro vibe.