1979 adverts

Chessmate Electronic Chess Opponent - a player you'll find hard to beat at a price that's impossible to beat

As well as the PET/CBM range of computers and the continuation of the calculator line, which had survived the Calculator Wars of the mid 1970s, Commodore wasn't averse to putting ...

How to solve Systems problems - Zilog's MCZ family

Here's a rare advert from Zilog for its MCZ range of micros - everything from an entry-level floppy-disk-based model up to the MCZ 1/35 rack-mount machine with 10MB storage. Th...

EuroC - Simplicity is the watchword

Euro-Calc of Tottenham Court Road was a company that appeared to have started as an importer and re-seller of electronic calculators and watches, seling what it claimed was the "l...

Acorn Computer: Four of a kind!

This is another early advert from Acorn Computer - the trading name of Cambridge Processor Unit Limited (CPU), a company set up in 1978 by Chris Curry - formerly of Sinclair Radio...

RAIR - Terminals for your micro

This an very early advert for RAIR - the enigmatic British company which started out in 1978 as a time-share consultancy and supplier of terminals. It shows a range of peripheral...