1986 adverts

Hyper Micro: Three computer architectures combined to give the best advantages of each

In the olden days of computing, i.e. the 1970s, there were essentially three types of computers: room-sized mainframes like IBM's 360, refrigerator-sized minicomputer systems like DEC's PDP-11, and finally...

Our powerful multi-user systems come complete with some new Power Points!

From the days before "Power Point" meant something other than slideshow presentations in tedious meetings on a Friday afternoon, comes this advert from Equinox for its latest multi-user system. The company...

The BBC Master Compact: Think of it as a down payment on your child's future uniform

The BBC Master Compact was an entry in the BBC Master series, which in turn was produced as the follow-up to the BBC Model B microcomputer, first launched at the end of 1981. It was designed jointly...

Commodore Amiga - astounding by any stretch of the imagination

The Amiga, code-named "Lorraine", was first demonstrated to a select few at June 1984's CES show in Chicago, by Amiga, a company founded by Jay Miner, one of the original designers of the famous Atari...

Programming the 68000 by Metacomco

St Pauls, Bristol-based Metacomco had been quietly writing system software and compilers for the Motorola 68000 processor, and had also previously licenced its own 8086 BASIC interpreter for $800,000...

Tandon: The Magnificent Seven

This advert more than many sums up the dullness of the microcomputer industry in the latter half of the 1980s. Instead of an actual variety of computers, like Commodore might have had with its VIC-20,...

The New Tandy 102: Technology ni yoru shinpo

It's three years since Tandy launched its TRS-80/100 portable computer, and it's back with an updated model, which is smaller and now comes with a built-in modem. It's also completely lost the TRS-80...