A Pop-Up Guide to the Personal Computer - Neatorama

Say what you will, but Goodwill can be a treasure trove of weird and wonderful stuff. Jonathan Ryan went to one a few days ago and found this gem: a pop-up book titled "Inside the Personal Computer" published in 1984.

The book describes - in delightful pop-up glory - everything from read/write heads to the inner workings of a CRT.

http://jonathanryan.org/2009/04/28/pop-up-guide-to-the-personal-computer/

From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by JonathanRyan.

Update 5/2/09 by Alex: Here's a YouTube clip of the book in action.

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I work in the Special Collections and Rare Book Room of Western Michigan University's library and we have this book in our Historical Children's book collection (comprised of mainly popups.) People LOVE it!

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Oh goodness! I picked up the very same book from a garage sale for a couple of bucks some years ago. Still have it on my shelf ready for a bit of nostalgia.

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Who would argue that Goodwill is NOT awesome incarnate?

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Ha, I built my own pop-up computer back in fourth grade. :)

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We had this book in the school library, around 1992. I looooved it!

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It reminds me of Final Fantasy 7 game - that place where Aerith dies, with a lot of spiral shell houses ...

Wha? I spoiled your gameplay? :-)

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When I was a child I SO wanted to live in the giant pink snail from the original Dr. Dolittle. I even begged my parents to turn my room into it, but to no avail. Thank God I didn't see this back then or I'd STILL be bugging them to move there to this day.

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The whole concept is neat, but I think I love all the colored glass most.

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So, whenever you want a room addition, you must "build ye more stately mansions!"

How come I'm the only one laughing?

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very fun, The view of the glass from inside the house is great

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