A Pop-Up Guide to the Personal Computer

By Queuebot in Book & Literature, Pictures on May 2, 2009 at 1:32 pm

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.

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From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by JonathanRyan.

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

Tags: computer, popup book

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Sassafras
May 2nd, 2009 at 6:34 pm
We had this book in the school library, around 1992. I looooved it!
AntDude
May 2nd, 2009 at 8:39 pm
Ha, I built my own pop-up computer back in fourth grade.
groksocket
May 3rd, 2009 at 11:53 am
Who would argue that Goodwill is NOT awesome incarnate?
Klaus
May 4th, 2009 at 5:21 am
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.
Miranda
May 7th, 2009 at 3:27 pm
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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