Ah, remember Compuserve? This 1983 ad says "You'll use Compuserve's Electronic Mail System (we call it Email™) to compose, edit, and send letters to friends or business associates." You also paid by the minute, PLUS long distance phone charges. This is part of a collection of ads for obsolete technology that we thought was the greatest thing since sliced bread ...at the time. Link -Thanks Kiltak!
Ah, remember Compuserve? This 1983 ad says "You'll use Compuserve's Electronic Mail System (we call it Email™) to compose, edit, and send letters to friends or business associates." You also paid by the minute, PLUS long distance phone charges. This is part of a collection of ads for obsolete technology that we thought was the greatest thing since sliced bread ...at the time. Link -Thanks Kiltak!
I also remember my Dad bringing home our first VCR. A betamax. Walking down to the video store and having a much smaller choice of tapes to choose from. I remember watching The Golden Child and Coming to America on it one afternoon. Good times.
I'm fascinated by the design in a lot of these ads, with their Bold, roman headlines and white backgrounds and accompanying shots of the product. So many of them sucked but you did at least know what you were buying.