gmc

Looking for cool retro computing images (portrait) to print and hang on the wall of the retro room but all I get is AI slop. I need some human recommendations! Old ads that are mostly visual, artistic photography. I'd happily pay as well, as long as it doesn't involve sending money to the US etc...

Please boost for reach?

#RetroComputing #VintageComputing #Photography #LazyWeb

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Show thread🦠Toxic Flange (Gurjeet)🔬⚱️🌚7h ago
@gmc I’ve always wanted the Apple Pascal poster printed up for my wall..
Show threadRyan Steele 7h ago
@gmc https://toque.town/@rgsteele/115838505532666796
Ryan Steele :toque: (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Your timeline has been blessed by the art from some generic packaging for a counterfeit Apple II peripheral card. #AppleII #retrocomputing

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Show threadgmc7h ago
@rgsteele Lovely, even though it's apple. But counterfeit apple, so that makes it OK :)
Show threadprokyonid6h ago
@gmc Well, I had the perfect recommendation (Paul Rickards has some fantasic retrocomputing themed plotter art) until the no money to the US part, though I certainly can't fault you for not wanting to do that. I don't like doing that and I live here.
Show threadprokyonid6h ago
@gmc oh wait just saw you wanted old ads? Why don't you just go check out the internet archives? There's a couple of galleries of nothing but old retrocomputing ads on there.
Show threadgmc5h ago

@prokyonid Yeah, I was thinking that as well. Haven't been able to find them yet though, there's so much stuff on the internet archive and I am apparently incapable of entering the right search terms :)

I'm not specifically looking for ads though, it's just that ads of the era have a certain visual aesthetic that I'm after. Like this product packaging that @rgsteele lilnked in this thread: toque.town/@rgsteele/115838505…

I mean, that's just beautiful :)

But artistic photography would do as well. Like this stuff that a friend of mine did: flickr.com/photos/simski/album…

Ryan Steele :toque: (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Your timeline has been blessed by the art from some generic packaging for a counterfeit Apple II peripheral card. #AppleII #retrocomputing

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Show threadgmc6h ago
@prokyonid Well, those are cool anyway! Going to bookmark his page until such time I can find myself sending money to the US again, thanks for the recommendation!
Show threadCyril Lugan3h ago
@gmc I like the Byte covers by Robert Tinney. You can buy some on his website (but in the US I guess), maybe you can also find scans somewhere. Credits Robert Tinney / Byte Magazine.
Show threadCOMPU73E ❄️3h ago

@gmc @Hundstrasse one of my favourite old ads was for "Heavy on the Magick" on the Spectrum. I remember seeing this in Crash Magazine. Great game, too

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/pub/sinclair/games-adverts/h/HeavyOnTheMagick.jpg

Show threadMarc31m ago
@gmc John Short (https://johnshort.com/) took phantastic photos for the books "Home Computers: 100 Icons that Defined a Digital Generation" (https://mitpressbookstore.mit.edu/book/9780262044011) and "The Computer" (https://www.taschen.com/en/books/popculture/04692/the-computer/). If I remember correctly, he also showed some of them somewhere (Twitter? Instagram?) on the Internet around the time "The Computer" was published. Unfortunately, I can't find them anymore, but I also don't have accounts for Twitter or Instagram anymore. Maybe that's the reason.
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Show threadThe Retro Timer 💾3m ago
@gmc I find the Zektor arcade flyer quite nice for that.