An advertisement of old days which makes me feel the evolution of computers

A computer that has evolved with intense momentum in accordance with Moore's law that the integration density of transistors in integrated circuits related to minimum component cost will double every 18 to 24 months. Nevertheless I usually do not care much, but I can feel the intensity of that momentum when I see old advertisements.

Details are as below.10 Incredible Old Computer Ads

Bag for mobile computer. 1976.


It is advertised that 80 MB is less than 12,000 dollars in 1977. "The Inflation CalculatorBy converting it to the 2006 value of $ 12,000 at that time will be about $ 40,555 (about 4.5 million yen).


It seems that in 1977 the performance was greatly increased with 16 KB of memory.


A 16-bit computer advertising that 2 bytes are better than 1 byte. 1978.


E-mail advertisement in 1981.


Science fiction writerIsaac AsimovAdvertisement of color computer in 1982 when it appeared.