There are so many fascinating and wonderful things going on in this news report from 1981. For starters, it’s about getting the newspaper on computers, so who do they send to cover the story? The ...

This holographic computer game of the future is from the 1981 book Tomorrow’s Home by Neil Ardley. The caption explains, “A home computer game of the future has solid images of spaceships that move in ...

The 1981 book School, Work and Play (World of Tomorrow) features this beautiful two-page spread. Apparently, thanks to computers, there’s no crime in the future outside of the computerized variety.

I was sent a link to this marvellous article on the Paleo-Future blog about a book which predicted the future of computer crime.. in 1981. Here is the double page spread from “School, Work and Play ...

In 1981, Robert Tinney illustrated a cover for Byte magazine of someone wearing a smart watch. The illustration is funny now in hindsight, but even when Tinney designed the cover it was meant to be a ...

Newspapers that you can read on your computer at home? Who woulda thunk it? Apparently, 1981 computer programmers, as shown by the video below. (Check out that old skool modem. Is it an 8-track?) The ...

On June 21, 1981, IBM retired its “STRETCH” 7030 computer, a machine considered a failure by some but that brought about tremendous innovation. The 7030 premiered in 1961, performing at speeds ...

Today is Friday, Aug. 12, the 224th day of 2011. There are 141 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History On Aug. 12, 1981, IBM introduced its first personal computer, the model 5150, at a ...

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Before “Kraftwerk – Retrospective 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8″ began, if I was forced to choose only one night of the series to attend, my selection would have been night ...