Old Star Trek commercials

[VaBeachGuy 12]

Anyone else remember these old commercials from the 70's?

 

 

 

 

[Kor37 9]

Wow! Nice find VBG. I haven't thought about those commercials in years!

[VaBeachGuy 12]

This isn't a Star Trek commercial but this was my first true computer and at the time really was superior to Apple and IBM (PC). I used one from about 1983 or 1984 all the way up till about 1991. I still have 2 of them in my attic in fact.

 

[He Who Shall Not Be Named 2]

Wow, you actually had to buy a disk drive separately?

[VaBeachGuy 12]

Wow, you actually had to buy a disk drive separately?

You never saw a Commodore 64?

 

 

 

 

And don't forget, even with today's computers you may have to buy an extra drive. How many PC's come with a Blu Ray burner built in? Even if you don't specifically buy it separately you still pay for it in the cost of the system. Make that DVD burner just a CD drive and you'll see a lower price. Take it out all together and the price is lower still.

 

Used to be a time when if you wanted a CD drive for your computer it was an external drive and would cost you $350 to $400 and was as slow as molasses.

[RikerChick 5]

[Kor37 9]

Wow, you actually had to buy a disk drive separately?

You never saw a Commodore 64?

 

 

 

 

And don't forget, even with today's computers you may have to buy an extra drive. How many PC's come with a Blu Ray burner built in? Even if you don't specifically buy it separately you still pay for it in the cost of the system. Make that DVD burner just a CD drive and you'll see a lower price. Take it out all together and the price is lower still.

 

Used to be a time when if you wanted a CD drive for your computer it was an external drive and would cost you $350 to $400 and was as slow as molasses.

 

I still have a Commodore64 and a Commodore128 in my attic.