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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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| `content/_index.md`, `layouts/`, `assets/`, `hugo.toml`, `tools/` | written by hand |
| `public/` | build output, not versioned |
Content pages are Markdown with YAML front matter and can be corrected by hand, but a later
`make content` overwrites them: lasting fixes belong in the extraction repository.
## Usage
make content # regenerate from ../oc (OC=path to use another location)
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"title": "Companies"
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title: Companies
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"title": "Apple",
"params": {
"logo": "/media/museum/logos/apple_logo.gif",
"machines": [
"/museum/apple-ii"
],
"oc_id": 8,
"source": null
}
}
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title: Apple
params:
logo: /media/museum/logos/apple_logo.gif
machines:
- /museum/apple-ii
oc_id: 8
source: null
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{
"title": "Commodore",
"params": {
"logo": "/media/museum/logos/commodore_logo.gif",
"machines": [
"/museum/commodore-c64"
],
"oc_id": 26,
"source": null
}
}
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title: Commodore
params:
logo: /media/museum/logos/commodore_logo.gif
machines:
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oc_id: 26
source: null
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{
"title": "Kaypro",
"params": {
"logo": "/media/museum/logos/kaypro_logo.gif",
"machines": [
"/museum/kaypro-pc-286i"
],
"oc_id": 92,
"source": null
}
}
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title: Kaypro
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machines:
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oc_id: 92
source: null
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"title": "MAGNAVOX",
"params": {
"machines": [
"/museum/magnavox-odyssey",
"/museum/magnavox-odyssey-100"
],
"oc_id": 246,
"source": null
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title: MAGNAVOX
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{
"title": "NEC",
"params": {
"logo": "/media/museum/logos/nec_logo.gif",
"machines": [
"/museum/nec-pc-6601"
],
"oc_id": 90,
"source": null
}
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title: NEC
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machines:
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oc_id: 90
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"title": "Fun"
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title: Fun
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"title": "A HANDLE FOR THE PET",
"collections": [
"Stupid scans"
],
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"image": "/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_poignee-pet.gif",
"group": "Stupid scans",
"oc_id": 42,
"source": {
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20050227123834/http://www.old-computers.com/fun/default.asp?s=42",
"date": "2005-02-27"
}
}
}
<p><img src="/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_poignee-pet.gif"/></p><p> A french guy invented a handle for its Commodore PET computer. He used the electric cord of his washing machine...</p>
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title: A HANDLE FOR THE PET
collections:
- Stupid scans
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image: /media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_poignee-pet.gif
group: Stupid scans
oc_id: 42
source:
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date: '2005-02-27'
---
![](/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_poignee-pet.gif)
A french guy invented a handle for its Commodore PET computer. He used the electric cord of his washing machine...
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{
"title": "ANOREXIC BILLOU",
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"Stupid scans"
],
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"group": "Stupid scans",
"oc_id": 20,
"source": {
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20090827141722/http://www.old-computers.com/fun/default.asp?s=20",
"date": "2009-08-27"
}
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<p><img src="/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_billou_anorexic.jpg"/></p><p> At the begining of the 80's, Billou and Kayes Nishi give birth to the MSX standard. <br/><br/> They are getting very well together even if Bill suffers from anorexy at that time...</p>
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title: ANOREXIC BILLOU
collections:
- Stupid scans
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image: /media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_billou_anorexic.jpg
group: Stupid scans
oc_id: 20
source:
url: https://web.archive.org/web/20090827141722/http://www.old-computers.com/fun/default.asp?s=20
date: '2009-08-27'
---
![](/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_billou_anorexic.jpg)
At the begining of the 80's, Billou and Kayes Nishi give birth to the MSX standard.
They are getting very well together even if Bill suffers from anorexy at that time...
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{
"title": "APPLEMANIA",
"collections": [
"Stupid scans"
],
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"image": "/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_applemania.jpg",
"group": "Stupid scans",
"oc_id": 11,
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"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20201109032010/http://www.old-computers.com/fun/default.asp?s=11",
"date": "2020-11-09"
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<p><img src="/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_applemania.jpg"/></p>
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title: APPLEMANIA
collections:
- Stupid scans
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group: Stupid scans
oc_id: 11
source:
url: https://web.archive.org/web/20201109032010/http://www.old-computers.com/fun/default.asp?s=11
date: '2020-11-09'
---
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"title": "AS FAST AS A QUICK DISK DRIVE...",
"collections": [
"Stupid scans"
],
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"image": "/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_thomson_qdd.jpg",
"group": "Stupid scans",
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"date": "2022-09-30"
}
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<p><img src="/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_thomson_qdd.jpg"/></p><p> Thomson presents its new drive extension, the QDD (Quick Disk Drive). It's a kind of mixture between a disk drive and a tape-recorder. <br/><br/> Conclusion : 38kb in 46 secondes, wooaaa, very impressive indeed ! Even back then, it was bad. The young middle-class man, who owns a superb watch matched with its shirt, has chosen to keep is helmet on in case the beast would explode. Wise decision...</p>
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title: AS FAST AS A QUICK DISK DRIVE...
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- Stupid scans
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group: Stupid scans
oc_id: 19
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url: https://web.archive.org/web/20220930085821/http://www.old-computers.com/fun/default.asp?s=19
date: '2022-09-30'
---
![](/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_thomson_qdd.jpg)
Thomson presents its new drive extension, the QDD (Quick Disk Drive). It's a kind of mixture between a disk drive and a tape-recorder.
Conclusion : 38kb in 46 secondes, wooaaa, very impressive indeed ! Even back then, it was bad. The young middle-class man, who owns a superb watch matched with its shirt, has chosen to keep is helmet on in case the beast would explode. Wise decision...
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{
"title": "Asteroids rulez !",
"collections": [
"E-cards"
],
"params": {
"image": "/media/fun/ecards/stamp_asteroids_rule.jpg",
"group": "E-cards",
"oc_id": 1010,
"source": {
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20211026024948/http://www.old-computers.com/fun/v_ecards.asp?c=10",
"date": "2021-10-26"
}
}
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<p><img src="/media/fun/ecards/stamp_asteroids_rule.jpg"/></p>
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title: Asteroids rulez !
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- E-cards
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image: /media/fun/ecards/stamp_asteroids_rule.jpg
group: E-cards
oc_id: 1010
source:
url: https://web.archive.org/web/20211026024948/http://www.old-computers.com/fun/v_ecards.asp?c=10
date: '2021-10-26'
---
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"title": "ASTEROIDS RULEZ !",
"collections": [
"Stupid scans"
],
"params": {
"image": "/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_asteroids_rule.gif",
"group": "Stupid scans",
"oc_id": 6,
"source": {
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20041009200335/http://www.old-computers.com/fun/default.asp?s=6",
"date": "2004-10-09"
}
}
}
<p><img src="/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_asteroids_rule.gif"/></p><p> This week, a real cool picture ! While the girl (but is it really a woman ?) try to understand how to play Asteroids, her ridiculous mate attempts to **** her. Impressive !</p>
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title: ASTEROIDS RULEZ !
collections:
- Stupid scans
params:
image: /media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_asteroids_rule.gif
group: Stupid scans
oc_id: 6
source:
url: https://web.archive.org/web/20041009200335/http://www.old-computers.com/fun/default.asp?s=6
date: '2004-10-09'
---
![](/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_asteroids_rule.gif)
This week, a real cool picture ! While the girl (but is it really a woman ?) try to understand how to play Asteroids, her ridiculous mate attempts to \*\*\*\* her. Impressive !
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"title": "ATARI AEROBICS",
"collections": [
"Stupid scans"
],
"params": {
"image": "/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_atari_aerobic.jpg",
"group": "Stupid scans",
"oc_id": 23,
"source": {
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20050510154805/http://www.old-computers.com/fun/default.asp?s=23",
"date": "2005-05-10"
}
}
}
<p><img src="/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_atari_aerobic.jpg"/></p><p> Atari tries to convince women to buy their computers... <br/><br/> Crap! To reach their goal they communicate on a very fashionable subject of that time, the aerobics of course ! <br/><br/> We'll notice some funny details : <br/><br/> To knidle us, she left her bra on the wall (left to the aerial). <br/><br/> Once more, they take the piss out of us : only one cable to power up the computer, connect the TV and the disk-drive... they go too far ! <br/><br/> Apparently, she just put her left foot into the disk-drive. It is all tense, her hair is all tousled and she's got black eyes. It's clear that she just had a painfull experience... <br/><br/> In conclusion, I'll say that her pants are falling off.</p>
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title: ATARI AEROBICS
collections:
- Stupid scans
params:
image: /media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_atari_aerobic.jpg
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date: '2005-05-10'
---
![](/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_atari_aerobic.jpg)
Atari tries to convince women to buy their computers...
Crap! To reach their goal they communicate on a very fashionable subject of that time, the aerobics of course !
We'll notice some funny details :
To knidle us, she left her bra on the wall (left to the aerial).
Once more, they take the piss out of us : only one cable to power up the computer, connect the TV and the disk-drive... they go too far !
Apparently, she just put her left foot into the disk-drive. It is all tense, her hair is all tousled and she's got black eyes. It's clear that she just had a painfull experience...
In conclusion, I'll say that her pants are falling off.
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"title": "ATARI PROMOTIONAL CLOTHES",
"collections": [
"Stupid scans"
],
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"group": "Stupid scans",
"oc_id": 47,
"source": {
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20220510163517/http://www.old-computers.com/fun/default.asp?s=47",
"date": "2022-05-10"
}
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<p><img src="/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_atari_promo_1.jpg"/></p><p> Extract from the text: <br/><br/> "SHIMMEL. This half t-shirt, or shimmel, is a popular item. Super comfortable for exercise, it provides the wearer completely unrestricted movement. The Atari shimmel is made from a poly/cotton blend and is a must for any real video athlete."</p>
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title: ATARI PROMOTIONAL CLOTHES
collections:
- Stupid scans
params:
image: /media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_atari_promo_1.jpg
group: Stupid scans
oc_id: 47
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url: https://web.archive.org/web/20220510163517/http://www.old-computers.com/fun/default.asp?s=47
date: '2022-05-10'
---
![](/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_atari_promo_1.jpg)
Extract from the text:
"SHIMMEL. This half t-shirt, or shimmel, is a popular item. Super comfortable for exercise, it provides the wearer completely unrestricted movement. The Atari shimmel is made from a poly/cotton blend and is a must for any real video athlete."
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"title": "ATARI - THEY LAUGHED...",
"collections": [
"Stupid scans"
],
"params": {
"image": "/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_atari_great_laugh.jpg",
"group": "Stupid scans",
"oc_id": 43,
"source": {
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20050227123205/http://www.old-computers.com/fun/default.asp?s=43",
"date": "2005-02-27"
}
}
}
<p><img src="/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_atari_great_laugh.jpg"/></p><p>- Thanks to Olivier Jourdanet for this scan! -</p>
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title: ATARI - THEY LAUGHED...
collections:
- Stupid scans
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image: /media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_atari_great_laugh.jpg
group: Stupid scans
oc_id: 43
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date: '2005-02-27'
---
![](/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_atari_great_laugh.jpg)
\- Thanks to Olivier Jourdanet for this scan! -
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{
"title": "Atari TT 030",
"collections": [
"E-cards"
],
"params": {
"image": "/media/fun/ecards/stamp_tt.jpg",
"group": "E-cards",
"oc_id": 1006,
"source": {
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210805150224/http://www.old-computers.com/fun/v_ecards.asp?c=6",
"date": "2021-08-05"
}
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}
<p><img src="/media/fun/ecards/stamp_tt.jpg"/></p>
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- E-cards
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image: /media/fun/ecards/stamp_tt.jpg
group: E-cards
oc_id: 1006
source:
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date: '2021-08-05'
---
![](/media/fun/ecards/stamp_tt.jpg)
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"title": "Atari VCS-2600 / bike model",
"collections": [
"E-cards"
],
"params": {
"image": "/media/fun/ecards/stamp_aerobic_bike.jpg",
"group": "E-cards",
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"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20211026031148/http://www.old-computers.com/fun/v_ecards.asp?c=17",
"date": "2021-10-26"
}
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}
<p><img src="/media/fun/ecards/stamp_aerobic_bike.jpg"/></p>
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title: Atari VCS-2600 / bike model
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- E-cards
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image: /media/fun/ecards/stamp_aerobic_bike.jpg
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oc_id: 1017
source:
url: https://web.archive.org/web/20211026031148/http://www.old-computers.com/fun/v_ecards.asp?c=17
date: '2021-10-26'
---
![](/media/fun/ecards/stamp_aerobic_bike.jpg)
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"title": "BARBIE AND KEN PLAY THE INTELLIVISION",
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"Stupid scans"
],
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<p><img src="/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_barbie_and_ken.jpg"/></p><p> Yes, you are not dreaming !! Barbie and Ken are relaxing playing Intellivision. This is a scoop and it's amazing ! <br/><br/> Look carefully at the controllers, they are white and gold but are very similar to the Intellivision ones : disc, lateral fire buttons and numeric keypad. <br/><br/> The console is bigger but gold and "wood-grained" ! But the best detail is the game they're playing. If you look carefully at the screen, you can see the game : it is Star Strike ! <br/><br/> In fact, it's normal that Barbie and Ken have fun with the Intellivision, they have the same boss : Mattel !!</p>
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title: BARBIE AND KEN PLAY THE INTELLIVISION
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- Stupid scans
params:
image: /media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_barbie_and_ken.jpg
group: Stupid scans
oc_id: 15
source:
url: https://web.archive.org/web/20191023073003/http://www.old-computers.com/fun/default.asp?s=15
date: '2019-10-23'
---
![](/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_barbie_and_ken.jpg)
Yes, you are not dreaming !! Barbie and Ken are relaxing playing Intellivision. This is a scoop and it's amazing !
Look carefully at the controllers, they are white and gold but are very similar to the Intellivision ones : disc, lateral fire buttons and numeric keypad.
The console is bigger but gold and "wood-grained" ! But the best detail is the game they're playing. If you look carefully at the screen, you can see the game : it is Star Strike !
In fact, it's normal that Barbie and Ken have fun with the Intellivision, they have the same boss : Mattel !!
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"title": "Commodore 64",
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"E-cards"
],
"params": {
"image": "/media/fun/ecards/stamp_c64.jpg",
"group": "E-cards",
"oc_id": 1004,
"source": {
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20210805150209/http://www.old-computers.com/fun/v_ecards.asp?c=4",
"date": "2021-08-05"
}
}
}
<p><img src="/media/fun/ecards/stamp_c64.jpg"/></p>
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title: Commodore 64
collections:
- E-cards
params:
image: /media/fun/ecards/stamp_c64.jpg
group: E-cards
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<p><img src="/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_wanted.gif"/></p><p> "Becomes the one that the companies look for !" <br/><br/> This was how a french advert from the 80's praised the qualities of a computing school. Impressive...</p>
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![](/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_wanted.gif)
"Becomes the one that the companies look for !"
This was how a french advert from the 80's praised the qualities of a computing school. Impressive...
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<p><img src="/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_dai-tallar.jpg"/></p><p> This proud man carrying is mighty portable computer is Alain Tailliar, chief editor of TeleSoft, an early french computer magazine from the 80's. He is handsome, strong, proud and he looks far in front of him into the future... But there is a strong contrast between the visionary concept behind the picture and the fact that walking in the street with a DAI computer under the arm is not cool at all !</p>
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![](/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_dai-tallar.jpg)
This proud man carrying is mighty portable computer is Alain Tailliar, chief editor of TeleSoft, an early french computer magazine from the 80's. He is handsome, strong, proud and he looks far in front of him into the future... But there is a strong contrast between the visionary concept behind the picture and the fact that walking in the street with a DAI computer under the arm is not cool at all !
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<p><img src="/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_vic20_youngster.jpg"/></p><p> I looks like they used a brainless kid for this picture... He's got an idiot smile and he's staring at something straight ahead, far away outside the picture... In fact he doesn't care at all about what's going on the screen. <br/><br/> He has his hands on the keyboard (looks like someone just placed his hands there), but the running program apparently doesn't need any interaction from the user (it's a demo tape). <br/><br/> Last, but not least, his head seems out of proportion with his body... no ?</p>
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![](/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_vic20_youngster.jpg)
I looks like they used a brainless kid for this picture... He's got an idiot smile and he's staring at something straight ahead, far away outside the picture... In fact he doesn't care at all about what's going on the screen.
He has his hands on the keyboard (looks like someone just placed his hands there), but the running program apparently doesn't need any interaction from the user (it's a demo tape).
Last, but not least, his head seems out of proportion with his body... no ?
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<p><img src="/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_dumb-terminal.jpg"/></p><p> Which one is dumb ?</p><p>- Thanks to Orion Young for this scan -</p>
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![](/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_dumb-terminal.jpg)
Which one is dumb ?
\- Thanks to Orion Young for this scan -
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<p><img src="/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_french-pong.jpg"/></p><p> En France aussi, on sait s'amuser!</p>
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En France aussi, on sait s'amuser!
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<p><img src="/media/fun/stupid_scans/500x_nerdzeugung.jpg"/></p><p> Ahhh, the pleasures of the 80's. In bed with your beautiful German wife and your sexy C64 toy. What a night to remember...</p><p>- taken from Gizmodo -</p>
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![](/media/fun/stupid_scans/500x_nerdzeugung.jpg)
Ahhh, the pleasures of the 80's. In bed with your beautiful German wife and your sexy C64 toy. What a night to remember...
\- taken from Gizmodo -
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<p><img src="/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_tandy-trs80m3_avocats.jpg"/></p><p> Thanks to their brand new Tandy TRS-80 Model III computer, these three lawyers stopped losing 3000 Euros worth of fees ! Indeed, the advert explains that when they were calculating the fees themselves they found 30000 FF, whereas the computer calculated 50000 FF ! As a result, they sacked their secretary and bought a TRS-80... <br/><br/> Notice the (very) old books in the background. It is well known that good lawyers never use modern books...</p>
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![](/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_tandy-trs80m3_avocats.jpg)
Thanks to their brand new Tandy TRS-80 Model III computer, these three lawyers stopped losing 3000 Euros worth of fees ! Indeed, the advert explains that when they were calculating the fees themselves they found 30000 FF, whereas the computer calculated 50000 FF ! As a result, they sacked their secretary and bought a TRS-80...
Notice the (very) old books in the background. It is well known that good lawyers never use modern books...
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<p><img src="/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_compaq_deskpro_pub_impitoyable.jpg"/></p><p> "Compaq Deskpro. The heartless computer" <br/><br/> This is a reference to the famous TV serie of the time: Dallas. The french song sang : "Dallas, your heartless universe...". Compaq tried to take advantage of the winning America image given by the serie. <br/><br/> Bottom of page reads : "Compaq. The computer which thrills America"</p>
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![](/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_compaq_deskpro_pub_impitoyable.jpg)
"Compaq Deskpro. The heartless computer"
This is a reference to the famous TV serie of the time: Dallas. The french song sang : "Dallas, your heartless universe...". Compaq tried to take advantage of the winning America image given by the serie.
Bottom of page reads : "Compaq. The computer which thrills America"
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<p><img src="/media/fun/ecards/stamp_hp.jpg"/></p>
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<p><img src="/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_ti99_advert1.jpg"/></p><p> Isn't this a stupid scan ?! <br/><br/> This is a 1983 advertisement for the Texas-Instrument TI-99 4/A. <br/><br/> The poor guy is ridiculous and his position is just worse. I even wonder if he hasn't got a wig... I don't even talk about his headband, this is the icing on the cake ! And aboveall, by looking at his face, it seems like he doesn't undestand what's going on the screen. <br/><br/> Let's talk about the kid : his little pink jacket is soooo cool, and his yellow shirt is buttoned right up to the neck. <br/><br/> It's a good job that he's pressing the FCTN key, otherwise the program couldn't work... <br/><br/> Once again, they think we are idiots, since there are no cables going out of the computer. <br/> Last thing : the melody on screen is crap (rising scale).</p>
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![](/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_ti99_advert1.jpg)
Isn't this a stupid scan ?!
This is a 1983 advertisement for the Texas-Instrument TI-99 4/A.
The poor guy is ridiculous and his position is just worse. I even wonder if he hasn't got a wig... I don't even talk about his headband, this is the icing on the cake ! And aboveall, by looking at his face, it seems like he doesn't undestand what's going on the screen.
Let's talk about the kid : his little pink jacket is soooo cool, and his yellow shirt is buttoned right up to the neck.
It's a good job that he's pressing the FCTN key, otherwise the program couldn't work...
Once again, they think we are idiots, since there are no cables going out of the computer.\
Last thing : the melody on screen is crap (rising scale).
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<p><img src="/media/fun/ecards/stamp_ibm.jpg"/></p>
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<p><img src="/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_good-guys-wear-white.jpg"/></p><p>- Thanks to Orion Young for this scan -</p>
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![](/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_good-guys-wear-white.jpg)
\- Thanks to Orion Young for this scan -
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<p></p>
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<p><img src="/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_moustachu_1.jpg"/></p><p> This man is leaving no room to the woman on the desk... After all she is only working with a pen and a paper, whereas this guy has a brand new computer! Was the communication message "computers are too complicated for women" ?!</p>
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![](/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_moustachu_1.jpg)
This man is leaving no room to the woman on the desk... After all she is only working with a pen and a paper, whereas this guy has a brand new computer! Was the communication message "computers are too complicated for women" ?!
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<p><img src="/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_mr-illel.jpg"/></p><p> This guy smoked too many memory sticks !</p>
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This guy smoked too many memory sticks !
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<p><img src="/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_nesbox.jpg"/></p><p> This picture was scanned from the NES box. <br/><br/> It would seem that they felt it necessary to take the controller cables, run them behind the NES and television, under the table and then up to the boys so as not to have any messy cables showing. <br/><br/> I don't see how anyone would want to hold the controllers like that when they are playing. They must have no clue what they are doing. The way they have their hands cupped on the game pads, it would be an awkward reach to press the A and B buttons. Of course, then there's the fact that the kid in the blue shirt probably has the worst view of the screen of the bunch and he's supposed to be a player.</p><p>- Thanks to Matthew S. Carpenter for this stupid scan -</p>
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![](/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_nesbox.jpg)
This picture was scanned from the NES box.
It would seem that they felt it necessary to take the controller cables, run them behind the NES and television, under the table and then up to the boys so as not to have any messy cables showing.
I don't see how anyone would want to hold the controllers like that when they are playing. They must have no clue what they are doing. The way they have their hands cupped on the game pads, it would be an awkward reach to press the A and B buttons. Of course, then there's the fact that the kid in the blue shirt probably has the worst view of the screen of the bunch and he's supposed to be a player.
\- Thanks to Matthew S. Carpenter for this stupid scan -
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<p><img src="/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_odyssey1_advert.jpg"/></p><p> Here is the french advert for the first video-game system, conceived by Magnavox. Read carefully every line of text (if you read french), it's very funny and it helps to imagine how this new technology was seen at that time. <br/><br/> Please note the little jerk pointing the TV at his parents just in case they hadn't noticed it yet...</p><p>- Thanks to David Winter for this picture -</p>
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![](/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_odyssey1_advert.jpg)
Here is the french advert for the first video-game system, conceived by Magnavox. Read carefully every line of text (if you read french), it's very funny and it helps to imagine how this new technology was seen at that time.
Please note the little jerk pointing the TV at his parents just in case they hadn't noticed it yet...
\- Thanks to David Winter for this picture -
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<p><img src="/media/fun/ecards/ecard_misc_old-computers.jpg"/></p>
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<p><img src="/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_osborne1-woman.jpg"/></p><p> When you know that an Osborne 1 weights more than 10 Kg, this woman just ruined her shoulder... or the case is empty!</p>
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![](/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_osborne1-woman.jpg)
When you know that an Osborne 1 weights more than 10 Kg, this woman just ruined her shoulder... or the case is empty!
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<p><img src="/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_prodigy_1.jpg"/></p>
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<p><img src="/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_amstrad-phone.jpg"/></p><p> "A home phone that allows you play games may seem unbelievable to most – but not to Amstrad. We have incorporated the ability to download and play great Sinclair ZX Spectrum games on to the e-mailerplus, allowing the user to choose and play classic games from its extensive library. You simply choose the game you wish to play from the games menu and download it to your machine. Each game is downloaded separately and is stored in your e-mailerplus for a fixed time period*. Several games can be stored at any one time, allowing you to swap between your favourite games at the touch of a button. With its large screen and easy-to-use keyboard, you really can have hours of fun. <br/><br/> And with a large library of games to choose from (and new ones being added regularly), you need never be bored on the phone again. You can even play a game while a phone call is in progress!"</p>
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![](/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_amstrad-phone.jpg)
"A home phone that allows you play games may seem unbelievable to most – but not to Amstrad. We have incorporated the ability to download and play great Sinclair ZX Spectrum games on to the e-mailerplus, allowing the user to choose and play classic games from its extensive library. You simply choose the game you wish to play from the games menu and download it to your machine. Each game is downloaded separately and is stored in your e-mailerplus for a fixed time period\*. Several games can be stored at any one time, allowing you to swap between your favourite games at the touch of a button. With its large screen and easy-to-use keyboard, you really can have hours of fun.
And with a large library of games to choose from (and new ones being added regularly), you need never be bored on the phone again. You can even play a game while a phone call is in progress!"
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<p><img src="/media/fun/ecards/stamp_mz.jpg"/></p>
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<p><img src="/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_portable.jpg"/></p><p>- Thanks to <a href="http://www.ricaner.com">WWW.RICANER.COM</a> for this picture -</p>
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![](/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_portable.jpg)
\- Thanks to [WWW.RICANER.COM](http://www.ricaner.com) for this picture -
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<p><img src="/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_sweden-commodore.jpg"/></p><p> This is an old swedish advert from Commodore, trying to convince parents that sitting in front of computers is something good for their children. <br/><br/> The text, translated to english, reads<br/> Top picture:<br/> - Where have you been?<br/> - Out!<br/> - What have you done?<br/> - Nothing!<br/><br/> Botton picture:<br/> - The better alternative! </p><p>- Thanks to Mattias Östergren for this scan -</p>
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![](/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_sweden-commodore.jpg)
This is an old swedish advert from Commodore, trying to convince parents that sitting in front of computers is something good for their children.
The text, translated to english, reads\
Top picture:\
\- Where have you been?\
\- Out!\
\- What have you done?\
\- Nothing!
Botton picture:\
\- The better alternative!
\- Thanks to Mattias Östergren for this scan -
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<p><img src="/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_honeywell-cook_1.jpg"/></p><p> And now something for the ladies. This odd-looking and almost laughable computer was released in 1965 by Honeywell under the official name H316 Pedestal Model, but was featured on the cover of a Nieman-Marcus catalog under its more commonly-known name, the "Kitchen Computer". <br/><br/> The Kitchen Computer is most likely where the classic recipe storage cliché originated, as this was the primary use advertised for the Kitchen Computer. In fact, storing recipes was about all the Kitchen Computer was capable of doing. The recipes were programmed into the computer and it would store them for you. In other words, it was an electronic recipe storage box, nothing more. <br/><br/> When one thinks of computer hardware, they often think of a monitor or a keyboard or a printer. Well, the Kitchen Computer has perhaps the oddest piece of "hardware" we have ever heard of -- a cutting board. Yes, a cutting board! This oddity was most likely added so the food could be prepared right there without having to walk away from the recipe display, considering the Kitchen Computer isn't as portable as a good old-fashioned cookbook (It weighed a staggering 150 pounds). <br/><br/> The Kitchen Computer was obviously geared towards housewives who loved to cook. However any housewives who wanted one of these had to shell out A LOT of green, considering the Kitchen Computer sold for $10,600 when it was first introduced (You could buy about four new cars for that much money in 1965!). This price tag included the built-in recipes, and also included a cookbook and an apron !!</p><p>- Thanks to Torin Darkflight for picture &amp; info -</p>
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![](/media/fun/stupid_scans/stupid_honeywell-cook_1.jpg)
And now something for the ladies. This odd-looking and almost laughable computer was released in 1965 by Honeywell under the official name H316 Pedestal Model, but was featured on the cover of a Nieman-Marcus catalog under its more commonly-known name, the "Kitchen Computer".
The Kitchen Computer is most likely where the classic recipe storage cliché originated, as this was the primary use advertised for the Kitchen Computer. In fact, storing recipes was about all the Kitchen Computer was capable of doing. The recipes were programmed into the computer and it would store them for you. In other words, it was an electronic recipe storage box, nothing more.
When one thinks of computer hardware, they often think of a monitor or a keyboard or a printer. Well, the Kitchen Computer has perhaps the oddest piece of "hardware" we have ever heard of -- a cutting board. Yes, a cutting board! This oddity was most likely added so the food could be prepared right there without having to walk away from the recipe display, considering the Kitchen Computer isn't as portable as a good old-fashioned cookbook (It weighed a staggering 150 pounds).
The Kitchen Computer was obviously geared towards housewives who loved to cook. However any housewives who wanted one of these had to shell out A LOT of green, considering the Kitchen Computer sold for $10,600 when it was first introduced (You could buy about four new cars for that much money in 1965!). This price tag included the built-in recipes, and also included a cookbook and an apron !!
\- Thanks to Torin Darkflight for picture & info -
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<p><img src="/media/fun/stupid_scans/commodore_vic20_silvervic_stupid.jpg"/></p><p> Incredible ! The Silver VIC commemorating the 2 million<sup>th</sup> VIC-20 sold worldwide, was owned by a mime !! </p>

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