Tag Archives: 1980s

Sometimes sprites feel like cross-stitch. Commodore Computing International magazine cover (1983).

The Park by 9-year-old Richard Hadland. Won first prize in the Under 12 Still category in Commodore’s International Art Challenge 1984. via Commodore Computing International (vol 3, 1984).

KYKAFRIKAANS (1976-1980) by Willem Boshoff.

Created for RTTY by GEORGE, W7JNI.

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Teletext, though developed in the 1970s didn’t catch on until 1980’s. A great source of information and cheap holiday deals beamed directly to your television set, in the 1980’s was a novelty. In 2009 teletext came off air, the reason for it’s demise? The Internet.

Plotter drawing by Günther Schulz, 1985, via..

Paula Claire, Etherealight, 1985.

Commodore’s christmas greets from 1982. GIF made by Prosthetic Knowledge for his brilliant post on Commodore xmas demos on Rhizome.

Ghostbusters Knitting patterns, via.

RTTY by SKIP, K0ARG.