Welcome to the first of what might become a regular series of articles looking back at LEGO product catalogues from years gone by.
This week's ThrowbackThursday article has been written by guest author Zander who recalls one of his favourite years: 1979.
Battersea Polytechnic Cricket Team, 1896
Here's a picture, courtesy of Berry (a LEGENDARY quarter-miler for the team) and Paige Nolan Myles. It shows part of the Alamogordo High School track team (sprinters and hurdlers) with yours truly front and center (with a "front and center" part in my hair). The year was 1976, and I was a senior.
1930s daytime dress: Daytime dresses during the time were simple and less luxurious than the 1920s.
An oldie, in honor of upcoming prom dress hunting... Twelve Bees Why was I blubbering? This was supposed to be a quick shopping t...
Martha Henry as Paulina in The Winter's Tale, 1978 Director: Robin Phillips and Peter Moss Designer: Daphne Dare Photo: Robert C. Ragsdale #tbt #TheatreThursday
Was the Commodore 64, an IBM, Apple, Amstrad or ZX Spectrum your first home computer way back in the 1980s? Click here to see this list of iconic computers 1. Commodore 64 Were you one of the kids who had the Commodore 64, while your mates had a Spectrum - and swore it was better? Well, it turns out that the Commodore 64 was one of the best selling home computers ever. It had up to 40% of the market for a large chunk of the 1980s, selling millions of computers. The 64 refers to its 64 kilobytes of RAM. 2. ZX Spectrum Available from 1982, this gem featured a 3.5MHz CPU, either 16kB or 48kB of RAM - all for the princely sum of £125, much less than many of its competitors. 3. IBM PC 5150 The daddy of PCs, this is the computer that really helped launch the home personal computer market. Sure, there had been others but this computer from IBM set the specification for PCs. It debuted in 1981 and helped establish a multi-billion pound industry. 4. Apple Macintosh To Apple fans, the Apple Mac was the computer that helped usher in a better time for computer users. A relatively refined graphical user interface (GUI) and the Mac OS that turned into Mac OS X. It had an impressive 0.13MB of memory and a microprocessor speed of 8MHz. 5. Commodore VIC-20 The marketing boffins came up with the phrase the wonder computer of the 1980s for this computer in an advert that featured William Shatner. It was launched in Japan in 1980 and in the US and Europe in 1981. It became the first microcomputer to sell one million units. 6. Amstrad CPC 464 As well as colourful keys, this had a tape recorder built in. Launched in 1984, the CPC 464 cost £199 with a green screen monitor and £299 for colour. With 64k of RAM and a Z80 processor, it went on to become a best seller. By the way, CPC apparently stood for Colour Personal Computer. 7. BBC Micro Once synonymous with school computer labs and rooms up and down the UK, the BBC Micro was the first experience of using a computer for many people. It was unveiled in December 1981 with models A and B going on to sell more than 1.5 million units before being discontinued in 1994. 8. ZX Spectrum +2 The first Spectrum made by Amstrad after it bought the brand in 1986. A spring-loaded keyboard, dual joystick ports and the datacorder (the built-in cassette recorder) were among features. More from the 7dayshop blog - click below Spock Dollars - Live Long And Prosper... World's Highest Capacity MicroSD Memory Card Unveiled - 200GB Don't Forget Mother's Day! 5 Great Gift Ideas for Your Mum Great Deals On Electronics And More At 7dayshop.com Article sources Wikipedia.org, The Independent, The Verge, YouTube, ZDNet, IBM Archives, PCMag.com, The Register, Maximum PC, the centre for computing history Photo credits 1. Evan-Amos (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons 2 and 5 by Bill Betram (Own work) [CC BY-SA 2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons 3 by Ruben de Rijcke (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons 4 http://www.allaboutapple.com/ [CC BY-SA 2.5 it (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/it/deed.en), CC BY-SA 2.5 it (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/it/deed.en), GFDL (www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)], via Wikimedia Commons) 6 By Soupmeister (Commodore VIC-20) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons) 7 and 8 by Stuart Brady (own work/public domain)/Wikimedia
1920's faux bob with finger waves
Cute outfit.
Here's the original press release that a small company called Apple released back in 1984, announcing the launch of their new Macintosh personal computer - the first mass-market PC with both a graphical user interface and a mouse.
Jackie Robinson, 1955 #ThrowbackThursday
As it's Think Parrots this weekend, here's an image from Think Parrots 2014.
With the return of actor, Ian McShane, to Wilmington this fall, he gets ready for his role as “Judge Perry” in the feature film, “Bolden.” Ian McShane played the lead role in BBC’s TV Show, “Lovejoy”…
Here is a list of some extremely famous celebrities born in the month of July; the same month in which Julius Caesar was born and hence gave it the name ‘July.’ Hope you will get your fill of inspiration from their vision, flair, and sophistication.
Here is a list of some extremely famous celebrities born in the month of July; the same month in which Julius Caesar was born and hence gave it the name ‘July.’ Hope you will get your fill of inspiration from their vision, flair, and sophistication.
Here is a list of some extremely famous celebrities born in the month of July; the same month in which Julius Caesar was born and hence gave it the name ‘July.’ Hope you will get your fill of inspiration from their vision, flair, and sophistication.
