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"What The Heck Is Electronic Mail?" (Honeywell Ad, 1980s) (lemmy.today)
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[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Fascinating. And "punch a key" sounds so charming, 5 decades later.

According to the internet, this ad's been around between '77 and '81 and "it wasn't running (...) in mainstream consumer magazines; this ad was targeted at computer enthusiasts and run in computer news magazines like Computerworld and Datamation! The general public wouldn't become aware of e-mail until the '90s."

[–] hungprocess@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

"punch a key" sounds so charming

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Punch the keys for God's sake

[–] mrnarwall@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Not even Doom music could make me forget that webpage

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I think in the ptkfgs timeline it would be not even quake music and a dog.