Computer Historian Mugs

Why early computers were so big

Moses on the web

After 39 years, 11 months, 28 days, Moses finally received the GPS he ordered from Amazon.

'It's one of these new phones that takes photographs.'

Early Colour TV

'Someday TVs will be in big boxes on the floor.'

Fenton G. Gonklemeyer, Computer Scientist - Booted Up 1928 and Crashed 2009.

Fossil record player.

'It says our line printer is obsolete our remote terminal is obsolete, and I'm afraid, we're obsolete.'

"And this is one of our most poular models..."

'This is a letter opener, from the days before faxes and email. I just sold it online after I listed it as a vintage communication device.'

"It's a fantastic computer! It's so old that none of today's hackers know how to hack it!"

"It's very sweet of you to visit him. Mr. Mainframe doen't get out much since the desktops came in."

"This car is a retro classic. Instead of a USB outlet there's a cigarette lighter."

God pulling the plug on January 1st 2000

"Go ahead and laugh, but this baby hasn't crashed since 1961."

'This may be an old computer, but it won the March Madness office pool again and wants the money deposited in its Swiss bank account.'

'Yes, our phones have WIRES attached to them! We're no free-range blabbermouths in this household!'

Archeologists discover Egyptian Computers.

How to create a password you can remember...

'At last we have found 'The Land of the Obsolete Hardware','

"Grandma, I have to bring an antique to school. Can I borrow your flip phone?"

"Let me take you back to a dark time when all you could do with a phone was make phone calls."

The dead sea scrolls

'I don't know what it is. I think it's some kind of old-fashioned cell phone.'

Caveman to wheel inventor: 'Nice invention - how do you boot it up?'

Memorials of The Great Exhibition - 1851. No. XIII. - The ladies and the police - the battle of the Crystal Palace

'Santa thinks desktops will come back.'

The Thinker (Millennials Edition)

Man 'Gogols' the Overcoat.

'Mom, you wouldn't believe all the stuff people had to know before computers!'

Computer Address Book.

'In ancient times they needed these to watch TV!'

Man at computer sees 'Y2K' comet coming towards him