Daily Mail:
Companies such as Apple have made their name by marketing their products not just as technological tools but as glamorous and fun toys.
But this marketing technique is nothing new, as these vintage adverts from the early days of PCs show.
They portray computers as fun, easy to use – and even sexy, with the help of a few eager-looking models.
Look how sexy that 4800 baud modem is!
Who’s looking at the modem?
I remember when the Tandy was the hot sh*t. I felt so bad about my TI-99/4A. But then again, they didn’t get Hunt the Wumpus.
Go-go boots and 0.048 Mbps. Wow! Hot!
When I clicked through to see the full article, I was eventually forwarded to a porn site. :/
4800 BPS is not the same thing as 4800 baud. As an example, all V22 modems are 600 baud despite being 600 BPS, 1200 BPS or 2400 BPS.