Computing Magnets
Description: Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), was founded by Ken Olsen and Harlan Anderson in 1957 in Maynard, Massachusetts. Operating under the trade name Digital, they were a major player in the computer industry from the 1960s to the 1990s. Although the company produced many product lines over their history, they are best known for their work in the minicomputer market starting in the mid-1960s. The company produced a series of machines known as the PDP line, with the PDP-8 and PDP-11 being among the most successful minis in history. Their success was only surpassed by another DEC product, the late-1970s VAX "supermini" systems that were designed to replace the PDP-11.
Description: Prodigy Communications Corporation was an online service that operated from 1984 to 2001 that offered its subscribers access to a broad range of networked services. Prodigy grew and evolved to become one of the major internet service providers of the '90s. The company claimed it was the first consumer online service, citing its graphical user interface and basic architecture as differentiation from CompuServe, which started in 1979 and used a command-line interface. By '94, Prodigy was the first of early dial-up services to offer full access to the web and to offer web page hosting to its members. Two years later, they retooled as a true ISP, making its main offering internet access branded as Prodigy Internet.
Description: Cool computer technology with slogan - Up In The Air. Into The Cloud - with a space planet background Get this for yourself or as a gift to your computer science, engineering, and technology friends. Available in t-shirts, hoodies, mugs, posters, and more. Choose your product, color, and size below then ADD TO CART to place your order.
Description: Google Cloud Platform, offered by Google, is a suite of cloud computing services that runs on the same infrastructure that Google uses internally for its end-user products, such as Google Search, Gmail and YouTube. Alongside a set of management tools, it provides a series of modular cloud services including computing, data storage, data analytics and machine learning.
Description: The Osborne Computer Corporation (OCC) was an American computer company and pioneer in the field of portable computers. Adam Osborne founded the company in 1980, and went to work on developing the world's first mass-produced portable computer in 1981. Called the Osborne 1, it cost $1,795, which was a lot of money in 1981, but along with a very chunky computer – all 14+ pounds of it – along with a plethora of floppy disks packed with software. It ran the CP/M operating system along with a CBASIC compiler and MSBASIC. At the time, it was seen as a stroke of genius. Sales of the Osborne 1 began slowly, but by the end of 1981, the company was shipping 2,000 units a month – an astonishing figure at that time.
Description: 90s Bootleg Aesthetic CRT Monitor Experience true 90s tech nostalgia with this epic 'System Overload' design! Featuring a classic CRT monitor flashing matrix-style green code, surrounded by vintage motherboards, PC cooling fans, and floating binary numbers. Perfect for programmers, IT professionals, cyberpunks, and anyone who loves the retro computer aesthetic. Grab this glitchy, hacker-inspired design and show off your inner geek!
Description: Founded in 1979 in Fremont, California, GRiD Systems Corp. was an early portable computer manufacturer known for producing rugged and semi-rugged machines. GRiD is credited with several pioneering ideas, including the first portable computer, the first clamshell laptop computer, the first commercially available tablet-type portable computer, and the concept of a "bus" for connecting peripherals (using GPIB). The 1982 GRiD Compass 1101 is considered the granddaddy of all present-day laptop computers. It had 256k RAM, an 8086, 320x240 screen, and 384k of internal 'bubble memory' that held data with power off.
Description: Perfect for IT pros, programmers, sysadmins, and tech lovers who know the truth about “the cloud.” This There Is No Cloud, It's Just Someone Else’s Computer design delivers clever geek humor with a clean, minimalist style. Great for wearing at work, conferences, or casual days when you want to make fellow techies smile. Ideal gift for coders, network admins, and computer nerds.
There Is No Cloud, It's Just Someone Else’s Computer – Funny Tech Geek Computer Design Magnet
by Schmeler Hammes
$4.75
Description: Celebrate the golden age of minicomputers with this vintage, distressed-style recreation of the classic Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) PDP-11 logo. Perfect for retro tech enthusiasts, old-school programmers, sysadmins, and computer history geeks who appreciate classic 1970s and 80s computing hardware.
