Retro Computer Programmer Mugs
Description: Everyone has been through that unexplainable experience - either when programming, doing something in a spreadsheet, or playing a video game - everything is fine and then the screen just goes blank. Is that a bug? or a feature? a bug that turned into a feature? or something I did? We will never know, the only way is to reboot. Oh well. Pixel Cat is sad because someone clicked something and everything disappeared.
Description: ATI Technologies Inc. was a Canadian semiconductor technology corporation based in Markham, Ontario, that specialized in the development of graphics processing units and chipsets. Founded in 1985, the company was listed publicly in 1993 and was acquired in 2006. As a major fabless semiconductor company, ATI conducted research and development in-house and outsourced the manufacturing and assembly of its products. With the decline and eventual bankruptcy of 3dfx in 2000, ATI and its chief rival emerged as the dominant players in the graphics processors industry, eventually forcing other manufacturers into niche roles.
Description: APF Electronics Inc. was a publicly traded company based in New York City that was dedicated to consumer electronics. The company was founded in 1968 to import stereos from Japan and the company name came from the initials of the brothers who founded ir, Al & Phil Friedman. APF moved into calculators after realizing there were high margins and low competition in this area. By the mid-70s, APF had began developing home gaming consoles, with their first release being the APF TV Fun in 1976, followed by the APF-MP1000 in 1978. That same year, the APF PeCos One computer system came out, following by the APF Imagination Machine expansion module in 1979. Fast forward to 1983 which saw the APF Imagination Machine II come to life.
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.
Description: Fry’s Electronics was an American big-box store chain headquartered in Silicon Valley. Fry’s retailed software, consumer electronics, household appliances, cosmetics, tools, toys, accessories, magazines, technical books, and computer hardware. Fry’s had in-store computer repair and custom computer building services. Fry’s began with one store in Sunnyvale, California, which expanded to 34 stores in nine states at its peak in 2019. Because Fry’s stores were enormous, stocking a wide range of each product category, they were popular with electronics and computer hobbyists and professionals. Almost all of their stores carried a theme that was more than just decor, but built into the architecture of the building, using themes ranging from an Az
Description: Mini Keyboard CTRL+C / CTRL+V – your entire digital life, condensed. Just 4 keys, no unnecessary extras, only what you truly do all day: copy and paste. Perfect gift for computer science students, geeks who proudly duplicate their own brilliance, IT pros who know that copying is a skill, and nerds who paste definitions right before the exam. Retro style, tiny size, and 100% irony. Get one and show the world you're a shortcut master – or just copy and paste this description somewhere else.
Description: Topo was a series of robots designed in the early '80s by Sunnyvale, California's Androbot for the consumer and education markets. It was wirelessly programmable via computer with a modified version of BASIC called TopoBASIC (and later Forth, with TopoFORTH). The program allowed the robot to perform a set of geometric movements, to move about a room and perform tasks. Topo was like a servant robot, although it didn't truly meet the requirements of a robot, as it had no sensors to receive input and then make decisions accordingly. It also couldn't communicate any information back with the computer, nor calibrate its own motors to ensure an accurate task was being performed. The robots were sold commercially starting in May 1983.
Description: A design inspired by Superhero comics with a square panel and knockout speech bubble declaring "Show me the DATA!". The stars and text are coloured with a golden yellow for extra pop. Recommended shirt/clothing colours include Red, Blue, Teal, Purple and Green to complement the classic superhero colours.
