Classic Detroit TV Commercials

**rid0617** · May-30-10, 04:28 AM

I loved the computer at the end of the Dorsey Business School commercial.

**Hermod** · May-30-10, 04:31 AM

Clothing values go up-up-up
Clothing prices go down-down-down
Robert Hall this season
Will show you the reason
Low overhead, low overhead

**Wingnatic** · May-30-10, 05:57 AM

This is not exactly a commercial , but a promo for a program I watched as a kid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFI9RFIl-Vc

**Tsomyak** · June-01-10, 02:15 PM

Originally Posted by rid0617

I loved the computer at the end of the Dorsey Business School commercial.

That computer was an IBM Displaywriter. It preceded the PC by a couple of years, first introduced in 1980. It was a dedicated word processor. It boasted an 8086 processor, no graphics or color on the display, and no hard drive, just the old 7 + inch floppy discs that sat in a separate unit affectionately dubbed "The Toaster". That was the first project I worked on when I hired on at Big Blue.