In Western countries in the early 1980s, there was plenty of choice if you wanted an affordable computer ... for with a pack of cigarettes. Look inside an old Apple II and you’ll see a sea ...

In the early 1980s there was growing public awareness ... and there was a brief period in which anything remotely connected with a computer attracted an air of glamour and sophistication.

CRN was launched in 1982, back then it was known as Computer Retail News. As part of our 30th anniversary, we look back at some memorable computer ads from the early days of CRN, like this Texas ...