IBM Historical Commercials

1986 Commercial - Mime gets rid of stacks of Paper

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1980s Commercial with the MASH actors

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The Information Machine in the Service of Mankind

Not a Commercial but a forward looking cartoon from the 50s on computers, calculators and their potential
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1990s Pink Panther introduces the 486 processor

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Mac ad bashing IBM complexity

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Commodore C64 Price comparisons

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Help me add to the archive!

Send me links or files and I’ll post them and give you credit if you wish. I’m particularly interested in circa 1983 “IBM Presents: You Make the Call”. Those commercials were great, showing a convoluted play of some sort (usually involving consecutive fumbles from each side plus an inadvertently kicked ball plus mascot interference). The narrator would then pause the clip and boldly announce, “You make the call!” A commercial would air, giving armchair referees time to argue amongst themselves. After the commercial, the correct answer would be given and the relevant rule would be explained and applied. Your help would be most apreciated.

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