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Early Computer Graphics | Collection

To appreciate computer graphics now we should also remember the then...

This post includes 1970's retrospective and documentary followed by some 1980's delights! Want more? Visit 'A Critical History of Computer Graphics and Animation' here http://design.osu.edu/carlson/history/lesson6.html

History of Computer Graphics (1972)
A computer graphics retrospective 

Stan Vanderbeek: The Computer Generation part 1
Documentary from 1972 by John Musilli

Stan Vanderbeek: The Computer Generation part 2
Documentary from 1972 by John Musilli

Panasonic "Glider" 1981
Robert Abel and Associates commercial for panasonic with music tat sounds a lot like the love theme from the Superman movies

1981 Early Computer Graphics
Adam Powers, the juggler, from an early III demo reel

The Making of Star Wars Computer Graphics | Larry Cuba

Remember the animation of the Death Star that was shown to pilots in the Rebel Alliance?...Course you do - well the computer graphics for the first Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope in 1977 were created by Larry Cuba at the Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) at the University of Illinois at Chicago. For more information on the lab, visit the website www.evl.uic.edu and Larry Cuba at www.well.com/user/cuba and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Cuba
Image source: http://www.empireonline.com/features/history-of-cgi/p3

 

...Other early Larry Cuba Computer Graphics


"(1985) Calculated Movements by Larry Cuba is an example of early video art using software developed at the Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL). The video has a minimalist/ambient original sound piece."

Cool Retro Computer Manuals & Ads

I can't get enough of all these manuals...'Selling the Computer Revolution' - is a brilliant archive of computer manuals from 1948-1988, it includes full pdf's of the manuals http://www.computerhistory.org/brochures/index.php

More ref: Archive of Computer Ads - http://www.fulltable.com/vts/c/comm/com.htm and the original find: http://assemblyman-eph.blogspot.com/2009/04/vintage-computer-brochures.html

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Drawings & Development | Sinclair Spectrum Computers

ZX80, ZX81, Spectrum Projects by Rick Dickinson...

Here's a selection of some of the industrial design Rick Dickinson did at Sinclair, showing development drawings and models. It's a fantastic insight into how the computers were designed and developed.

Also a collection of Sinclair manual cover design and vintage advertisements.

See more here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/9574086@N02/collections/72157608812198325/ and Rick Dickinson's current company that he formed in 1986 http://www.theproductdesigners.com