Jerry Neumann @ganeumann@qoto.org

I had no idea states did this. "Massachusetts Bars Apple Stock" on the eve of its IPO (NYT, 1980.) MA did not allow IPOs of stocks at prices higher than 25 times earnings. (Apple gained 30% on its first day of trading.)

OK, this one is just ridiculous

"Glamour in the Computer World: Skidmore Graduate a Vice President at Age of 28" (NYT, 1966)

Sarnoff Envisages Social 'Explosion' In Era of Computer (NYT, 1964)

"In a computerized society...executives would cut down on going to offices and wasting time on travel. They would be able to participate in 'high-level' meetings without stirring from home."

"Pocket Computer May Replace Shopping List" (NYT 1962)

Aside from the casual sexism, interesting.

"Electronic communication would tell the store in advance what she needed. She would simply pick up the bundles."

"Taking her computer from her handbag..."

"...the day when a headwaiter could accurately forecast the cocktail a person wanted merely by matching the drinker's characteristics against preferences recorded in his own pocket computer."

"There is no reason to suppose the average girl or boy cannot be master of a personal computer."

What's that saying, we wanted nuclear cars, we got ubiquitous computing? Something like that. (Cover of an IBM pamphlet, 1976)

The joy of editing.