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Re: 80's computer commercial: Another vague childhood memory I can't recall
03/14/16 11:47 PM



>I talked about NAFTA but I forgot to mention it happened in Mexico. Still, there's no
>way the family and house depicted was Mexican. I'm certain it was a dubbed commercial
>from the USA.

I see. That narrows down to a USA or maybe a Canadian search.

>The YouTube channel was a good lead, unfortunately I still can't find it. Just in case I
> checked Commodore and Texas Instruments advertisement too, but neither they are.

That Chicago based group that recorded truckloads of advertisements shown on tv stations around Chicago area could have been a potential find for a specific 1980s era tv advertisement.


>I think I'll just let it go. For something so particular that isn't a common match on
>the advertisement back then, it sure gets harder to find. Usually the advertisers are
>adults, a group, lone people or both boys in front the computer.

Do a search with Apple computers, or maybe try Tandy Radioshack computers (IBM clone)
in case you are certain the advertisement aired after 1987. Commodore would be out since they were going downhill with the Amiga unable to rescue the company even though it was a decent graphics work related computer of its time.







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* 80's computer commercial: Another vague childhood memory I can't recall BIOS-D 03/14/16 03:30 AM
. * Re: 80's computer commercial: Another vague childhood memory I can't recall BIOS-D  03/14/16 12:36 PM
. * Re: 80's computer commercial: Another vague childhood memory I can't recall gregf  03/14/16 11:47 PM
. * Re: 80's computer commercial: Another vague childhood memory I can't recall gregf  03/14/16 08:53 AM
. * No Cable for you! Traso  03/21/16 10:22 PM
. * Re: 80's computer commercial: Another vague childhood memory I can't recall mike20599  03/14/16 04:55 AM

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