These vintage computer book cover graphics are a dial-up wormhole back to the 1980s

[pesco]

Originally published at: These vintage computer book cover graphics are a dial-up wormhole back to the 1980s | Boing Boing

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[prooftheory]

The O’reilly animal drawings were such a breath of fresh air in this space in the 1990s.

[Papasan]

They evoke deep feelings. /s

[elliotk]

Oof. For the most part, I really don’t miss those bad old days.

I actually found more entertaining titles than interesting cover art.

[jerwin]

It’s just like a man to cover up Shelley O’Hara’s rejoinder with a price sticker.

Real Men Use DOS

[kawidosa]

I can’t see that tarsier now without thinking of this parody:

[John_Preston]

omg… “Novell Netware” (haven’t heard of that in a long time lol)

[lastchance]

My first thought as well!

[kmoser]

I didn’t know Hank Hill and Luanne Kleinschmidt modeled for computer books.

[FGD135]

[FGD135]

Taken literally, every computer running (MS-)DOS was a RISC system.

[Doctor_Faustus]

That Mathematica cover looks pretty modern. Could be the latest edition, really. It’s only the serifs on the sub-title that betray it.

[ichibut]

Yep. I had a genuine “Wow, I remember that” moment.

[stinkinbadgers]

I for one appreciate the absurdity of the image accompanying this completely unrelated book title. Because not only that, the chess board is something like 7x10.

@pesco