The Commercials Vault

80s Computer and gadget commercials

How companies sold the future: home computers, modems, cell phones, pagers and the internet itself.

81 computer and gadget commercials from the 80s, covering 1980 to 1989. The busiest year in this collection is 1982, with 21 spots. Tap any thumbnail to play it right here; every clip plays through YouTube and links back to the original upload.

1980Old Cell Phone Ad 1980's YouTube ↗
1980Rare Commercial Vault: Sony TV (1980 HD) YouTube ↗
19801980 Vintage Apple Computer Commercial YouTube ↗
1980Amstrad Computer Commercial from the 1980's YouTube ↗
19801980 Wordstar SF Bay Area Commercial (retro computer word processing) YouTube ↗
1981This Day In History: August 12 - IBM Personal Computer Released (1981) VINTAGE COMMERCIAL YouTube ↗
19811981 Kellogg's Apple Frosted Mini Wheats cereal commercial. YouTube ↗
1981Apple Personal Computers - “Average Homemaker” with Dick Cavett (Commercial, 1981) YouTube ↗
1981NEC Papikon PC-6001A Computer Commercial [1981] (subs) YouTube ↗
1982Commodore C64 Commercial (1982) YouTube ↗
1982Epson HX-20 Notebook Computer (Commercial, 1982) YouTube ↗
1982TI99 Computer Commercial 1982 YouTube ↗
1982Commodore 64 computer commercial 1982 YouTube ↗
1982"Apple: The Most Personal Computer" ad 1982 YouTube ↗
19821982 Commodore VIC-20 Home Computer "William Shatner" TV Commercial YouTube ↗
1982Commodore VIC 20 1982 Christmas TV Commercial "A Real Computer" YouTube ↗
1982Commercial for the Commodore VIC-20 computer - 1982 YouTube ↗
1982Computer Learning Center (Washington, D.C. area) ad from 1982 YouTube ↗
1982Commodore 64 Computer 1982 TV Commercial YouTube ↗
19821982 Atari 400 Home Computer Commercial - "Alison's Mowing" & Centipede YouTube ↗
1982SUPER FUTURISTIC 1982 The Computer Fair Commercial lol YouTube ↗
19821982 Atari Home Computer Commercial: "Two Families" YouTube ↗
1982Timex Sinclair 1000 Computer Commercial 1982 YouTube ↗
1982Atari Computer Commercial 1982 YouTube ↗
1982Apple Computer commercial (1982) YouTube ↗
1982Commodore 64 Computer Commercial 1982 YouTube ↗
1982Atari 800 Computer - Father & Son - TV Commercial - 1982 YouTube ↗
19821982 Atari Home Computers commercial 2 YouTube ↗
19821982 Atari Home Computers commercial YouTube ↗
1982Commodore Computer Commercial 1982 YouTube ↗
1983Sony Walkman Commercial (1983) YouTube ↗
19831983 Wang Computers commercial. YouTube ↗
19831983 - Commodore 64 - I Adore My 64 Commercial #1 YouTube ↗
1983Commodore 64 (1983) - Vintage 80's Television Commercials YouTube ↗
1983Coleco ADAM Home Computer Commercial 1983 YouTube ↗
1983Kodak Film 1983 Commercial YouTube ↗
1983IBM Commercial 1983 YouTube ↗
19841984 Apple's Macintosh Commercial (HD) YouTube ↗
1984Apple 1984 Super Bowl Commercial Introducing Macintosh Computer (HD) YouTube ↗
19844K Restoration: 1984 Super Bowl APPLE MACINTOSH Ad by Ridley Scott YouTube ↗
19841984 Mcdonalds Grimace Commercial YouTube ↗
1984Apple Macintosh 1984 Commercial YouTube ↗
1984APPLE IIc commercial - 1984 YouTube ↗
1984Apple IIc commercial - 1984 YouTube ↗
19841984 Apple's Macintosh Commercial - Futurama style YouTube ↗
19841984 IBM Personal Computer commercial. YouTube ↗
19841984 Commodore 64 Commercial YouTube ↗
19841984 IBM PCjr computer commercial. YouTube ↗
1984Coleco - Adam - "Computer Programming" (Commercial, 1984) YouTube ↗
1984Commodore 64 Computers 1984 TV commercial YouTube ↗
1984Coleco Adam computer 1984 TV commercial YouTube ↗
1984Apple IIc Computer Commercial 1984 YouTube ↗
1984IBM PCjr Commercial 1984 YouTube ↗
1985AT&T Personal Computer - Commercial Classic 1985 YouTube ↗
1985AT&T Cordless Phone Commercial 1985 YouTube ↗
1986Windows 1.0 with Steve Ballmer (1986) (HQ, 60FPS) YouTube ↗
1986Microsoft Windows 1.0 with Steve Ballmer (1986) YouTube ↗
1986Apple II commercial (1986) YouTube ↗
1986IBM Computer commercial 1986 YouTube ↗
1986M&Ms "Computer" commercial (1986) YouTube ↗
19861986 Vintage IBM Computer Commercial YouTube ↗
1986Metro Mobile Cell Phone Commercial 1986 YouTube ↗
1987Radio Shack Sells Really Expensive Cell Phones in 1987 YouTube ↗
1987Radio Shack Cell Phones 1987 YouTube ↗
1987Talking Whiz Kid Computer Ad from 1987 YouTube ↗
1987Early cell phone - Radiofone commercial - 1987 YouTube ↗
19871987 Radio Shack TV Commercial - Tandy 3000 Computer YouTube ↗
1988Radio Shack Cell Phone 1988 commercial.mov YouTube ↗
19881988 - Wrigley's Spearmint Gum - Talking Computer Commercial YouTube ↗
19881988 Radio Shack Tandy Computer Commercial YouTube ↗
1988King Kong Bundy HeadStart Computer Commercial (1988) YouTube ↗
1989CompuServe - First Internet Commercial - October of 1989 YouTube ↗
19891989 - IBM Ad - PS/2 - Computer YouTube ↗
19891989 - Radio Shack (Tandy 1000 SL Computer) - Beam It Up Commercial YouTube ↗
1989EasyCall Pager (1989) YouTube ↗
1989Prodigy Internet (1989 Commercial) YouTube ↗
1989IBM Headstart Computer Commercial 1989 - King Kong Bundy YouTube ↗
1989Apple Macintosh Computer Commercial (1989) YouTube ↗
1989Macintosh SE Computer Commercial 1989 YouTube ↗
19891989 DeVry Computer Education TV commercial YouTube ↗
19891989 IBM "Networking Computers" TV Commercial YouTube ↗

Years in this collection: 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

More from the vault: 80s Toy commercials 90s Toy commercials 2000s Toy commercials 80s Cereal commercials 90s Cereal commercials 2000s Cereal commercials 90s Computer and gadget commercials 2000s Computer and gadget commercials Fast food commercials, 1980–2009 Snack and soda commercials, 1980–2009 McDonald's commercials, 1980–2009 Burger King commercials, 1980–2009 Pizza Hut commercials, 1980–2009 Taco Bell commercials, 1980–2009 Wendy's commercials, 1980–2009 KFC commercials, 1980–2009 PlayStation commercials, 1980–2009 Barbie commercials, 1980–2009 G.I. Joe commercials, 1980–2009 Hot Wheels commercials, 1980–2009 LEGO commercials, 1980–2009 Coca-Cola commercials, 1980–2009 Pepsi commercials, 1980–2009 Toys R Us commercials, 1980–2009 AOL commercials, 1980–2009 Apple commercials, 1980–2009 Intel commercials, 1980–2009 Kellogg's commercials, 1980–2009 Domino's commercials, 1980–2009

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