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This has almost nothing to do with the PowerPC architecture, but since we all seem to like retro computing, I figured some may get a laugh / chuckle out of this article I found that showcases some of the zany ideas graphic designers once came up with for marketing the latest video cards to the general public.
www.pcgamer.com
In retrospect, the author makes a valid point. I'm not sure how they ever thought that angry frogs in mech suits, screaming children, and fruity goblins would make people want to purchase a computer component (of any kind), or for that matter what they even had to do with computers to begin with ...
They must have been smoking thermal paste.
The very specific horror of old graphics card packaging art
Featuring a frog in a mech suit.
In retrospect, the author makes a valid point. I'm not sure how they ever thought that angry frogs in mech suits, screaming children, and fruity goblins would make people want to purchase a computer component (of any kind), or for that matter what they even had to do with computers to begin with ...
They must have been smoking thermal paste.
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