{"title":"Vintage computer prints","description":"\u003cp\u003eVintage computer prints celebrating the machines that launched the personal computing revolution. From the Acorn BBC Micro Model B to the IBM 5150 and DEC PDP-8, each illustration captures the design and engineering of these pioneering devices.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIllustrated by Simon Tyler, author of the forthcoming book Gizmo (Laurence King, 2026). Produced on 250gsm archival matte paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor programmers, retrocomputing enthusiasts, and anyone who remembers when computers had character.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"acorn-bbc-micro-model-b-gizmo","title":"Acorn BBC Micro Model B","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe BBC Micro Model B taught a generation to code. Launched in 1981 as part of the BBC's Computer Literacy Project, it appeared in nearly every school in Britain - and in countless bedrooms where children discovered they could make computers do what they wanted. It was powerful, expandable, and came with a programming language built in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis illustration captures the BBC Micro's distinctive design - the wedge-shaped case in beige and black, the red function keys, the satisfying mechanical keyboard. For millions of British programmers, game developers, and technologists, this was where it all started.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Axisophy","offers":[{"title":"Large (70 × 50 cm | 28 × 20 in)","offer_id":45864089813153,"sku":"AXS-GIZ-BBCB-L-700x500-AM-COL","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"XLarge (100 × 70 cm | 40 × 28 in)","offer_id":45864089845921,"sku":"AXS-GIZ-BBCB-L-1000x700-AM-COL","price":80.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0483\/1546\/5889\/files\/Axisophy-BBCB-mockup-1-2800px.jpg?v=1763576110"},{"product_id":"dec-pdp-8-gizmo","title":"DEC PDP-8","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe DEC PDP-8 made computing personal before personal computers existed. Launched in 1965, it was the first mass-produced minicomputer - small enough to fit on a desk, cheap enough for universities and labs to actually afford one. It sold over 50,000 units and kickstarted Digital Equipment Corporation's rise to become the second-largest computer company in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis illustration captures the PDP-8's distinctive front panel - that grid of switches and blinking lights that let operators toggle programs directly into memory, one bit at a time. 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The template was set.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeveloped in under a year by Don Estridge's team in Boca Raton, Florida, the 5150 wasn't the most powerful computer of its time, but its openness changed everything. Third-party hardware and software flourished. Clones appeared. \"PC compatible\" became a standard. Within two years, IBM had sold 750,000 units - and the personal computer revolution was underway.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Axisophy","offers":[{"title":"Large (70 × 50 cm | 28 × 20 in)","offer_id":45864089157793,"sku":"AXS-GIZ-IBM5150-L-700x500-AM-COL","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"XLarge (100 × 70 cm | 40 × 28 in)","offer_id":45864089190561,"sku":"AXS-GIZ-IBM5150-L-1000x700-AM-COL","price":80.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0483\/1546\/5889\/files\/Axisophy-IBM-5150-print.jpg?v=1767882078"},{"product_id":"ibm-selectric-gizmo","title":"IBM Selectric","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe IBM Selectric didn't just change typing - it changed what office equipment could look like. Introduced on July 31, 1961, its gently curved form, designed by Eliot Noyes, drew inspiration from Italian Olivetti typewriters and became an icon of American industrial design. The V\u0026amp;A and Art Institute of Chicago both have one in their permanent collections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe engineering was as radical as the aesthetics. Out went the traditional basket of typebars that jammed when you typed too fast. In came the \"golf ball\" - a chrome-plated spherical element carrying 88 characters that rotated, tilted, and struck with mechanical precision. Swap the ball and you changed the font. The carriage stayed still while the mechanism moved across the page. 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A generation learned to type, to program, to think differently about what machines could do, on an Apple II.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Gizmo print captures the Apple II in precise technical illustration - the clean cream casing, the distinctive keyboard, the machine that turned computing from a hobbyist pursuit into something that could change your life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Axisophy","offers":[{"title":"Large (70 × 50 cm | 28 × 20 in)","offer_id":45864084668577,"sku":"AXS-GIZ-APP2-L-700x500-AM-COL","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"XLarge (100 × 70 cm | 40 × 28 in)","offer_id":45864084701345,"sku":"AXS-GIZ-APP2-L-1000x700-AM-COL","price":80.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0483\/1546\/5889\/files\/Axisophy-Apple2-mockup-1.jpg?v=1773838486"},{"product_id":"apple-macintosh-128k-computer-gizmo","title":"Apple Macintosh 128K computer","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn January 22, 1984, Apple aired a sixty-second television commercial during the Super Bowl. 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Windows, icons, a pointer you moved with your hand - ideas that are now so fundamental they've become invisible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Gizmo print captures the original Macintosh 128K in precise technical illustration - the compact all-in-one form, the built-in screen, the single floppy drive, the machine that changed the way humans and computers talk to each other.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Axisophy","offers":[{"title":"Large (70 × 50 cm | 28 × 20 in)","offer_id":45864084603041,"sku":"AXS-GIZ-APP128K-L-700x500-AM-COL","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"XLarge (100 × 70 cm | 40 × 28 in)","offer_id":45864084635809,"sku":"AXS-GIZ-APP128K-L-1000x700-AM-COL","price":80.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0483\/1546\/5889\/files\/Axisophy-AppleMacintosh128K-mockup-1.jpg?v=1774015160"},{"product_id":"atari-st-computer-gizmo","title":"Atari ST computer","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1985, Jack Tramiel had just left Commodore, bought Atari, and wanted to win. 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