Below is a reminder that time flies like the wind (the rejoinder of course is “but fruit flies like the bananas”). It is from the “Prickly City” cartoon. It references the Osbourne1, a “portable” computer, seen HERE. The Osbourne Computer Corporation was also known for the Osbourne Effect, wherein a poorly timed notice of an improved product cannibalizes existing sales which, if is late arriving, can lead to sales revenue drying up to the point of causing bankruptcy.
It is nostalgic for me because in the early 1980’s I purchased a Kaypro Computer, a much better engineered competitor of the Osbourne 1 (primarily, with a larger screen size). I even personally upgraded it to have an actual hard drive (a 5MB; no, not Terabye, but 5 Megabytes). It was the computer that I used at SOAC (Submarine Officers Advanced Course) in 1985 to exchange e-mails with Lindsay, who stayed in Silverdale. It is one of two antique computers that I moved from Portland, when I get the house built, I will probably set it up in the office. The other one is the venerable IMSAI-8080 that I build from a kit in San Diego.
As noted in the final panel, it was also at a time when inflation was rampant, so what was old is new again. Also, thanks to Joe Biden, Jimmy Carter is no longer considered as the worst president ever.