This Iconic ’80s Gadget Is Considered A ‘Buy It For Life’ Item – Here’s Why – BGR

This Iconic ’80s Gadget Is Considered A ‘Buy It For Life’ Item – Here’s Why – BGR

By Daniel Trock
Publication Date: 2026-05-04 23:47:00





Back in the early 1980s, before home computing became anywhere near as common and accessible as it has in the 2020s, various electronics brands were making dedicated terminals for businesses and hobbyists. One of the most prominent brands, and the one that would inadvertently spark the home PC revolution, was IBM. While IBM knew how to put a decent computer together, it was also a surprisingly capable hand when it came to peripherals. Nowhere is this clearer than in the IBM Model M…