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First post, by Cyberdyne

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Did you too had those in your country?
Why did it started?
Why did it ended?
Why it did not transfer to PC compatibles? At least I did not noticed it.
And what stickers did you put on your monotor/computer.

I am aroused about any X86 motherboard that has full functional ISA slot. I think i have problem. Not really into that original (Turbo) XT,286,386 and CGA/EGA stuff. So just a DOS nut.
PS. If I upload RAR, it is a 16-bit DOS RAR Version 2.50.

Reply 2 of 12, by Cyberdyne

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Well sure. In non PC compatibles were those modifications in, then everybody had a beige box of a PC compatible. Then in 2010s every gamer had to have RGB leds. 😂

I am aroused about any X86 motherboard that has full functional ISA slot. I think i have problem. Not really into that original (Turbo) XT,286,386 and CGA/EGA stuff. So just a DOS nut.
PS. If I upload RAR, it is a 16-bit DOS RAR Version 2.50.

Reply 3 of 12, by Shponglefan

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We never put stickers on our computers or monitors.

Growing up, the family computer was treated like other electronics in our house (e.g. hi-fi system), so you wouldn't put stickers on those either. We probably would have gotten in trouble if we had.

Even when I started building my own computers, I never really bothered with stickers or case badges or anything. Just kept them looking clean.

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Reply 5 of 12, by chinny22

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I thought you were talking about case badges like the CPU, OS, GFX, etc.
It funny only in the last 10 years or so I started to stick on the CPU, GFX, OS, PSU but only above the window on my more modern windowed cases.
Kind of reminds me of the bragging stickers people stick to their tuned car.

Just random stickers I mostly only ever saw on TV which I guess was to enhance the character's development . oh they have some rock band sticker, they must be into rock (without ever having to say do anything to enforce this)
but also no doubt because it also hides the brand of the computer.

haven't really seen anyone do it to their own computer, sometimes on work on computers but that's more because they just don't care.

Reply 6 of 12, by Errius

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This is the only picture I have of our Amstrad PC1640, circa 1990. Yes, there are stickers on the monitor, but I have no idea what was on them.

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ETA: I just realized I misunderstood the OP. Yes, I also had a 48K Spectrum at one time that had (IIRC) Transformers stickers on it. I sold it, along with all my other Spectrum stuff, on eBay a long time ago. I removed the stickers before selling it, so there's no point uploading the auction picture.

Is this too much voodoo?

Reply 7 of 12, by Jo22

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Cyberdyne wrote on 2024-08-06, 10:17:
Did you too had those in your country? Why did it started? Why did it ended? Why it did not transfer to PC compatibles? At least […]
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Did you too had those in your country?
Why did it started?
Why did it ended?
Why it did not transfer to PC compatibles? At least I did not noticed it.
And what stickers did you put on your monotor/computer.

Um, it wasn't too uncommon here in Germany, at least.
Homecomputer users (C64, Amiga etc) not seldomly had various stickers on their monitors, the computer and the peripherals.

You know, the usual stickers like Garfield, Smurfs, Mickey Mouse, stickers from the manufacturer (Commodore) and so on.
Or simply things that were common back then, I think. This was 80s to early 90s, I think.

In early 90s, quite some kids/teens had PCs and continued to apply stickers to their monitors..
I do assume this was in a time when they could get some older PCs from their parents, family members, etc first time.

You know, used PCs or monitors that were no longer cutting edge and could be safely played with.
XTs, 286 or 386 PCs, some slower 486es. Smaller PC monitors with roughly 12" to 14" in size.

That was the kind of computer hardware that had a similar status to homecomputers, maybe.
Similar to the Amigas of the time*, which apparently were still commonly found up until mid-90s.

But that's just my explanation. Sticker usage dropped in second half of 90s here, or so I think.
Except for those supplied with graphics cards, motherboards and so on. But that's another type of stickers, maybe.


(*In PC magazines, Amiga often was the only other computer platform still being listed next to PC. C64 and Atari ST were gone ? Mac was rather exotic.
Some early-mid 90s advertisement games like Telekommando 2, Helicopter Mission or BiFi Roll: Action in Hollywood had both PC/Amiga versions. Must have been around 1994.)

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Reply 8 of 12, by VivienM

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I think the stickers started with two things, both around 1995:
- the Intel Inside stickers - if you were lucky enough to get a real Intel rather than some POS Cyrix or AMD, the large OEM got financial incentives for sticking an Intel inside sticker, and
- the 'Designed for Windows 95' stickers, which continued for 98, NT/98, 2000/98, Me, 2000/Me, XP, and of course, the whole debacle with the multiple logos for Vista
and you could add a third thing from around 1999 - the Microsoft licence sticker with a product key. My recollection is that that started in the 98 era.

And then, most parts came with a sticker that you could add, so sure, if you had a home-built system, you might put your Intel Inside sticker, your Asus sticker, your Creative Labs sticker, etc.

I am trying to remember when I stopped putting the Intel stickers on my machines; I think it may have been when I got cases with doors and big fans.

Then there's another, different kind of stickers - desktop machines and laptops for a while had big advertising stickers with all the specs, etc. Those I always removed, but you often see people picking up retro systems that still have those original HP or IBM or whatever stickers.

(Edit: I just re-read the subject line, didn't notice the 'non-PC' part. Don't recall tons of stickers on things prior to PCs in the mid-90s... but maybe it was more something around 8-bit systems and 'home' computers?)

Reply 9 of 12, by Jo22

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Quick update. Found a site with a video monitor that has the stickers I was thinking about.

https://oldcrap.org/2021/03/05/commodore-1901-monitor/

The CM 1901 has an digital RGBI port, so it was usable as an PC monitor (CGA, low-res EGA).
A SCART (Euro AV) socket could be added, too, for analogue RGB.

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In what to one race is no time at all, another race can rise and fall..." - The Minstrel

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Reply 10 of 12, by shamino

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I never had stickers on my PCs. Back in the 90s I probably would have put a CPU sticker on, but I never had those stickers.
We did have an ancient 1980s Apple sticker that hung around on random stuff until the 2010s when I got rid of it. That was a thick and strong sticker. I think you could line a swimming pool with that material.

But recently I did put some RockAuto magnets on an empty case. (average refrigerator magnets each with a picture of a customer's car on it)
Not sure if a magnet like that would be any danger around floppy disks.

I wouldn't mind a WOPR sticker for my server.

Reply 11 of 12, by swaaye

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I feel like the sticker thing started once laptops got cheap and non-geek young people were using them en masse. Like 1999 onward maybe.

Unless we're taking about things like the brand sticker, Intel Inside campaign emblem, low emissions CRT sticker, etc.

Reply 12 of 12, by Errius

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I knew a woman who was a charity worker in Africa for a few years and her laptop was covered in stickers urging you to use condoms, which was... peculiar.

Is this too much voodoo?