deskthority

Check out minute 21:30
(Link with the time I'm referring to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... VgA&t=1291)
Early nerds looked incredibly nerdy

It was the 80s. It was the style of the time.

Wonderful

I have a couple of DVDs someone made for me of two old BBC series from the same era - The Computer Programme and The Electronic Office. The latter is great, particularly the interviews with techies talking about how they're working on portable map computers for cars that will announce directions...