One of the coolest names for a computer ever, along with "Jupiter Ace" and "Dragon 32" (also, before the Atari handheld, there was an unpopular computer called the "Lynx". We need more computers named after spaceships, mythic beasts, planets, and wild cats).
That doesn't make any sense, though. Max Headroom was created in 1986, and the Enterprise 128 came and went in 1985. Unless the ad agency produced a commercial for a client that had gone bankrupt a year earlier, Max Headroom couldn't have been an influence.
Nope, Max Headroom was created during the same year, in 1985. Check it out at the internet movie database; can't put up a whole link here (of course), but here's part of it:
By the way, where is the video from? How is it that you have it? Do you collect old commercial videos? It's very casual that somebody has a commercial video from 1983. :D Thanks for sharing!
Hey matt,
and the weird thing was, while i was doing this commercial, my wife was at another agency doing the Dragon ads!
rick
gutlessyogi 4 months ago
One of the coolest names for a computer ever, along with "Jupiter Ace" and "Dragon 32" (also, before the Atari handheld, there was an unpopular computer called the "Lynx". We need more computers named after spaceships, mythic beasts, planets, and wild cats).
MattTheSaiyan 4 months ago
what a cool ad!
TheFesta01 11 months ago
Love EP :)
Zora3o 11 months ago
It's a shame this computer never really picked up (except in Hungary), since it's a really great machine.
Very cool advertisement too. Shame the computer was already obsolete when it finally came out.
I've had one til a year ago, but decided to sell it again, since there was barely any software available and floppies were near impossible to get.
Never the less, technically one of the best Z80 computers ever.
1337Shockwav3 3 years ago
excellent! a small piece of history
hydlide 4 years ago
What's with the voice distortion?
Stopmotionist 4 years ago
The trippy voice deal is due to the computer general Max Headroom character from back then. He talked like that a lot.
Darrylb500 2 years ago
That doesn't make any sense, though. Max Headroom was created in 1986, and the Enterprise 128 came and went in 1985. Unless the ad agency produced a commercial for a client that had gone bankrupt a year earlier, Max Headroom couldn't have been an influence.
Stopmotionist 2 years ago
Nope, Max Headroom was created during the same year, in 1985. Check it out at the internet movie database; can't put up a whole link here (of course), but here's part of it:
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Darrylb500 2 years ago
Ah. I could have sworn that it was 1986.
Stopmotionist 2 years ago
Ah well, no biggie. I forgot to comment on this commercial being cool anyway :)
Darrylb500 2 years ago
I have it because I worked on it. I was the Account Director at the ad agency, Lowe Howard Spink, which made the ad.
gutlessyogi 4 years ago
By the way, where is the video from? How is it that you have it? Do you collect old commercial videos? It's very casual that somebody has a commercial video from 1983. :D Thanks for sharing!
szipucsu 4 years ago
This is great video! My favourite computer, too!
szipucsu 4 years ago
Fantastic! Previously I never see any official commercial of my favorite computer!
Enterpriseforever 4 years ago