Computer Expansion Boxes of the 1980s and 90s
A Brief History
7 min readFeb 21, 2023
Why upgrade a personal computer or game console internally — when instead you can externally attach ungainly boxes! And as a bonus, use up more desk space!
No mere peripherals, these extenders were meant to change your whole computing / gaming experience — whether they succeeded is another question.
Mattel
Nicknamed the Blue Whale, the “Keyboard Component” was a major promised upgrade for the Mattel Intellivision console. Intellivision started…
