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Old computer ads are something else.

Source: BYTE, Vol. 6, No. 9, September 1981, page 299

A black and white ad for an Epson printer. A little boy is standing in front of a classroom holding up a printout on fanfold tractor-fed paper. It’s a greyscale-looking picture of a woman who appears to be naked, covering her chest with one hand. The boy’s teacher is leaning over him, hand to mouth, looking astonished and dismayed. &10; &10;Caption: &10; &10;“…And my dad says GRAFTRAX80 does better graphics than anybody. Epson.”