It’s 2015, and here is the first installment of the History of Personal Computing podcast for the year! This is show nine, and we complete the coverage of the “Personal Computer Trifecta”, or “Holy Trinity”, depending on which host you ask. Or you can just fast forward to the end and hear some news about bacon! Continue reading “Podcast Episode 9: Commodore PET”
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Special Episode – BONUS MATERIAL: Holiday Memories
The holiday bounty is PLENTIFUL!!! We have so much to give to you that we had to edit some extra audio out of the first show to save time. So, we put it in this BONUS EPISODE. Please enjoy what may have been some cutting room floor audio from the Holiday Memories special podcast.
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Special Episode: Holiday Memories
Just about everyone has that special memory of gifts received during the holiday season. In this episode, we present to you a collection of self described experiences detailing such holiday memories. Included in the mix are memories from our listeners, along with memories from fellow podcasters. The following people have made a contribution to this show:
- Adam Rosen – from the Vintage Mac Museum tells us about when he received a Commodore VIC-20.
- Bill Loguidice – an author of numerous books, like Vintage Games and Vintage Game Consoles and proprietor of Armchair Arcade tells us about when he received his first printer.
- Greg Polander – known as SoulBlazer online at the AtariAge forums is a listener and friend of the show, and a new podcaster with The SNES Podcast, tells us about the time he received a Commodore 128D.
- Kevin Savitz – author of Terrible Nerd and proprietor of numerous sites, including Classic Computer Magazine Archive. He is also a co-host of the ANTIC: The Atari 8-bit Podcast. Even though he’s a big Atari fanatic, he tells us about receiving his first computer . . . an Apple II!
Kevin Savitz with his NEW Apple II computer
Podcast Episode 8: TRS-80 Model I
Hello again and welcome to another installment of the History of Personal Computing podcast! This is show eight and it’s going to be your last regular show of 2014. In only twelve more days, on the 24th, we will be releasing a special Christmas and Holiday Season show of collected stories about computer and gaming gifts of the past. Tune in . . . as they say, because it’s going to be a great time. Continue reading “Podcast Episode 8: TRS-80 Model I”
Podcast Episode 7: Apple II
Listen along during your tryptophan coma from that large turkey feast as David Greelish and Jeff Salzman present our first Thanksgiving Day podcast episode, focused on the Apple II computer. Continue reading “Podcast Episode 7: Apple II”