The History of Personal Computing

On today’s show, we continue our coverage of the first phase of handhelds. Specifically, we’ll be covering two more of the early handheld computers, the Apple Newton MessagePad and eMate. This is the podcast where we take an informal look at personal computing history through the lens of eBay auctions. It’s sort of like Antiques Roadshow, but all about antique personal computers.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Surprise Amiga Workbench 3.1 Update, 20 Years Later
• Vintage Computer Festival Zurich
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Newton
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMate_300
• Apple II port of GEOS
• Old Computer Fairs, Finland

Auctions:

• Jeff’s auction: Apple Computer Newton MessagePad 2100
• David’s auction: Apple Computer Newton PDA Licensed CLONE ,Sharp Expert Pad (PI-7000)
• Jeff’s auction: Apple Newton Message Pad 130 Backlit
• David’s auction: Apple Newton Messagepad, Model H1000, Vintage Apple,
• Jeff’s auction: Apple Newton eMate 300 Drawing Instruction-Green With Stylus
• David’s auction: Apple Newton Message Pad 2000 Bundle – H0149 – Excellent working condition.
• Jeff’s random auction: Sanyo MBC-1200 CP/M buisness computer near mint condition
• David’s random auction: Vintage Victor Model 412 Personal Computer DOS 3.1 PC w/ 602 Mono CRT Monitor

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This is the podcast where we take an informal look at personal computing history through the lens of eBay auctions. It’s sort of like Antiques Roadshow, but all about antique personal computers. On today’s show, we continue our coverage of the first phase of handhelds. Specifically, we’ll be covering two more of the early handheld computers, the Psion and AT&T EO Personal Communicator (which is also technically a Personal Digital Assistant or PDA).

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Raspberry PI boots CP/M
• Review: ‘Silicon Cowboys’ Tracks the Rise of Compaq Computer
• https://unbound.co.uk/books/macgaming
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psion_Organiser
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EO_Personal_Communicator
• https://archive.org/details/AttEoPersonalCommunicatorOwnersVideo1993

Auctions:

• Jeff’s auction: PSION SERIES 3a COMPUTER 1MB + 1 MB FLASH SSD + PC / APPLE SERIAL LINK CABLES

• David’s auction: EO Personal Communicator 440

• Jeff’s auction: PSION COMPUTERS PLC SERIES 5 SERIES 5mx 16MB DIGITAL ORGANIZER

• David’s auction: Psion Series 5 Handheld Computer (8MB) -UNTESTED-

• Jeff’s auction: AT&T EO 440 Personal Communicator Rare Vintage Tablet

• David’s auction: Psion Organiser II Model LZ 64 with Printer, Manual, AC, Comms and Extras

• Jeff’s random auction: Vintage HP OmniGo 100 Palmtop PC Handheld Computer GEOS with Stylus

• David’s random auction: eBay search for “IBM Simon”

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HP-95LX

This is the podcast where we take an informal look at personal computing history through the lens of eBay auctions. It’s sort of like Antiques Roadshow, but all about antique personal computers. On today’s show, we continue our coverage of the first phase of handhelds, the DOS handheld computers. Specifically, we’re looking at the Hewlett Packard HP 95LX and Zeos Pocket PC, plus perhaps some other related devices.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• This Commodore 64 bad boy helps drive an auto shop in 2016
• Retro Teardown—ZX Spectrum
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_95LX
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeos#PPC
• Coleco ADAM computer supplies

Auctions:

• Jeff’s auction: HP 95LX PALMTOP PC WITH LOTUS 1-2-3

• David’s auction: HP 100LX Palmtop PC Handheld works great – Nice shape! FREE SHIPPING

• Jeff’s auction: HP 95LX Palmtop Computer 1MB RAM MS-DOS PDA

• David’s auction: Zeos Pocket Personal Computer 008-0026 AS IS FOR PARTS

• Jeff’s auction: ZEOS Pocket Computer

• David’s auction: Vintage Hewlett Packard HP 200 LX Palmtop

• Jeff’s random auction: Adam Coleco Vision Game System, Controller, Keyboard. and Cassettes

• David’s random auction: Vintage Rare Sharp PC-3000 Palmtop PDA Laptop Computer MS-DOS 3.3 Working!

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This is the podcast where we take an informal look at personal computing history through the lens of eBay auctions. It’s sort of like Antiques Roadshow, but all about antique personal computers. On today’s show we’ll be covering some of the earliest handheld computers, two of the first DOS handhelds specifically, the Atari Portfolio and Poqet PC, plus perhaps some other interesting palmtop mutations.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• VCF Midwest
• VCF Midwest Youtube Channel
• Book: From the abacus to smartphone: The evolution of mobile and portable computers by Evan Koblentz
• David’s interview with Josh Bensadon about the JAIR8080 IMSAI Reproduction

Motorcycles mentioned in this episode:

Jeff’s 2001 HD Electra Glide

David’s 2015 Suzuki TU250X

Auctions:

• Jeff’s auction: Vintage 1989 ATARI PORTFOLIO Hand Held Computer HPC-004 Working w/Accessories

• David’s auction: Atari Portfolio

• Jeff’s auction: Atari Portfolio new in box, with xtra, hard to find in new condition

• David’s auction: Vintage Poqet PC Handheld Computer Model PQ0164

• Jeff’s auction: Vintage Poqet PC (Classic Model) with Accessories

• David’s auction: HP Hewlett Packard 95LX Palmtop PC Handheld Computer TESTED WORKS

• Jeff’s random auction: Atari 400 computer with B-Key keyboard upgrade

• David’s random auction: HP OmniGO 100 Handheld Palmtop Computer PDA with Accessories ~ UsedHandhelds

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ECCC 2006

Welcome to a special interview segment of the History of Personal Computing podcast! In this episode, David and Jeff are speaking to Jason Compton, founder of the Emergency Chicagoland Commodore Convention (ECCC), and cofounder for the Vintage Computer Festival Midwest (VCFMW).

Saturday & Sunday, September 10 & 11, 2016, Elk Grove Village, IL

Links mentioned in this episode:

• http://vcfmw.org/index.html
• http://starbase.globalpc.net/eccc/
• http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/
• Commodore World magazine at the Internet Archive
• Info magazine at the Internet Archive