Episode 45 – Interview with Jason Timmons of the VCFMW
Posted on 08/26/16 by David and JeffWelcome to a special interview segment of the History of Personal Computing podcast! In this episode, David and Jeff are speaking to Jason Timmons, organizer of the Vintage Computer Festival Midwest 11
Saturday & Sunday, September 10 & 11, 2016, Elk Grove Village, IL
Links mentioned in this episode:
Episode 44 – The Asus Eee PC and Other Netbooks
Posted on 08/21/16 by David and JeffThis 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 complete our coverage of the second phase of portables, laptops. We’re covering netbooks, arguably an innovation started by the Asus Eee PC in 2007.
Links mentioned in this episode:
- Run Mac OS7 in your browser
- Get your retro gaming fix: the classic Amiga titles you must play on the Internet Archive
- Vintage Computer Festival Midwest
- Computer History Nostalgia Podcasts
Auctions:
- Jeff’s auction: ASUS Eee PC (Works Perfectly And Smoothly)!!!
- David’s auction: ASUS Eee PC 701 White 7″ Netbook – notebook laptop As-is
- Jeff’s auction: Asus netbook eeepc
- David’s auction: Craig 7 inch Wireless Netbook CLP281x Powered By Android 4.0
- Jeff’s auction: Asus Eee PC900 laptop notebook 1GB RAM 15GB
- David’s auction: Acer Aspire One ZG5 8.9″ Netbook (blue)
- Jeff’s random auction: Samsung 32Gb mini PCI-E SSD
- David’s random auction: HP OmniBook 800CT 5/166 Mini Laptop 2GB Windows 95 Vintage Notebook
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Vintage Computer Forum: http://www.vcfed.org/forum/forum.php
eBay Episode 17 – KansasFest & the ThinkPad
Posted on 08/06/16 by David and JeffThis 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 second phase of portables with the laptop. We’re exclusively covering the IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad, since it has been around since 1992.
Links mentioned in this episode:
- http://adtpro.sourceforge.net/
- https://www.kansasfest.org/2016/08/week-of-the-kfest/
- http://www.cultofmac.com/?s=kansasfest
- http://www.open-apple.net/2016/07/27/show-061-kansasfest-2016-chicken-missile-megapodcast/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThinkPad
Auctions:
- David’s auction: Vintage IBM Thinkpad 340 laptop WORKS from 1994 with O/S
- Jeff’s auction: Lenovo ThinkPad Ultra Dock
- Jeff’s random auction: EPROM PROGRAMMER BURNER FOR RADIO SHACK TANDY TRS-80 COLOR COMPUTER 2
- David’s random auction: Apple Lisa 2 A6S0200 Vintage Computer – Please read description for condition
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eBay Episode 16 – Apple PowerBook
Posted on 07/04/16 by David and JeffThis 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 second phase of portables, the laptop. Today we’re exclusively covering the Apple PowerBook, since there is so much to cover. Many may not know that the PowerBook line of laptops was very influential to the design of all laptops, both in the early 90s, and in the early 2000s.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Auctions:
- Jeff’s auction: MAC PowerBook 170 w/AC adapter – Powers on
- David’s auction: Apple Original PowerBook G4 15″ With carrying case Bundle
- Jeff’s random auction: Vintage Apple 20SC computer
- David’s random auction: MACINTOSH POWERBOOK 520~NICE SHAPE~4 APPLE COLLECTORS~FREE SHIP
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Special Episode: Interview with Sam Ammons, creator of Mini 681
Posted on 06/21/16 by David and JeffWelcome to a special interview segment of the History of Personal Computing podcast! In this episode, David and Jeff are speaking to Sam Ammons, creator of the Mini681, a modern replica of the 1975 MITS Altair 680 microcomputer.
Links mention in the show:
- Sam’s eBay link: MITS ALTAIR 680 CLONE, MINI 681
- Sam’s Enigma Machine reproduction on eBay: Full Size 3d Printed Electronic Enigma Cipher Machine Realization
- MITS Altair 680 information: http://www.retrotechnology.com/restore/altair680.html
- MITS Altair 680 information: http://www.computercloset.org/MITSAltair680.htm
- Earlier Altair 8800 reproduction by Grant Stockly: http://www.altairkit.com/
- Earlier Altair 680 reproduction by Grant Stockly: http://www.altair680kit.com/index.html
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