David and Jeff have just awakened from their Thanksgiving Day, tryptophan and carbohydrate induced comas and recorded the next edition of the History of Personal Computing, eBay edition.
You may have discovered that this series a little more laid back than the original shows. It is certainly a fun way to discuss these vintage systems, mixing together personal memories and an occasional wistfulness over many unobtainable varieties of personal computing systems available back in the day.
The systems discussed in this episode are the Coleco Adam and the MSX platform of computing systems.
David and (Cylon) Jeff made it back… again… on their revamped new format.
You may have discovered that this series a little more laid back than the original shows. It is certainly a fun way to discuss these vintage systems, mixing together personal memories and an occasional wistfulness over many unobtainable varieties of personal computing systems available back in the day.
The topic of this episode is a collection of rather obscure and rare personal computing systems. We apologize for the bandwidth issues on Jeff’s side which caused his audio to create a “cylon” vocal effect on occasion.
Also note, Jeff talks about an RS-232 and its data transfer limits. He was referring to the Model 100’s RS-232 port, not the RS-232 standard specifications.
David and Jeff are back “on the air” with a new, revamped format for the regular series.
After a Summer hiatus, David and Jeff have recorded the first in a series of “lightweight” regular episodes. These episodes focus more on the historical status of the vintage and collectible computing systems we all know and love. This is done through reviews of eBay auctions, and from other sources where the current state of these machines can be reviewed and discussed. This episode focuses entirely on eBay auctions.
Each episode of this series will discuss two or three items fitting a theme related to the HoPC timeline, and will also include favorite auctions personally selected by the hosts, regardless of the system of topic. The target length of each of these episodes is about 30-45 minutes, however, this episode is a bit longer because there was some catching up to do after the long break.
The topic of this episode is the IBM PC/AT
Links mention in this episode:
David guest hosts the Retro Computing Roundtable Episode 112
Episodes of the History of Personal Computing in the original format, which provided more in-depth review and discussion about a single computing system, will continue again and be hosted solo by Jeff, and on occasion with an invited guest host.
There’s no hiding it now… the podcast is definitely LATE with the next show!
The last show was released in early May, about the time the warmer weather of the Spring season started to roll in. Around that time, David was moving forward in his career and things were starting to get busy for him. I was looking forward to being able to get moving on long needed repairs around the house that I could not do while it was cold. Well, I wasn’t “looking forward” to actually doing the work, just having the opportunity to get them taken care of. Try as we could, there was no getting around scheduling conflicts where we could record together, much less get the recordings edited and posted.
David is still going strong with his work and family life and opted to make those the priority in his life, and I respect that decision completely! As for me, I am beginning to settle down from the rush of summer and will consider a solo attempt for the continuation of this podcast. David and I both appreciate the positive comments and interactions we’ve received so far. There is still plenty of material to cover. I’ll do everything I can to continue the coverage while keeping it entertaining and informative. There is currently a set of show notes for the next episode that were planned for the May 24, 2015 episode. I will be reviewing them, revising as needed to fit a solo format, and will commence recording. I look forward to continuing the presentation of the intended timeline.
