{"id":593,"date":"2017-01-21T19:40:21","date_gmt":"2017-01-22T00:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.historyofpersonalcomputing.com\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=593"},"modified":"2017-01-21T19:44:59","modified_gmt":"2017-01-22T00:44:59","slug":"episode-56-first-computers-part-2","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"http:\/\/historyofpersonalcomputing.com\/wordpress\/podcast\/episode-56-first-computers-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 56 &#8211; First Computers, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">David and Jeff continue to look back on the earlier times of computer retail by relating their experiences with their own history of ownership of personal computers.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.historyofpersonalcomputing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/imac_thinkpad.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-596\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-596\" src=\"http:\/\/www.historyofpersonalcomputing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/imac_thinkpad-300x123.jpg\" alt=\"imac_thinkpad\" width=\"300\" height=\"123\" srcset=\"http:\/\/historyofpersonalcomputing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/imac_thinkpad-300x123.jpg 300w, http:\/\/historyofpersonalcomputing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/imac_thinkpad-768x316.jpg 768w, http:\/\/historyofpersonalcomputing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/imac_thinkpad.jpg 876w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Links mentioned in this episode:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/retrocomputingnews.com\/2017\/01\/13\/viva-amiga-the-review\/\" target=\"_blank\">VIVA AMIGA \u2013 THE REVIEW<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/ondemand\/amiga\" target=\"_blank\">The Amiga Years<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-593-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.historyofpersonalcomputing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/HofPC-56.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.historyofpersonalcomputing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/HofPC-56.mp3\">http:\/\/www.historyofpersonalcomputing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/HofPC-56.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Jeff\u2019s fifth computer<\/b><b>:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Toshiba T1000 (SE???)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/3001853\/computers\/this-old-tech-the-toshiba-t1000-was-my-first-step-into-the-world-of-ms-dos.html\" target=\"_blank\">This old tech: The Toshiba T1000 was my first step into the world of MS-DOS<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>David\u2019s fifth computer<\/b><b>:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Macintosh Performa 6200\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lowendmac.com\/1995\/power-mac-6200-performa-6200\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/lowendmac.com\/1995\/power-mac-6200-performa-6200\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Jeff\u2019s sixth computer:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>386 in a \u201cboring beige box\u201d\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/boringbeigebox.libsyn.com\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Boring Beige Box<\/i> podcast<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>David\u2019s sixth computer:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Macintosh Performa 6400\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.everymac.com\/systems\/apple\/mac_performa\/specs\/mac_performa_6400_200.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.everymac.com\/systems\/apple\/mac_performa\/specs\/mac_performa_6400_200.html<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Jeff\u2019s seventh computer:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>IBM 486slc2 66MHz motherboard\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redhill.net.au\/c\/c-4.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.redhill.net.au\/c\/c-4.html<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>David\u2019s seventh computer:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1999 350MHz Blueberry iMac\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lowendmac.com\/2005\/which-imac-is-it-low-end-mac-guide-to-g3-imacs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Which iMac Is It? 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Links mentioned in this episode: VIVA AMIGA \u2013 THE REVIEW The Amiga Years Jeff\u2019s fifth computer: Toshiba T1000 (SE???) 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