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Episode 1 – The NEW History of Personal Computing – Grundy NewBrain: Welcome back everybody! The History of Personal Computing podcast has been rebooted to continue educating everyone (including your hosts) about the who, what, when, where, why, and how of personal computing. In this new iteration, the ROM chip called Dav by The History of Personal Computing

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Episode 59 – Android: On today’s show, we’re looking at the smartphone after the iPhone, that changed everything… the Android phone. It, as well as the iPhone, define all smartphones to this day, as well as the third tier. This is the podcast where we take an informal l by The History of Personal Computing

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Episode 58 – Apple iPhone: On today’s show, we’re looking at the smartphone that changed everything, the iPhone. Its influence went on to define all smartphones, as well as the third tier. This is the podcast where we take an informal look at personal computing history through the by The History of Personal Computing

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Episode 57 – Early Smartphones: On today’s show, we begin our look at the final evolution of the third tier of personal computing, the smartphone. Were there really smartphones before the iPhone and Android phones? Well… yes. This is the podcast where we take an informal look at by The History of Personal Computing

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Episode 56 – First Computers, Part 2: 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. Links mentioned in this episode: VIVA AMIGA – THE REVIEW The Amiga Years Jeff’s fifth co by The History of Personal Computing

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Episode 55 – First Computers: For the new year, David and Jeff have decided to look back on the earlier times of computer retail by relating their experiences in getting their first computers. Links mentioned in this episode: SCSI2SD – SD to SCSI adapter for retro computing Hum by The History of Personal Computing

70 min listen

Episode 54 – Sharp Wizard and Palm Pilot: On today’s show, we begin our look at the temporarily (at the time) humbled third tier of personal computing, the organizer. We’re covering the Sharp Wizard, Palm Pilot and other notables. This is the podcast where we take an informal look at personal co by The History of Personal Computing

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Episode 53 – The IBM 5150: What… didn’t we already talk about the IBM 5150 in an eBay episode? Yes we did. But we left it off of the timeline during the original show format after the transition to the eBay only format. Since then, there was some behind the scenes work by The History of Personal Computing

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Episode 52 – Retro Computing Gift Ideas!: On today’s show we’re taking a special holiday detour by covering retrocomputing gift ideas. Perhaps something to give to a loved one, or just something you can gift yourself! Links mentioned in this episode: Creative Computing Magazine (December 1980) V by The History of Personal Computing

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Episode 51 – Casio Zoomer and Amstrad PenPad: Today we’ll be further covering the personal digital assistant or PDA, with the Apple Newton clones or “killers,” the Casio Zoomer and Amstrad PenPad. This is the podcast where we take an informal look at personal computing history through the lens of eB by The History of Personal Computing

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Episode 50 – Apple Newton MessagePad and eMate: 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 com by The History of Personal Computing

69 min listen

Episode 49 – Psion and AT&T EO Personal Communicator: 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 phas by The History of Personal Computing

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Episode 48 – HP 95LX and Zeos Pocket PC: 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 phas by The History of Personal Computing

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Episode 47 – Atari Portfolio and Poqet PC: 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 hand by The History of Personal Computing

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Episode 46 – Interview with Jason Compton of the ECCC/VCFMW: 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 F by The History of Personal Computing

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Episode 45 – Interview with Jason Timmons of the VCFMW: Welcome 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, by The History of Personal Computing

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Episode 44 – The Asus Eee PC and Other Netbooks: 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 complete our coverage of the second pha by The History of Personal Computing

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eBay Episode 17 – KansasFest & the ThinkPad: 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 second pha by The History of Personal Computing

66 min listen

eBay Episode 16 – Apple PowerBook: 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 second pha by The History of Personal Computing

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Special Episode: Interview with Sam Ammons, creator of Mini 681: Welcome 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 by The History of Personal Computing

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eBay Episode 15 – Cambridge Computer Z88 and Apple Macintosh Portable: 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’re continuing our coverage of the secon by The History of Personal Computing

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eBay Episode 13 – Epson HX-20 and Grid Compass: On this show, we’re still covering the second phase of portables, the earliest laptops, continuing with the Epson HX-20 and the Grid Compass. Links mentioned in this episode: Book: When Computing Got Personal: A history of the desktop computer Davi by The History of Personal Computing

63 min listen

Special Episode: Interview with Bob Applegate, creator of SWTPC reproduction: Welcome to a special interview segment of the History of Personal Computing podcast! In this episode, David and Jeff are speaking to Bob Applegate from Corsham Technologies. Bob has designed and sells modern, compatible (to original hardware) reproductio by The History of Personal Computing

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eBay Episode 12 – Compaq Portable and Commodore SX-64: On this episode, we conclude our look at the first half of the second tier of personal computing… the luggables. We’re going to cover the Compaq Portable, the Commodore SX-64 and perhaps other misc. models. Links mentioned in this episode: https://en.wik by The History of Personal Computing

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Special Episode: Coverage of Vintage Computer Festival East and Southeast: On today’s show, we talk about the Vintage Computer Festival shows of the last few weeks. Plus, VCF East is where David and Jeff actually met in person for the first time. Links mentioned in this show: David’s new job Pictures from VCF East XI 2016 by The History of Personal Computing

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Special Episode: Interview with Oscar Vermeulen, creator of PiDP-8/I: Welcome to a special interview segment of the History of Personal Computing podcast! In this episode, David and Jeff are speaking to Oscar Vermeulen from Obsolescence Guaranteed and creator of the PiDP-8/I, a modern replica of the 1968 PDP-8/I computer. by The History of Personal Computing

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eBay Episode 11 – Osborne 1 and Otrona Attache: On today’s show, we begin our official look at the beginning of the second tier of personal computing… portable computers! We kick off by covering the first portables, the “luggables”, covering both the Osborne 1 and Otrona Attache. Links mention in this by The History of Personal Computing

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eBay Episode 10 – NeXT Computer: On today’s show, we’re continuing and finalizing our coverage of the 32-bit GUI computers. On our last show, we covered the somewhat boring, beige Compaq Deskpro 386, other 386 based computers, and touched on the Windows/386 operating system. Today, we’r by The History of Personal Computing

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eBay Episode 9 – Compaq Deskpro 386: On today’s show, we’re continuing our coverage of the 32-bit GUI computers. We’ve covered some exciting and colorful 32-bit computing platforms. But in this episode, we go a little more boring and beige by covering the Compaq Deskpro 386, other 386 based by The History of Personal Computing

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Special Episode: Interview with Evan Koblentz of the Vintage Computer Federation: Have you ever been to a Vintage Computer Festival? Have you ever wanted to? Well, they’ve been around for a long time, starting with the first west coast VCF in 1997, then the VCF Europa in 2000, then the East in 2001 and many others. Our special guest i by The History of Personal Computing

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eBay Episode 14 – Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 100, Toshiba T1100 and Data General One

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