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How'd you get into computers? (Apple II, PC clones, BBSes, CYBERSPACE)

How'd you get into computers? (Apple II, PC clones, BBSes, CYBERSPACE)

FromBuild Your SaaS


How'd you get into computers? (Apple II, PC clones, BBSes, CYBERSPACE)

FromBuild Your SaaS

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Length:
73 minutes
Released:
Oct 23, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

If you used computers in the 80s and 90s you're going to love this episode.
Apple IIe in the school computer lab
The original Macintosh
"I wanted an Amiga so bad!"
The BBS scene: Wildcat, Roboboard/FX, being a SySop
Compuserve and AOL
Tandy 1000, 386, 486, building your own Pentium
Fave games: Commander Keen, King’s Quest, Wolfenstein, Doom, Duke Nukem, Raptor, Apogee Games
Our first websites: high school swim team website, snowboarding website (with a guestbook)
Our first computer businesses
It's a fun one. ;)What do you think?

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Show notes:
PC Magazine: the forgotten world of BBS door games 
Jon’s first computer: Compuadd

Justin posted this on a usenet group in 1994: Absolute Future BBS!

Justin’s first web company: Mediahead Productions

Jon’s first web company: Creatively Aware

Jon’s TV recommendation: Halt and Catch Fire (NY Times review)
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Released:
Oct 23, 2018
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