The History of Personal Computing

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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

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Links mention in this episode:

  • David guest hosts the Retro Computing Roundtable Episode 112
  • Auctions picked for this episode:

    • Jeff’s
      • NEW OLD-STOCK IBM 5170 AT
      • Portable IBM 5155
      • David’s
        • Vintage IBM 5150 PC
        • Upgraded IBM PC/AT computer previously running Xenix 386
        • Additional auctions

          • Jeff
            • Coleco ADAM
            • TOMY TUTOR TP-1000 16 bit Graphic Computer
            • Panasonic JR-200U Personal Computer
            • David
              • Vintage UBM Personal Computer
              • AMPRO Little Board Series 100 Bookshelf Z80 CP/M Computer
              • Vintage 1989
              • ...more
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                The History of Personal ComputingBy David Greelish and Jeff Salzman