Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Professor Bernard T.G. Tan shares his love of electronics and computers as a kid and how when he saw the sleek Apple II, he knew he had to have it. He talks about spending too much time browsing computer magazines and the early computer shops, including Lee Miles’ Computer Centre at Golden Mile Complex.

00:00 Introduction

04:29 A Brief History of Computing

09:52 The Wonder of Computers

14:51 The Apple II

21:46 Computer Magazines

24:17 Lee Miles’ Computer Centre at Golden Mile Complex

30:36 Other Early Computer Shops

Bibliography

Bernard Tan on the history of microcomputing in Singapore, 2018:

http://sms.org.sg/download/Microcomputing_in_Singapore.pdf

I am Dr Loh Kah Seng, the people’s historian. In Chronicles of Old Singapore, I speak to people about their memories of Singapore before it became a global city.

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