The History of Personal Computing

Episode 52 – Retro Computing Gift Ideas!

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Creative Computing from December 1980

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!

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Links mentioned in this episode:

  • Creative Computing Magazine (December 1980) Volume 06 Number 12
  • folklore.org (the stories from the book, Revolution in the Valley)

    • Gifts:

    • Jeff: HDMI graphics card for the Amiga 2000/3000/4000
    • David: Atari Flashback 7 Classic Game Console with 2 Controllers
    • Jeff: 64NIC+
    • David: Floppy Emu
    • Jeff: ZXpand
    • David: Altair 8880 Clone
    • Jeff: CocoFlash
    • David: Books!
      • When Computing Got Personal: A history of the desktop computer
      • ...more
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