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Flashback
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Flashback episodes
- 25: On PC Clones & The End of the Road for IBM’s Personal Computer Business
IBM quickly lost control of the market it had helped create, going from industry-leader to quietly exiting the personal computer business in just a couple of decades.
Links and Show Notes: I Think We're A Clone Now (OFFICIAL APPLE VIDEO) - YouTube "Phoenix Says Its BIOS May Foil IBM's Lawsuits" The rise of the clones - A comprehensive history of the PC | TechRadar Send in the Clones - CHM Revolution Columbia Data Produces Introduces the MPC 1600, the First IBM PC Compatible Computer : History of Information Columbia Data Ready to Launch Its First Public Stock Offering - The Washington Post Columbia Data Products Compaq and Hyperion - The First IBM Clones - The 8-Bit Guy on YouTube Memory lane: Remembering the Compaq Portable | ZDNet Dynalogic Hyperion computer HP-150 - Wikipedia How does the Kindle Touch touch screen work? - Quora The Tandy 1000 - The best MS-DOS computer in 1984 - The 8-Bit Guy on YouTube Rainbow 100 - Wikipedia Why did IBM abandon the PC? - Quora IBM sells PC group to Lenovo - CNET 10 Years Later, Looking Back at the IBM-Lenovo PC Deal | PCMag Ex-IBM CEO revisits selling PC business - The Verge Stephen Hackett (@ismh) / Twitter Quinn Nelson (@SnazzyQ) / Twitter Cortex #123: 2022 Yearly Themes - Relay FM39 min - 24: Later IBM PC Models
The first IBM PC kicked off what would be a line of computers that would be sold through the 1980s. This week, Quinn and Stephen hit the high points of this beige wave.
This episode of Flashback is sponsored by:- The Intrazone, by Microsoft SharePoint: Your bi-weekly conversation and interview podcast about SharePoint, OneDrive and related tech within Microsoft 365.
Links and Show Notes: OLD-COMPUTERS.COM Museum ~ IBM PC XT - Model 5160 PC5271 (3270 PC) IBM PCjr computer THE CHANGING IMAGE OF I.B.M. - The New York Times Ungeniused #60: The Cola Wars and New Coke - Relay FM IBM 5140 (PC Convertible) OLD-COMPUTERS.COM Museum ~ IBM PC AT Brand New Model F Keyboards – The Model M Predecessor: Mechanical Capacitive Buckling Spring Keyboards with NKRO OLD-COMPUTERS.COM Museum ~ IBM 5140 Convertible IBM PC Convertible | The Art Institute of Chicago OLD-COMPUTERS.COM Museum ~ IBM PC XT 28627 min - 23: IBM's Search for an Operating System
With its PC built, IBM needed to find an operating system that would run on it. Its choice would change the computer industry forever.
Links and Show Notes: The Computer Chronicles - Gary Kildall's Death - YouTube The Gary Kildall Legacy The complete history of the IBM PC, part one: The deal of the century | Ars Technica The complete history of the IBM PC, part two: The DOS empire strikes | Ars Technica27 min - 22: Building the Personal Computer
The IBM Personal Computer was developed in a shockingly short period of time. This time, Quinn and Stephen discuss the machine's hardware as well as some of the company's earlier attempts at personal computers.
This episode of Flashback is sponsored by:- Clean My Mac X: Your Mac. As good as new. Get 5% off today.
Links and Show Notes: macOS 12 Monterey Screenshots – 512 Pixels The ‘1977 trinity’ and other era-defining PCs | CyberNews IBM 5100 computer IBM 5322 System/32 Datamaster computer Project Chess: The Story Behind the Original IBM PC | PCMag IBM Archives: The birth of the IBM PC IBM100 - The PC The complete history of the IBM PC, part one: The deal of the century | Ars Technica Snow White design language - Wikipedia IBM 5161 - Computer - Computing History Review: The 14-inch MacBook Pro Resets the Timeline – 512 Pixels29 min - 21: The International Business Machines Corporation
This season on Flashback, Quinn and Stephen are covering the rise — and fall — of IBM's PC business, but first: some background on the enormous company that Apple and so many others lived in the shadow of back in the 80s.
This episode of Flashback is sponsored by:- Clean My Mac X: Your Mac. As good as new. Get 5% off today.
Links and Show Notes: Young Steve Jobs Gives IBM the Finger IBM - Archives - History of IBM - United States International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) | Selling the Computer Revolution | Computer History Museum History of IBM: Timeline and Facts - TheStreet The History of IBM: the Personal Computer to Watson - YouTube IBM and World War II - Wikipedia IBM and the Holocaust: The Strategic Alliance Between Nazi Germany and America's Most Powerful Corporation - Amazon IBM System/360 - Wikipedia Computer History: IBM System/360 Mainframe 1964 Original Announcement, Transistors, Data Processing - YouTube IBM Archives: System/360 Announcement Don Says: "I Don't Think About You At All" - YouTube46 min - 20: Windows Vista
The story of Windows Vista is a complicated one. Born from a long and troubled development cycle, it wasn't free of problems at launch, but hardware OEMs and others didn't do much to help its reputation.
Links and Show Notes: Was Windows Vista THAT bad? - Linus Tech Tips on YouTube Windows Vista - Wikipedia Windows Vista - BetaWiki Development of Windows Vista - Wikipedia Windows Blackcomb - BetaWiki Microsoft Windows Blackcomb Presentation (2003) - YouTube Road to Gold: The Long Road to Windows Vista - Paul Thurrott Windows Vista: Under the Hood | Ars Technica Windows Vista Review Part 1: Introduction - Paul Thurrott Criticism of Windows Vista - Wikipedia The Vista Capable Mess: Intel pushes, Microsoft bends | Ars Technica Flashback #18: The Google Graveyard Draft - Relay FM Mojave Experiment - Wikipedia Mac vs. PC: Windows Vista - YouTube Is WWDC a hardware event? – Six Colors49 min - 19: The Apple Lisa
In the early 1980s, Apple launched a computer with a GUI and mouse ... that wasn't the Macintosh.
This episode of Flashback is sponsored by:- Command Line Heroes: Epic true tales of people revolutionizing the technology landscape. Season 7 is out now.
Links and Show Notes: The Lisa - MacStories History of Apple’s Lisa | Low End Mac Apple Lisa › Mac History Lisa’s DNA Is All Over Modern Computing | Low End Mac Computer Chronicles Revisited, Part 2 — Visi On vs. the Apple Lisa - S.M. Oliva Flashback #9: The Apple III - Relay FM Apple FileWare - Wikipedia Folklore.org: Square Dots Apple Lisa Computer Demo Video - Youtube Snow White design language - Wikipedia On the Apple Lisa & Macintosh XL – 512 Pixels Macintosh XL: Technical Specifications MacWorks XL - Wikipedia Why Are 2700 Apple Lisa Computers Buried In A Landfill?39 min - 18: The Google Graveyard Draft
Google has a knack for shutting down products. This episode, Stephen and Quinn talk about a handful of them.
This episode of Flashback is sponsored by:- Command Line Heroes: Epic true tales of people revolutionizing the technology landscape. Season 7 is out now.
Links and Show Notes: Google Graveyard - Killed by Google Tilt Brush by Google Jonathan Yeo Touring Bird lands with Google to plan your perfect trip New Google Travel site replacing Google Trips app- 9to5Google iGoogle - Wikipedia Google+ - Wikipedia Google takes the 'last step' to shut down its failed social network Buzz - The Verge Google Buzz - Wikipedia Bump (application) - Wikipedia Bump’s New App Flock Creates Shared Photo Albums With Friends Without Interrupting Your Life | TechCrunch Google Deskbar Using Google Deskbar Alfred - Productivity App for macOS Whatever Happened to Google’s Android@Home? | TechCrunch Sparrow for iPhone Review - MacStories Google buys Sparrow, current apps will not get any new features - The Verge Google Inbox was the Gmail we desperately needed -- but now it's dead - CNET Moving on from Picasa Alphabet shuts down Loon internet balloon company | TechCrunch Google’s Nest changes risk making the smart home a little dumber - The Verge This Smart Home Isn’t Stupid - Snazzy Labs on YouTube Google Pie Google Reader - Wikipedia 512 Pixels Feedbin Reeder 51 hr 10 min - 17: The Palm Foleo
A phone. An email terminal. A web-browsing portable companion. A phone. An email terminal. A web-browsing portable companion.
Are you getting it? These are not three devices.
It's two devices, and we're calling them your Palm phone and Foleo.
This episode of Flashback is sponsored by:- Command Line Heroes: Epic true tales of people revolutionizing the technology landscape. Season 7 is out now.
Links and Show Notes: Palm, Inc. - Foleo Liveblog: Palm Foleo Unveil Now! Palm Foleo: A Laptop For Your Smartphone First MP3 Player for the Palm Foleo Announced Jeff Hawkins pitches Palm's Foleo - YouTube Palm Releases New Information on the Foleo A Letter from Ed Colligan Dear Palm: It's time for an intervention | Engadget Flashback #4: webOS - Relay FM The best bad idea for smartphones - The Verge on YouTube Redfly Mobile Companion is the Palm Foleo For Windows Mobiles Let’s remember netbooks - The Verge CES 2011 - Motorola Laptop Dock for Atrix 4G Smartphone - Snazzy Labs YouTube Motorola Lapdock 500 Pro and Lapdock 100 hands-on - The Verge How does the Motorola Atrix 4G Lapdock compare with a laptop? - CNET Motorola confirms death of Webtop, laptop accessories - CNET DeX Mode | Device Multitasking | Samsung US NexDock - Turn your Smartphone into a Laptop | NexDock transforms smartphones and Raspberry Pi into a Laptop. NexDock Touch review: The best lapdock you can get - Android Authority47 min - 16: ROKR: The iTunes Phone
A year and a half before the iPhone was introduced, Apple took the stage to announce a very, very different product: the iTunes phone, built in partnership with Motorola and Cingular.
This episode of Flashback is sponsored by:- Technology Untangled: Join Michael Bird as he untangles innovation through a series of interviews, stories, and analyses with some of the industry’s brightest brains.
- Command Line Heroes: Epic true tales of people revolutionizing the technology landscape. Season 7 is out now.
Links and Show Notes: The ROKR E1 – 512 Pixels Apple's First Phone Sucked - YouTubeQuinn's video on the ROKR.
Apple Special Music Event (2005) - YouTube Motorola Rokr E1 (AT&T) review - CNET Motorola ROKR E1 Review - Mobiledia IPod Phone Isn't Perfect, but It's a Start - The New York Times Apple Music Event: Hidden Goodies - Digital Music Playlist The Motorola ROKR E1 was a dud, but it paved the way for the iPhone - GSMArena.com news iSync: Supported mobile phones in Mac OS X v10.4, 10.5, and 10.6 Motorola Slvr - Wikipedia Motorola ROKR E6 review - CNET Will it Sync? The Original iPod and macOS Catalina - YouTube53 min
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Not all tech products succeed once on the market, and some are killed off with little warning. Flashback looked back at failed tech products to see what we can learn by studying their demises. Hosted…
by Quinn Nelson and Stephen Hackett.
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