RetroReads

https://retroreadspod.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/state-of-the-st.mp3

I imagine anyone interested in retrocomputing knows about the Osborne-1 and the so-called Osborne Effect. Is it true? I don’t know. Maybe? Sure? Why not. But I find the story behind the company, Osborne Computer Corporation, to be just as interesting. From the March 1984 issue of Creative Computing magazine, here’s David H. Ahl on … Continue reading "The Rise and Fall of Osborne"

It’s easy to remember Commodore for what happened to it. But there were a lot of years of fun and excitement before that bitter end. From the first issue of Amiga World magazine comes today’s entry: The introduction of the Amiga 1000. Special, special thanks to @BanjoGuyOllie for his awesome banjo rendition of the hit … Continue reading "Welcome to Amiga (Amiga 1000 Intro)"

The basic story is this: Woz offers the very beginning of the microcomputer revolution to HP in the Apple 1. HP declines. Woz leaves with Steve Jobs to found Apple. Apple is a titan. HP is slowly sinking. As with most things, the story is a lot more complicated. You may even know about some … Continue reading "HP, Woz, and The MicroComputer Revolution"

If you follow my Twitter account (@retroreadspod), then you may have seen a tweet in which I mentioned that I recently hired a narration and voiceover coach. While meeting with him on May 13, 2019, I mentioned that I had put together an audio presentation about KansasFest, the Apple II convention. When I mentioned the … Continue reading "An aside: Apple II Composition"

Today’s is an item from the DAK Winter 1988 catalog about a small laptop. It’s retro-ish. There are a few DAK items up on the Internet archive! https://archive.org/details/1988-Winter-DAK-Catalog/page/n47

Tedium piece about joysticks including Benj Edwards small business creating insanely great ones! https://tedium.co/2019/02/07/bx-foundry-video-game-controllers/

Tedium piece about joysticks including Benj Edwards small business creating insanely great ones! https://tedium.co/2019/02/07/bx-foundry-video-game-controllers/

This episode details the Xerox Star Emulator the Living Computer Museum and Labs announced in January. The below link contains a _lot_ of images and links so review it! Introducing Darkstar: A Xerox Star Emulator

Kevin Savetz recently* wrote a Twitter thread about Timesharing History that he uploaded to the Internet Archive. Here’s that thread. Show Note: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1073364446007816197.html * Not at all recent