The History of Personal Computing

Special Episode: Interview with Bob Applegate, creator of SWTPC reproduction


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SWTPC SS-50 Reproduction

Welcome to a special interview segment of the History of Personal Computing podcast! In this episode, David and Jeff are speaking to Bob Applegate from Corsham Technologies. Bob has designed and sells modern, compatible (to original hardware) reproductions of both the 6800 & 6809 versions of the SWTPC SS-50 microcomputer. He also sells custom upgrade boards for the KIM-1.

http://www.historyofpersonalcomputing.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/HoPC_Bob_Applegate.mp3

Links mention in the show:

  • Bob’s website: http://www.corshamtech.com/
  • The SWTPC Computer Documentation Repository: http://www.swtpc.com/
  • YouTube: VCF East 9.1 – History of Franklin Computer – Joel Shusterman
  • Bob mentions: The Ancestral Territorial Imperatives of the Trumpeter Swan
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    The History of Personal ComputingBy David Greelish and Jeff Salzman