The 1985 Computer Chronicles Christmas Buyer's Guide
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Date: 2024-12-17
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loveaware
wow, i started watching this yesterday but paused and saved.
then today after i showed my wife Terminator2 for her first time, i resumed this episode after she went to bed.
ok, that melar access looks very much like the cyberdeck John Connor uses to hack an ATM and the proto-skynet R&D facility clean room.
if i'd have watched this first, i probably wouldn't have remembered the keyboard and screen similarities, but this way i noticed it right off and wondered if James Cameron started working on the sequel scriptment in 1984 and noted this pocketable machine for his co-protagonist to have on his person to hack into card readers.
Anyway, thanks again to LGR for being integral (in this and so many other ways) to our enjoyment of computer culture through the decades.
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wow, i started watching this yesterday but paused and saved.
then today after i showed my wife Terminator2 for her first time, i resumed this episode after she went to bed.
ok, that melar access looks very much like the cyberdeck John Connor uses to hack an ATM and the proto-skynet R&D facility clean room.
if i'd have watched this first, i probably wouldn't have remembered the keyboard and screen similarities, but this way i noticed it right off and wondered if James Cameron started working on the sequel scriptment in 1984 and noted this pocketable machine for his co-protagonist to have on his person to hack into card readers.
Anyway, thanks again to LGR for being integral (in this and so many other ways) to our enjoyment of computer culture through the decades.
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warrax111
I've started to watch computer chronicles like few months ago, maybe 1 year ago. In very hard times.
Don't know why, but it always enlight me inner way, or something like it. I feel better, from that atmosphere, how computers looks, how interiers looked, how much formal it was (including informatic people wore suits. I feel, it was more exciting times, than boring nowadays. I was too young during that time, and didnt watch it. Just when computer chronicles went out of the mainstream (around 1997, I've started to understand computers more deeply. So I've never enjoyed that 1985-1995 atmosphere in its time. But I feel, it has to be very exciting, and computer chronicles reminds me it. And I always feels somehow less depressed, after I watch episode, or at least part of it.
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I've started to watch computer chronicles like few months ago, maybe 1 year ago. In very hard times.
Don't know why, but it always enlight me inner way, or something like it. I feel better, from that atmosphere, how computers looks, how interiers looked, how much formal it was (including informatic people wore suits. I feel, it was more exciting times, than boring nowadays. I was too young during that time, and didnt watch it. Just when computer chronicles went out of the mainstream (around 1997, I've started to understand computers more deeply. So I've never enjoyed that 1985-1995 atmosphere in its time. But I feel, it has to be very exciting, and computer chronicles reminds me it. And I always feels somehow less depressed, after I watch episode, or at least part of it.
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lazygamereviews
My grandmother had an AG Bear. She lived alone and would tap him to wake him up and as she went about her day he would mumble. The patterns all resemble human speech with inflections of tones. It was sort of a deep voiced South Park Kenny. Hard to explain it, but as you focused on other things, his mumbling made your brain feel like someone else was there. It was louder than you’d think, and because it reacted to sounds, it would mumble over you while you spoke, as you heard in the video. I’d be lying if I said I ever tired of it, especially when there was a pause in a conversation, and AG would sound like he mumbled something important. She gave me one when I was 17 that I gave to my younger sister. Not sure where he went from there.
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My grandmother had an AG Bear. She lived alone and would tap him to wake him up and as she went about her day he would mumble. The patterns all resemble human speech with inflections of tones. It was sort of a deep voiced South Park Kenny. Hard to explain it, but as you focused on other things, his mumbling made your brain feel like someone else was there. It was louder than you’d think, and because it reacted to sounds, it would mumble over you while you spoke, as you heard in the video. I’d be lying if I said I ever tired of it, especially when there was a pause in a conversation, and AG would sound like he mumbled something important. She gave me one when I was 17 that I gave to my younger sister. Not sure where he went from there.
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lazygamereviews
I will be honest, computer chronicles is completely unfamiliar to me probably because I am not American and our family's first computer was a windows 95 machine. So my nostalgic tv show about computers is Steve Dotto's Data Cafe which I think was a tvo show we watched on asn. Anyway despite no nostalgia this is a very fun video, if your home rebuild is making it hard to create content based on your collection, reacting to vintage computer content is a great plan B!
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I will be honest, computer chronicles is completely unfamiliar to me probably because I am not American and our family's first computer was a windows 95 machine. So my nostalgic tv show about computers is Steve Dotto's Data Cafe which I think was a tvo show we watched on asn. Anyway despite no nostalgia this is a very fun video, if your home rebuild is making it hard to create content based on your collection, reacting to vintage computer content is a great plan B!
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Osprey850
I'm starting to understand why my dad bought a Commodore Vic-20 in the early 80s to work at home on. Actual business computers (and software) were really expensive and he must've hoped that the relatively affordable Vic-20 would be enough for him. It ended up not being, so he eventually gave it to me, but not before it spent some time in the garage because he couldn't imagine what a kid would do with a computer.
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I'm starting to understand why my dad bought a Commodore Vic-20 in the early 80s to work at home on. Actual business computers (and software) were really expensive and he must've hoped that the relatively affordable Vic-20 would be enough for him. It ended up not being, so he eventually gave it to me, but not before it spent some time in the garage because he couldn't imagine what a kid would do with a computer.
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FennecTECH
Entry level computers were cheaper even tho they had color because you traded resolution for color. The resolution of 8 micros with color was much much worse than those with monochrome displays. The color consumes an order of magnitude more data per pixel than monochrome so resolution had to be limited to keep costs down. (Ram was expensive then)
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Entry level computers were cheaper even tho they had color because you traded resolution for color. The resolution of 8 micros with color was much much worse than those with monochrome displays. The color consumes an order of magnitude more data per pixel than monochrome so resolution had to be limited to keep costs down. (Ram was expensive then)
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Stikkelsbr
These shows make me realize that if I had been over 30 in 1985, I would have thought this was a passing fad or just a hobby for dorks. I'd like to think I would have been into it, like I was as a teen in the 90s, but if I had been a grown adult during this time I probably would have settled for an Olympia SM9 typewriter and a set of encyclopedias.
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These shows make me realize that if I had been over 30 in 1985, I would have thought this was a passing fad or just a hobby for dorks. I'd like to think I would have been into it, like I was as a teen in the 90s, but if I had been a grown adult during this time I probably would have settled for an Olympia SM9 typewriter and a set of encyclopedias.
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eppinizer
I've watched every Computer Chronicles available on the internet archive several times. The 8 bit era, just 10 years or so before I was born, is one that intrigues me so much. It was a time when it was so easy to conceptualize the abstract nature that is computing. 6502 based systems are so fun to toy with.
EDIT: Gary Kildall was a genius.
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I've watched every Computer Chronicles available on the internet archive several times. The 8 bit era, just 10 years or so before I was born, is one that intrigues me so much. It was a time when it was so easy to conceptualize the abstract nature that is computing. 6502 based systems are so fun to toy with.
EDIT: Gary Kildall was a genius.
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uhsaywhatnow
15: 50 omg childhood memory unlocked! I had an AG Bear! My grandpa was a tech nerd and would buy these toys for me. I remember being impressed by it, but it was cuddly more than anything. I remember agreeing to let my grandpa take it apart so we could see how it worked. Thanks for that unexpected reminder of such a fond memory!
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15: 50 omg childhood memory unlocked! I had an AG Bear! My grandpa was a tech nerd and would buy these toys for me. I remember being impressed by it, but it was cuddly more than anything. I remember agreeing to let my grandpa take it apart so we could see how it worked. Thanks for that unexpected reminder of such a fond memory!
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amethystevisions
My sister had an AG Bear she prized throughout her entire childhood. She's four years older than me and I never witnessed that voice box working. It broke very quickly and just became a regular Teddy Bear. She loved hiding notes and other little treasures in the pocket where the voice box used to be.
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My sister had an AG Bear she prized throughout her entire childhood. She's four years older than me and I never witnessed that voice box working. It broke very quickly and just became a regular Teddy Bear. She loved hiding notes and other little treasures in the pocket where the voice box used to be.
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Troppa17
17: 50 To be fair to George Morrow: Epson either hadn't a sample on hand yet or it didn't came in on time for the show. I don't think he did it on purpose and it seems the Equity I was anyway very late for Christmas 1985.
Btw. : Thanks YT for black text on black background in dark mode. Very convenient!
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17: 50 To be fair to George Morrow: Epson either hadn't a sample on hand yet or it didn't came in on time for the show. I don't think he did it on purpose and it seems the Equity I was anyway very late for Christmas 1985.
Btw. : Thanks YT for black text on black background in dark mode. Very convenient!
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exmaarmaca
15: 08 if you are curious for a kind of modern version of that there is some module called BIOPAC that is used for students to learn how medical sensors works to do a lot of medical signal adquisition. Since I studied biomedical engineering this is some of the stuff you end using sooner or later.
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15: 08 if you are curious for a kind of modern version of that there is some module called BIOPAC that is used for students to learn how medical sensors works to do a lot of medical signal adquisition. Since I studied biomedical engineering this is some of the stuff you end using sooner or later.
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PhoenixNL72-DEGA-
Clint, have you ever watched the old BBC Computer Literacy Programs from the 1980s There is an archive site for them on the BBC rewind website. (I can't post the link due to the anti spam bots, but you should be able to find it using a search engine easy enough)
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Clint, have you ever watched the old BBC Computer Literacy Programs from the 1980s There is an archive site for them on the BBC rewind website. (I can't post the link due to the anti spam bots, but you should be able to find it using a search engine easy enough)
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davidmc3741
i was lucky to grow up in a small town with a radio shack in the local strip mall. There was school, and then radio shack. My first PC was a TRS80 model 3. Great memories. Thinking back to Kings Quest, space quest, and all the other great games of the day.
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i was lucky to grow up in a small town with a radio shack in the local strip mall. There was school, and then radio shack. My first PC was a TRS80 model 3. Great memories. Thinking back to Kings Quest, space quest, and all the other great games of the day.
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troybarnes66
You are definitely making the best of your situation LGR. With the damage and displacement you've been through and still without easy access to your collection you still figuring out something for our entertainment/ education. LGR thanks brother.
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You are definitely making the best of your situation LGR. With the damage and displacement you've been through and still without easy access to your collection you still figuring out something for our entertainment/ education. LGR thanks brother.
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birbzilla
When I was growing up, I used to watch shows like Beyond 2000 (anyone remeber that show, but I wasn't aware of the Computer Chronicles. This was a great introduction to the show for me, and I enjoyed the relaxed way you covered it here. Thanks, LGR!
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When I was growing up, I used to watch shows like Beyond 2000 (anyone remeber that show, but I wasn't aware of the Computer Chronicles. This was a great introduction to the show for me, and I enjoyed the relaxed way you covered it here. Thanks, LGR!
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knghtbrd
If you have a PCjr and are determined to use it for business for some reason. Wow, this is such a trip down memory lane I watched this show every time it was on and I was barely old enough to know what a word processor was.
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If you have a PCjr and are determined to use it for business for some reason. Wow, this is such a trip down memory lane I watched this show every time it was on and I was barely old enough to know what a word processor was.
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TheRealPentiumMMX
I remember one of my uncles mentioning this show. Sadly, it was ending just as I was getting interested in computers, but at the very least, TechTV's The Screen Savers was around at the time, which I watched avidly.
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I remember one of my uncles mentioning this show. Sadly, it was ending just as I was getting interested in computers, but at the very least, TechTV's The Screen Savers was around at the time, which I watched avidly.
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ketturovix4735
Yeah, I would love to see more Computer Chronicles episodes with LGR commentary. I watched episodes myself but it would be nice to hear the history and the fate of the companies and products that get mentioned.
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Yeah, I would love to see more Computer Chronicles episodes with LGR commentary. I watched episodes myself but it would be nice to hear the history and the fate of the companies and products that get mentioned.
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seanc. 5310
Grew up watching Computer Chronicles and I comfort consume it now, as it's packed with all the nostalgia required to start my day. LGR will be the comfort content of a whole new generation! Merry Christmas all!
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Grew up watching Computer Chronicles and I comfort consume it now, as it's packed with all the nostalgia required to start my day. LGR will be the comfort content of a whole new generation! Merry Christmas all!
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