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Archive: 09-2008

• Commodore shows its price advantage

  One of the reasons the Commodore 64 was so successful against other computers of the day was its price advantage. This commercial shows how much power came in the C64 at a low price compared to...

  Posted by John Sheesley | September 29, 2008, 3:30 PM PDT

• Surf the Web on your Commodore 64

  One of the things that usually keeps old machines from being useful in today’s world is the fact that modern necessities like network and Internet connection are missing. Not with a...

  Posted by John Sheesley | September 26, 2008, 11:15 AM PDT

• Google spits out strange results

  While doing a search on Google for some latest news, I put in the keyword “Floppy Disk”. Google found some relevant articles, but when it suggested related searches it came up with...

  Posted by John Sheesley | September 25, 2008, 1:01 PM PDT

• State of the art gaming circa 1979

  Thirty years ago, graphics such as this were astounding on a home computer. My how times have changed. Check out what gaming looked like at the end of the 1970’s.

  Posted by John Sheesley | September 23, 2008, 5:54 PM PDT

• Brush up on your TRS-80 Basic skills

  The Radio Shack TRS-80 Model I was one of the first popular home computers. Here’s a Web site with a Java-based emulator of the TRS-80 Model I’s BASIC.

  Posted by John Sheesley | September 19, 2008, 4:00 PM PDT

• Has Lenovo ruined the ThinkPad?

  When IBM created the ThinkPad line in the 90s, they set the gold standard for quality in notebook computers. In 2005, IBM exited the PC business and sold off its desktop and laptop lines to...

  Posted by John Sheesley | September 18, 2008, 1:45 PM PDT

• Cracking open the IBM ThinkPad 701c

  IBM’s ThinkPad 701c’s unique butterfly keyboard rocked the laptop world when it debuted in 1995. This video shows it in action and you can see more in our Cracking Open photo gallery.

  Posted by John Sheesley | September 16, 2008, 7:45 PM PDT

• Gates/Seinfeld isn't Bill's first foray into commercials

  Bill Gates is now pitching Microsoft products with the help of Jerry Seinfeld. Bill’s no stranger to the acting stage. Here’s an ad he did in the 90’s for Coke.

  Posted by John Sheesley | September 12, 2008, 1:10 PM PDT

• When is it time to retire an old PC?

  Classic computers aren’t necessarily those that were built only the 80’s and 90’s. Even a computer made in 2004 can be considered a classic. When do you get rid of an old PC?

  Posted by John Sheesley | September 11, 2008, 12:49 PM PDT

• Another example of poor IBM marketing

  Here’s another example of the fine, fine marketing done by IBM in the 1980’s. This time the victim is the PS/2.

  Posted by John Sheesley | September 8, 2008, 1:40 PM PDT