Mastodawn

I happened to dip into an old episode of @rcrpodcast. Paul, Quinn and Carrington mentioned a wonderful 1988 episode of #TheComputerChronicles which is a celebration of the surprisingly long-lived and continuingly successful #Commodore64.

In the Computer Chronicles episode, we learn about a new geometric puzzle game from the Soviet Union, hear of the first Western hemisphere virus to infect Soviet computers, get an early indication that all is not well with the new Ashton Tate dBase IV, but best of all, we get to visit some of the #GEOS development team at their office and meet a plethora of wonderful Commodore 64 users demonstrating the diverse uses to which they're putting their machines. Excellent stuff!

https://rcrpodcast.com/2022/11/23/rcr-episode-259-little-bit-taller-coboller/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL70gLaouDQ

RCR Episode 259: Little bit taller, COBOLler | Retrocomputing Roundtable

Hacker News Dec 31

Stewart Cheifet, creator of The Computer Chronicles, dead at 87

https://obits.goldsteinsfuneral.com/stewart-cheifet

#HackerNews #StewartCheifet #TheComputerChronicles #RIP #TechnologyPioneer #TechHistory

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ffuentes Oct 9

Los orígenes del #shareware (tema hablado en el podcast de #textoplano) en #TheComputerChronicles https://fediverse.tv/w/h3HrbfG5uukBxfKRv9NmbF

Los orígenes del shareware (1988)

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Bits&Terminal Jeff May 7, 2025

If you were into computers in the 80s and were in either in the USA or Canada, this bit of music should be very familiar.

Edit: thinking I should use it as my ringtone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oF2P2VZzjlc

#TheComputerChronicles #ByteByByte

Byte By Byte

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cobito Dec 15, 2023

Windows 95 (1994)

https://video.hardlimit.com/w/jwPBoNpguwdSuakyT6sgfw

Windows 95 (1994)

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El Capitán Oct 26, 2023

It's wonderful!
I accidentally discovered the computer chronicles from 1998.

Stunning things:
The guy who have two monitors in one PC!
Microsoft is represented the Windows update center!
Linus Torvalds talked about Linux!

#TheComputerChronicles
#linux
#windows
#windows98
#1998

https://youtu.be/N3s0_yf2mS4

The Computer Chronicles - Windows 98 (1998)

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Joe 🏔️ King of NYNEX

Jul 21, 2023

#TheComputerChronicles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHkdQ5CG0PY

The Computer Chronicles - Windows NT (1993)

Special thanks to archive.org for hosting these episodes. Downloads of all these episodes and more can be found at: http://archive.org/details/computerchroni...

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