David Greelish’s NEW Uploads to YouTube! New Stan Veit chapters & extended interviews from the film. https://www.youtube.com/@ClassicComputingMedia The detailed story of the Apple Lisa is available in a feature-length film. Watch the film for free on my YouTube channel! Before Macintosh: The Apple Lisa Download a FREE PDF ebook copy of my book! LINK
In the early 1970s, computers were enormous, costly machines reserved for corporations, universities, and research labs. The idea of owning one seemed impossible, until late 1974. That’s when the MITS Altair 8800 microcomputer appeared on the cover of the January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics magazine and changed everything. First sold as a kit and later fully assembled, the Altair didn’t just…
On March 11th, the Computer History Museum celebrated Apple’s 50th anniversary. The event was live streamed and is available to watch at: https://www.youtube.com/live/w8wt0LBCjXM Among the featured participants was former Apple CEO John Sculley. I commend the Computer History Museum for honoring Sculley during the “Apple at 50” celebration. It was long overdue that he receive proper recognition…
The Apple 1 computer (board) of 1976 is the most valuable personal computer collectible there is. One just sold for an incredible $375,000.00! Even though that is a lot of money, it isn’t even half of what the highest price ever paid for one was. That would be a staggering $905,000.00 in October 2014 for one sold in a Bonham’s auction. It was a bit of an outlier though, as it was purchased by The…
Please have a listen to these two new audio interviews: • Todd Meyer is part of the team which has created replacement boards for the Apple Lisa. • John Woodall has a very long history with the Apple Lisa. He also purchased the remaining inventory of them from Sun Remarketing when they went out of business. He has some great stories! • Plus, check out my interview from 2012 with the Founder and…
UPDATED! Looking for some entertainment related to your favorite hobby? Well don’t worry, there’s plenty of choice out there! There are currently lots of actively updated podcasts related to computer history nostalgia, PLUS a massive amount of other podcasts related to computer gaming and other retro related tech. Tons of no longer updated podcasts too, which is great, as history is, well, history…