Comments on: Computer Chronicles, Retro Tech-TV Available on BitTorrent

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 01:33:24 +0000

Steve…

You are SICK MANÂ……

By: Peter Griffin

Peter Griffin — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:28:48 +0000

What the hell is an al gore and who is this Internet guy.

By: 3z3

3z3 — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 06:34:59 +0000

I remember stumbling on Computer Chronicles at Archive.org a few years ago, and was instantly transported into a world of nostalgia and computer history. It’s a great series, and whenever someone mentions something about PC’s from the 80′s and 90′s I always refer to the archive.org page.

I think I’ve downloaded most of the episodes available, and do remember being amazed at even back in ’82, they were able to do 256 color graphics (albeit with $20K machines). Retro Tech FTW (imagine d/l that through BBS @ 1400 baud :P)

By: lukas2k

lukas2k — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:24:45 +0000

Here’s a link to the Computer Chronicles Collection on http://www.archive.org

http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=collection%3A%22computerchronicles%22

By: Mark R. Brown

Mark R. Brown — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:11:14 +0000

Hey! That’s me acting as spokesmodel for Netscape! I don’t know exactly why, but nobody from Netscape wanted to appear on Computer Chronicles, so they asked me. I was the author of the book “Special Edition: Using Netscape Communicator”.[quote comment="263084"]Hey! That’s me acting as spokesmodel for Netsape! I don’t know exactly why, but nobody from Netscape wanted to appear on Computer Chronicles, so they asked me. I was the author of the book “Special Edition: Using Netscape Communicator”.[/quote]

By: Mark R. Brown

Mark R. Brown — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:09:56 +0000

Hey! That’s me acting as spokesmodel for Netsape! I don’t know exactly why, but nobody from Netscape wanted to appear on Computer Chronicles, so they asked me. I was the author of the book “Special Edition: Using Netscape Communicator”.

By: hiro81

hiro81 — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:17:25 +0000

[quote comment="261981"]I think the piracy episode shows how the issues we are dealing with today are nothing new. Hell, 1985 was 23 years ago and they bring up the same points and issues everyone talks about today: price, backups/fair use, etc. Great episode, thanks for pointing it out.[/quote]

Some of us have been at this a looong time… :P

Anyways, if y’all are nostalgic, check out The BBS Documentary by Jason Scott (probably also available by illegal torrent.. there is a single chapter from the thing available for free, but otherwise it’s a commerical product).

http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/

By: DK

DK — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:22:11 +0000

“I would buy the product if the manuals and the support is sufficiently good”

Frankie Mouse nails it 20 years before the free software business model (service fees) starts gaining traction.

By: Spanky69

Spanky69 — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:07:24 +0000

Anybody up to the challenge of putting all the episodes in the right order and creating 1 big .torrent?

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