It’s 2015, and here is the first installment of the History of Personal Computing podcast for the year! This is show nine, and we complete the coverage of the “Personal Computer Trifecta”, or “Holy Trinity”, depending on which host you ask. Or you can just fast forward to the end and hear some news about bacon!

Links mentioned in this podcast include:

Retrochallenge!: http://www.retrochallenge.org/

An Altair 8800b (still) for sale in Massechusetts: http://swap.qth.com/view_ad.php?counter=1167317

Wade Ripkowski, and his InverseAtascii Atari Productivity podcast: http://inverseatascii.info/

Brochure excerpt showing the many Commodore branded disk drives: http://www.commodore.ca/gallery/brochures/1983completeline/pg7.jpg

Aftermath of Commodore after bankruptcy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_International#Post-Commodore_International.2C_Ltd.

Jeff’s eBay Picks

David’s eBay Picks

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