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On location at the PC Museum
#176 | 12:15 |
Monday June 22, 2009
Lab Rats
Monday June 22, 2009
The Lab Rats take a trip down memory lane (pun fully intended) as they visit the Personal Computer Museum in Brantford, Ontario. Andy Walker and Sean Carruthers take a look a the computers that left an impression on the Lab Rats in their younger days. Tune in as they explore the
Radio Shack TRS 80 Model IV
, theSinclair ZX81
, theIBM 5150
, theCommodore Amiga 1000
, theCommodore PET
, theTexas Instruments TI-99
and even the holy grail, anApple Lisa 2
. It's aretro PC
lover's dream come true and a bit of a history lesson for the young'uns.Download this episode now
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On location at the PC Museum
in Brantford, Ontario
- The majority of the computers in the Personal Computer Museum are fully functional, most are just not connected up at the moment.
- Radio Shack TRS 80 Model IV: Original Retail Price $1899 US.
- Sinclair ZX81: Original Retail Price $100 US.
- IBM 5150: Original Retail Price $3000 US.
- Commodore Amiga 1000: Original Retail Price $1595 US.
- Commodore PET 2001: Original Retail Price $795 US.
- Commodore SuperPET SP9000: Original Retail Price $2000 US.
- Apple Lisa 2: Original Retail Price $3495/$5495.
- Texas Instruments TI-99/4A: Original Retail Price $525 US.
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,Apple Lisa 2
,Brantford
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,IBM
,Matt Harris
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,PC
,PC museum
,Radio Shack
,Sean Carruthers
,Texas Instruments
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By Wammy about four years ago
(2009-06-23 08:03:54)
(2009-06-23 08:03:54)
Great to meet the rats and the whole crew. What a great bunch of guys... oh and Kate too! It's amazing to see that friendships are still being born over 8 bit technology... even today.
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