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Hi-Fi. Caller ID, and LaserDisc! - RadioShack Catalog 1993 - Two Guys Talk Tech
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Let's take a look at another nostalgic catalog from Radio Shack! This time we look at the Radioshack Catalog from 1993, the last year Dan worked there! We picked out a bundle of cool retro tech items to show that are things we wanted (or still want) from Radio Shack! This time we get a history lesson on the insanity of early Caller ID, look at some prime HiFi equipment, look at the last breath ...
Unboxing a Palm IIIxe PDA from 2000! - Newsmakers Tech
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It's time to unbox some more cool retro tech! This time we unbox a Palm IIIxe Personal Digital Assistant released in the year 2000! This Palm PDA was one of the best in the Palm III line! Our PalmIII came with a ton of addition goodies too! Patreon: www.patreon.com/newsmakers Subscribe!: bit.ly/2JHzSrL Get Social: Join our Fan Group: groups/newsmakerstechfans/ Talk with us on Disco...
The Only Tandy I HATE - The Tandy 600 - Tandy Lab
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Today on Tandy Lab we take a look at one of the most controversial of computers that Tandy ever sold in their Radio Shack stores. This system, the Tandy 600 was a 80s portable computer of dubious quality. It was Expensive and heavy despite not offering IBM compatibility. The Tandy 100 and Tandy 200 were probably the better buy. Patreon: www.patreon.com/newsmakers Subscribe!: bit.ly/2JHzSrL Get ...
The Retro Computers We Just Don't Care About! - Two Guys Talk Tech
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It's the return of Two Guy Talk Tech, the BEST retro tech podcast around! Today we talk about the retro computers that, for whatever reason, we just don't care for. It might not be that we hate them (though some we do), but these are all retro pcs we aren't exactly looking to add to our retro computer collection, unless we find a deal of course lol Patreon: www.patreon.com/newsmakers Subscribe!...
Our Top 5 RAREST Computers! Newsmakers Tech
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In today's video we look at the rarest computers in our retro computer collection! These retro computers are ALL very rare! What rare computers do you own? Patreon: www.patreon.com/newsmakers Subscribe!: bit.ly/2JHzSrL Get Social: Join our Fan Group: groups/newsmakerstechfans/ Talk with us on Discord: newsmakers.tech/discord Facebook: newsmakerstech/ Twitter: twitter.c...
The Story of the Atari 1200XL - Is It GOOD? Tech Retrospective
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Patreon: www.patreon.com/newsmakers Subscribe!: bit.ly/2JHzSrL Today on Tech Retrospective we continue our never-ending coverage of the Atari 8 bit line of retro computers. Up today is the Atari 1200XL, possibly the most polarizing of the Atari 8bit line. The Atari 400 and Atari 800 were moderate successes, but the Sweet-16 project led to the cray cool Atari 1000 and Atari 1000x. Which would ha...
The HP 95LX, 1991's Finest - Tech Retrospective
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You've probably never heard of it but the HP 95LX, a portable computer from 1991, was awesome! This machine was created from a partnership between HP and Lotus Software, creators of the hit spreadsheet program Lotus123! This tiny device was a marvel of miniaturization offering a small "palmtop" experience with power that matched the 30 pound beasts of just a few generations earlier. This system...
My Top 5 Favorite Tandy Computers - Tandy Lab
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It's time to go through the many many Tandy computers released between the mid 1970s and the mid 1990s and pick out some of the best of the best. Today Jacob picks his 5 favorite's from our Tandy collection and counts them down. These are some of the best systems ever sold in Radio Shack stores! Patreon: www.patreon.com/newsmakers Subscribe!: bit.ly/2JHzSrL Get Social: Join our Fan Group: faceb...
The NEC PC-8201A, Another, Better(?), Tandy 100 - Tech Retrospective
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It's the NEC PC-8201A, If you've ever used a Tandy 100, Tandy 200, Tandy 102, or Kyocera Kyotronic 85, you'll feel right at home! This Retro computer was part of a big step to actually useful portable computers! It's very interesting to see the differences between this system and the classic Tandy 100! Patreon: www.patreon.com/newsmakers Subscribe!: bit.ly/2JHzSrL Get Social: Join our Fan Group...
The LASER Compumate 1 - A REALLY Pretty Paperweight - Tech Retrospective
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This is the LASER Compumate 1, a portable computer (kinda) released in 1988. This Laser Portable Computer has a lot of problems but is an interesting piece of technology from a time when having any computing power in your pocket was still impressive! A far fair from a smartphone or even a basic PDA, this 1 line LCD system offers just 3 functions, a Spell Checker, Calculator, and a Phone Directo...
Top 5 WORST Keyboards in Our Collection - Tech Retrospective
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Join us as we look at the worst computer keyboards we own! These retro computer keyboards are so bad you'll be begging for your nice RGB mechanical Keyboard in a heartbeat! Patreon: www.patreon.com/newsmakers Subscribe!: bit.ly/2JHzSrL Get Social: Join our Fan Group: groups/newsmakerstechfans/ Talk with us on Discord: newsmakers.tech/discord Facebook: newsmakerstech/ T...
Unboxing EVERY Microsoft Home Application - THE SAGA BEGINS - Unboxing History
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This time on Unboxing History, we look at one of the most interesting software lines ever released, that nobody talks about anymore. Microsoft Home Hello and welcome to Unboxing History. This video is going to be the first in a series, where we look at the history of one of the most diverse, eccentric, and useful software lineups of all time, Microsoft Home. Nowadays, the Microsoft Home brand i...
The Story of The Tandy 2000 - OOOPS!! All Mistakes - Tandy Lab
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What happens when your team works real hard to release the most powerful computer in the world..... and get's everything wrong? Well, case in point, the Tandy 2000! Tandy released the Tandy 2000 to transition away from their TRS-80 line and pivot towards competing with the up and coming IBM PC platform. Unfortunately, with an incompatible cpu, incompatible graphics, and even incompatible floppy...
The Story of The Tandy 1000 - How Tandy Beat IBM at Their Own Game - Tandy Lab
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It's the legendary Tandy 1000! Tandy received praise and success with their Tandy 1000, a computer from 1983 that launched the long lasting Tandy 1000 line. It's origins begin with the failure of the IBM PCjr, which Tandy cloned, fixed, and sold in their radio shack stores. What made the Tandy 1000 so special? Tandy mode graphics? great hardware? Radio Shacks customer service? All of the above?...
The Story of the IBM PCjr, IBM's Major Failure. - Tech Retrospective
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The Story of the IBM PCjr, IBM's Major Failure. - Tech Retrospective
The Story of the Tandy 200, BIG upgrades = WORSE Sales - Tandy Lab
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The Story of the Tandy 200, BIG upgrades = WORSE Sales - Tandy Lab
The Story of the Tandy 100, Portability Perfected in 1983 - Tandy Lab
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The Story of the Tandy 100, Portability Perfected in 1983 - Tandy Lab
The Top 5 Most DESTROYED Computers in Our Collection - Newsmakers Tech
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The Top 5 Most DESTROYED Computers in Our Collection - Newsmakers Tech
Unboxing a RARE Franklin PC-8000 IBM-Compatible - Tech Retrospective
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Unboxing a RARE Franklin PC-8000 IBM-Compatible - Tech Retrospective
Our Video Game Stories - Two Guys Talk Tech
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Our Video Game Stories - Two Guys Talk Tech
1996 was a CRAZY Year for Tech Aesthetics- RadioShack Catalog 1996 - Two Guys Talk Tech
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1996 was a CRAZY Year for Tech Aesthetics- RadioShack Catalog 1996 - Two Guys Talk Tech
The Story of the TRS-80 MC-10 Microcomputer, Tandy's Weirdest System - Tandy Lab #SepTandy
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The Story of the TRS-80 MC-10 Microcomputer, Tandy's Weirdest System - Tandy Lab #SepTandy
The Story of the Color Computer 3, Take a CoCo and SUPERCHARGE It - Tandy Lab - #septandy
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The Story of the Color Computer 3, Take a CoCo and SUPERCHARGE It - Tandy Lab - #septandy
The Story of the Tandy Color Computer 2 - Tandy Lab #septandy
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The Story of the Tandy Color Computer 2 - Tandy Lab #septandy
The Story of the Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer, A Legendary System- Tech Retrospective #septandy
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The Story of the Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer, A Legendary System- Tech Retrospective #septandy
The Atari 2600 - The Granddaddy of Gaming! - Tech Retrospective
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The Atari 2600 - The Granddaddy of Gaming! - Tech Retrospective
Exploring the Coolest Tech from the 1990 RadioShack Catalog - Two Guys Talk Tech
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Exploring the Coolest Tech from the 1990 RadioShack Catalog - Two Guys Talk Tech
The Story of the Atari 400, An Entry Level Computer to Change the World - Tech Retrospective
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The Story of the Atari 400, An Entry Level Computer to Change the World - Tech Retrospective
Old CD-ROMs were......WEIRD - Newsmakers Tech
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Old CD-ROMs were......WEIRD - Newsmakers Tech

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  • @digitalnomad9985
    @digitalnomad9985 7 днів тому

    The CoCo 2 keyboard was much better.

  • @manley1979
    @manley1979 11 днів тому

    My first computer!! #DESKMATE!!!

  • @eebuckeye
    @eebuckeye 13 днів тому

    Where did you guys go?? Hope to see new videos!

  • @awelder4040
    @awelder4040 15 днів тому

    I had a Atari 400 when it first came out and there was a improved keyboard you could buy extra that made it almost as good as the Atari 800 keyboard it was called the "B-key 400" upgrade and was worth every penny... I had the 16K version and it was more then enough to run every one of those cartridge and cassette games very well... then I bought a Atari 810 floppy drive and that made a big difference in the type of games you could get... Good times... :)

  • @javiervidaurre6325
    @javiervidaurre6325 17 днів тому

    A couple of long hairs after my own heart. I'm 85% in agreement.

  • @lovemadeinjapan
    @lovemadeinjapan 19 днів тому

    I liked the video, but I got nuts from "Coldplay Clocks - the non copyright Elevator Edition".

  • @Boneless_Ribs
    @Boneless_Ribs 21 день тому

    POV : you just came on this video for Young sheldon

  • @gamewizard1760
    @gamewizard1760 22 дні тому

    Tandy did the PCJr right, and it was a massively popular seller for them.

  • @gamewizard1760
    @gamewizard1760 22 дні тому

    The biggest problem with the sidecar, was that you couldn't have too many of them, because the power supply couldn't handle more than about 3, depending on how much power each individual card drew. Some sidecars would be sold with their own power supply, but IBM also sold a power sidecar, with a power supply, that would power the sidecars downstream of it. The TI/99 also had an expansion slot on the side that allowed you to chain peripherals to it, but it was really unwieldy, because some of the accessories that used it were huge. A TI machine, with every expansion port accessory attached, could be more than 10 feet long.

  • @celticmist8790
    @celticmist8790 23 дні тому

    I dissasembled mine when I got it new and saw rthat the bus is actually available through the rear of the motherboard. Suggesting they had thoughts on a Apple like expansion system

  • @antiWhiteism777
    @antiWhiteism777 23 дні тому

    @NewsmakersTech --- Can the Aquarius play Intellivision games, and is it compatible with the Intellivoice Voice Synthesis Module or Entertainment Computer System peripherals?

  • @fredflintstone505
    @fredflintstone505 26 днів тому

    My first computer was a 1200XL. I really liked it. I never had any issues with it at all. However, I sold it and bought an 800 simply because the 800 had 4 joystick ports. Those were important for playing M.U.L.E. with 4 players. :) Commodore bought MOS Tech which made the 6502 CPU. That allowed them to sell the C64 at a price lower than anyone else, including Atari. The C64 was really cheaply made but was a good computer. There is a YT video out there where the guy who designed the C64 said they copied the Atari 800 to make the C64.

  • @Verault
    @Verault 27 днів тому

    If you didnt get refunds for broken computers thats completely on you. eBay sides with the buyer 99% of the time. So sounds to me like you didnt try.

  • @Verault
    @Verault 27 днів тому

    Where i this IIGS video? 2 Years and no video?

  • @star7communicator434
    @star7communicator434 27 днів тому

    A computer in your pocket? Wherever you go? Who on Earth would use something like that?

  • @GeoNeilUK
    @GeoNeilUK 27 днів тому

    Things I'd like to see you talk about... [1] Which non-American retro computers interest you the most? (be interesting to see which country most of them come from, I'm guessing either Japan or the UK with maybe the former Warsaw Pact?) [2] Which retro computers would you never get and why? [3] Which retro computers do you not have, but would love to get the most? What are your "Holy Grails" of retro computing?

  • @LitGrenred
    @LitGrenred 29 днів тому

    23:41 haha. Funny...

  • @johndyson4109
    @johndyson4109 Місяць тому

    I had the TANDY 1000-EX I put the chips in myself as a kid to upgrade the RAM to 684K. It was simple and I loved to be the only kid on my block to have one! I had a F-15 flight simulator game that was totally KOOL for the time! Then the 486 came out.. My Gateway 486 had a swapped-out CPU @ 100-Mhz. AMD instead of the 33-Mhz. INTEL I had a SEAGATE 2-Ghz. HD... and 33-mb of RAM!!

  • @klf6992
    @klf6992 Місяць тому

    1 coco 3. 2 tandy 1000ex. 3. Tandy 1000 sx

  • @SomeOrangeCat
    @SomeOrangeCat Місяць тому

    This was my very first computer.

  • @user-kq1zh2mt5k
    @user-kq1zh2mt5k Місяць тому

    review กล่องของ windows ภาค 2 1.windows xp 2.windows longhorn 3.windows vista 4.windows 7 5.windows 8 6.windows 8.1 7.windows 10 8.windows 11 9.windows 12

  • @user-kq1zh2mt5k
    @user-kq1zh2mt5k Місяць тому

    review กล่องของ windows ภาค 1 1.windows 1.0 2.windows 2.0 3.windows 3.0 4.windows 95 5.windows 4.0 6.windows 5.0 7.windows 98 8.windows 2000 9.windows me

  • @DonaldHolben
    @DonaldHolben Місяць тому

    Had one!! loved it!

  • @mikeymcmikeface5599
    @mikeymcmikeface5599 Місяць тому

    The constant background noise is really stressful.

  • @jamesreevesaa2123
    @jamesreevesaa2123 Місяць тому

    I’m f*****g hell get out of the windows 7

  • @N4DJC
    @N4DJC Місяць тому

    The 400 that I bought my son in 1980 was a super video game computer, it was fast. My wife loved playing Pac man. She racked up points like crazy.

  • @N4DJC
    @N4DJC Місяць тому

    Had a powerful version of BASIC, the last code written by Bill Gates personally. I loved mine. Used it for local BBS and amateur radio satellite pass predictions. Very handy and a great keyboard.

  • @emonk042
    @emonk042 Місяць тому

    First one I owned too. I bought it at Sears

  • @MachtNixPasstSo
    @MachtNixPasstSo Місяць тому

    Lad, that's not even HALF of the Tandy 2000 story. I expected a little more tbh.

  • @firghteningtruth7173
    @firghteningtruth7173 Місяць тому

    Everything else about this vid was awesome. But hearing, "puh-riff-ree-alls," tweaks something in my brain. Much like when someone says, "right off the back." 😂😂😂

  • @NinM64OfKianHope
    @NinM64OfKianHope Місяць тому

    Do an Updated Version with Windows 11 please!

  • @funretrogames7498
    @funretrogames7498 Місяць тому

    Bonjour, petite question, est ce quelqu un saurait si les cartouches de jeux du ti-99 sont compatibles avec un autre ordinateur ou une autre console que celle ci ?? ou sont t ils exclusivement conçu pour ne fonctionner que sur le ti-99 ?? les consoles atari par exemple ont la possibilité la plupart du temps de permettre d interchanger les jeux atari sur d autres consoles atari.. merci d avance pour celui qui aurait l info :)

  • @Sl1pstreams
    @Sl1pstreams Місяць тому

    There’s a HUGE Jack Tramiel-Commodore link here. Tramiel hated TI for almost putting Commodore out of business in the 1970s calculator wars. His revenge at Commodore was to launch a price war against the 99/4A by slashing VIC-20 and C-64 prices to levels far below TI’s costs… but where Commodore could still make money due to its high volume and lower costs. In 1983 at a major trade show, Commodore announced a HUGE price cut on peripherals for the 64 including disk drives, monitors, and printers. An enraged executive from TI stormed over to the Commodore booth and shouted at Tramiel about how the peripheral cuts would ruin TI’s computer business… as TI was making up for losses it took on every 99/4A (as a result of price cuts from the price war) with profits on peripherals. Tramiel smiled and reportedly said “yes, I know,” and the 99/4A was discontinued later that month. He’d had his revenge.

  • @cathrynm
    @cathrynm Місяць тому

    Even in 1980, you needed lower case for a business computer.

  • @OldAussieAds
    @OldAussieAds 2 місяці тому

    My family didn't have much in the mid 80s. E.g. We still had a black and white TV when most of my friends had colour. So when my grandfather passed to us his beige TI-99/4A (years after it was discontinued) I was excited. We got no software for it. All I ever played were BASIC games typed in from the manual, or games my father translated from books from the library. Was it the ideal setup? Absolutely not. Would I have changed anything in retrospect? No way. It gave me an appreciation for programming and tinkering and it gave my father and I a lifelong bond through technology.

  • @Danny-bd1ch
    @Danny-bd1ch 2 місяці тому

    The 400/800 series was ahead of its time. It simply cost to much, and the C64 broke the back of Atari.

  • @Foxxy11256
    @Foxxy11256 2 місяці тому

    I don’t think you guys can appreciate portable computing in 1983. I lugged my 4P all over the place. A fully functional version of your desktop computer was very nice. ‘83 was the first year there was a functional laptop (Gavilan SC) at $4000+ if you could find one and was zero use to TRS-80 users. Also we were not still primarily using cassettes for software. And had, in fact, converted any existing cassette software to run off disks a couple years before at least.

  • @jason66801
    @jason66801 2 місяці тому

    My first computer was a randy 1000 EX, and I loved it

  • @andrewjones6693
    @andrewjones6693 2 місяці тому

    I had one of these back in the day. I found $100 in a parking lot and after waiting 10 minutes to see if anyone came looking for it, I used it to buy a TRS-80 MC-10! The only thing I did with it was write some basic programs. I wish I had kept it...

  • @georgegonzalez2476
    @georgegonzalez2476 2 місяці тому

    Similar to the problems with the Zenith Z-100 and the TI Professional computers. Better in some ways than the IBM PC but different I/O schemes so they couldn’t run PC software that wrote directly to the screen. Those were frustrating years.

  • @user-qy9rg3nt2l
    @user-qy9rg3nt2l 2 місяці тому

    I recently made a trip back to the US after being gone since 1991. My Coco3 made the trip back to Japan with me. It has a place of honor all it's own.

  • @jjmcwill2007
    @jjmcwill2007 2 місяці тому

    back in the day I hacked the controller board from the XF551 floppy drive and a 3.5" floppy disk drive into my 1200XL, so that you could insert 3.5" floppy disks into the right hand side of the computer. Sometimes it took 2 cycles of the power switch for everything to work, but otherwise it was a great, compact system.

  • @jamesdoss4212
    @jamesdoss4212 2 місяці тому

    Bought one when they came out in the early 80s, spent hours writing programs for things like curve fitting, graphing. Bought the 16k ram pack and a modem, used it to connect to the university mainframe for a mandatory univac assembly language course. Still have it sitting in bin with other retired gadgets I can't part with.

  • @Dallas_AWG
    @Dallas_AWG 2 місяці тому

    Rip 😢

  • @fryingule2387
    @fryingule2387 2 місяці тому

    But how to connect a mouse? None of my usb mousees work in win98 and this notebook does not have a ps2 port...

  • @andrewdupuis1151
    @andrewdupuis1151 2 місяці тому

    i use to have t40 it died few years ago it was great laptop

  • @markradaba
    @markradaba 2 місяці тому

    I had the silver version... Loved it growing up!

  • @JonathanAshworth-mm4jp
    @JonathanAshworth-mm4jp 2 місяці тому

    Had one in 1984.£49.99.2 games TI invaders and parsec.Then got alpiner.My dad's mate had one with tape games. Plus you spent an hour typing in a program out of a mag.Then waited 10mins for it to load. Happy days hahaha 🤘👻

  • @varisonik
    @varisonik 2 місяці тому

    I had one, it was my first computer. Poke 34343,255 used to crash it nicely 😂 CLOADM & CSAVEM worked on mine, and if not used correctly would generate an ?FM error (file mode)

  • @kevingoodner5672
    @kevingoodner5672 2 місяці тому

    I believe I upgraded my CoCo 3 to 512k ram. You could look into the Macintosh clone software CoCo-Max and other titles. There was WYSIWYG word processor, drawing program and more.