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Computer Chronicles Revisited

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Computer Chronicles Revisited is a monthly newsletter reviewing the people, products, and companies featured on the PBS series that aired from 1983 to 2002. Published by Deviled Egg Press, LLC. Edited by S.M. Oliva.

Profile pic: Photo of a Morrow Pivot portable PC.

Banner image: An assortment of floppy disks that came with a Morrow Micro Decision.

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Joined September 07, 2026

Website (Newsletter):

https://computerchronicles.blog

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https://deviledeggpress.com

Computer Chronicles Revisited @computerchronicles@mastodon.social

· 2w ago

Replying to

Didn't expect this to blow up, thanks, Mastodon! On a serious note, Wendy wasn't just the longtime news reporter for "Computer Chronicles." She was also the editor of Newsbytes News Network, one of the first online services covering the tech industry. Thanks to @savetz@oldbytes.space, you can now view and search the entire Newsbytes archive from 1983-2002: https://www.savetz.com/newsbytes/

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Newsbytes Archive

Search 157,444 technology news stories from the Newsbytes News Network archive.

Computer Chronicles Revisited @computerchronicles@mastodon.social

· 2w ago

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@rl_dane@polymaths.social @oxy@social.bsdlab.au The description of the launch event is quite funny. Sculley brought out the laser lights and mist. That's how you know Apple was a classy operation. 😛

Computer Chronicles Revisited @computerchronicles@mastodon.social

· 2w ago

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@rl_dane@polymaths.social @oxy@social.bsdlab.au I'm writing about the launch of the first Macintosh Portable in 1989 for my next newsletter. Sculley tried to sell it as a computer for the people--at a price tag of $5,795 (floppy disk only, the hard drive would add another $700)!

Computer Chronicles Revisited @computerchronicles@mastodon.social

· 1d ago

Boosted by @oxy@social.bsdlab.au

IBM’s Frank King appeared on an October 1986 “Computer Chronicles” to demonstrate the IBM RT PC, a $10,000 RISC-based desktop computer with 4 MB of RAM, a 70 MB hard drive, and IBM’s proprietary UNIX, AIX, featuring the X Window System. https://www.computerchronicles.blog/computer-chronicles-revisited-065-ibm-rt-pc/ #retrocomputing #risc

Computer Chronicles Revisited

Computer Chronicles Revisited 65 — The IBM RT PC

The Computer Chronicles discusses reduced instruction set computers (RISC)

Computer Chronicles Revisited @computerchronicles@mastodon.social

· 3w ago

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@nixCraft@mastodon.social This is basically "Apple accusing Microsoft of stealing the GUI that Apple stole from Xerox" at the nation-state level. 😆