This is interesting to see what was being created/developed for the various laptop computers back in the late 1980s which was remarkable for those days.
My Toshiba Libretto 70CT has that hibernation feature when you press the powerbutton. You can set this feature in the bios. It's just funny to see Dos resume when you turn it on again.
Those old Toshiba models had an internal secondary battery that was just enough to hold the contents of volatile memory. Now, if you still have one, the guts of that battery is likely partially deposited all over the chassis and motherboard underneath and around it.
He starts the show with a "Brooklyn Bridge", and there's actually a peripheral unit now from Mytek with the same name, it's a DAC. I guess marketing people aren't too creative.
I would adore physical switches to shut off devices. I miss stuff like that. Anyone else here write a battery meter back then? It was harder than I thought it would be and took a few months.
that was featured on unsolved mysteries. he was fired from the company and he put a virus on it right before he left. he could control the system from home. crazy story at the time.
15:15 texting 1988 style! Seriously, IBM could have been one of the first to develop cell texting. They gave it up. The same with other American companies invented innovative technologies. Kodak invented digital cameras in the 70's and shelved the technology. Xerox invented the very first GUI computer (a Macintosh 10 years +before the Macintosh came out to market) and Gave away the technology.
Two-way packet data over radio links had been in existence for more than a decade at that point. SRI had built one in 1973, and ham radio operators had running networks in 1980. UPS was building a similar network to IBM in the late 1980s.
@22:29 lol, and people, this is why the Mac nearly died back then, pricing itself out of the market. Now, they are doing the same thing by charging ridiculous prices on Ipad pros. BTW, that $4869 for the Mac II is $10k in today's money.
Back then? Overcharging for their product has been a staple of Apple since 1976. If they started charging reasonable prices, nobody would recognize who they were even with the logo....
You did hear the part where a CGA monochrome LCD panel was $1000-1500 (1988 money) right? Computers were expensive back then. All of them. The problem with Apple wasn’t charging outrageous amounts of money, it was that they didn’t have a product in the low-cost market segment at all. Hence the LC and Mac Classic shortly after this point. They were cheaper because by then it was old tech, but small businesses and well-to-do home computer enthusiasts could finally afford it. I know it’s trendy to crap on Apple, but their pricing hasn’t ever been that out of sorts with products that actually compete on equal ground. They just don’t always cater to the budget conscious buyers. You can’t really blame them - it’s a race to the bottom, and many companies that live there don’t survive.
@@nickwallette6201 Apple had to charge that much at that point. As you said, computers were expensive, particularly RAM, and the GUI required a lot of hardware resources. Lower-end Macs like the LC gave a poor UX because they were slow. GUIs were indeed the future, but the technology was simply not affordable, at least until the Windows 3.1 era around 1992. Apple wasn't the only one. Xerox famously built the GUI and LAN, ended up with an equivalent $45,000 computer and failed, there were similar LISP machines, and AT&T had the UNIX PC at $12,000 today.
I respect phD MDs. They actually understand and contribute to medicine. They however make up far less than 1% of physicians. Most of my doctors are at best of average intelligence and mediocre doctors. They definitely do not understand at the molecular biochemical level. 99.9% of physicians need nothing more than a laptop for word processing and PowerPoint slides. Access to national databases can be done with a 10 year old laptop.
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This is interesting to see what was being created/developed for the various laptop computers back in the late 1980s which was remarkable for those days.
I wish I had paid more attention to this show when it was first run.
Nah. You were too cool. Remember??? 😀
@@HardCase1911 I concur
i never knew about it until youtube.
Same for re-runs of the original "Lost In Space" tv show, I'm hooked on both of these!
2:44 wow, even in the 80s who would drive a van like that. nevermind its just weird al
Bahahaha I was JUST ABOUT to make a Weird Al comment! I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed those two looked alike from that time.
Look at the size of his "portable" computer and you know the answer.
long time no see
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That’s a Toyota Van. I grew up with one of those, imported from Japan. The engine is under the driver’s seat!
@@BollingHolt Good to see a few of us noticed that similarity. XD
That Embarcadero Freeway shot is nostalgic AF!
This show was my employment lifeline. Got many small jobs just by watching how stuff was done on this show. wow
T1000 got a few mentions. Skynet must of been active back then.
I wonder; who disliked the video and why??
annoying me as hell myself too...my wild guess is probably happened by mistake!
That intro gave me whiplash
My Toshiba Libretto 70CT has that hibernation feature when you press the powerbutton. You can set this feature in the bios. It's just funny to see Dos resume when you turn it on again.
Those old Toshiba models had an internal secondary battery that was just enough to hold the contents of volatile memory. Now, if you still have one, the guts of that battery is likely partially deposited all over the chassis and motherboard underneath and around it.
@@nickwallette6201
Luckily not.
He starts the show with a "Brooklyn Bridge", and there's actually a peripheral unit now from Mytek with the same name, it's a DAC. I guess marketing people aren't too creative.
I totally built a DIY version of that overhead projector device. It was dope… and lasted around 2 weeks before it died. I still call it a win.
Dongle life started in late 80's!
I would adore physical switches to shut off devices. I miss stuff like that. Anyone else here write a battery meter back then? It was harder than I thought it would be and took a few months.
Wonder what happened to the guy who put a virus on the network of the company that fired him.
that was featured on unsolved mysteries. he was fired from the company and he put a virus on it right before he left. he could control the system from home. crazy story at the time.
I remember Laplink!
15:15 texting 1988 style! Seriously, IBM could have been one of the first to develop cell texting. They gave it up. The same with other American companies invented innovative technologies. Kodak invented digital cameras in the 70's and shelved the technology. Xerox invented the very first GUI computer (a Macintosh 10 years +before the Macintosh came out to market) and Gave away the technology.
Two-way packet data over radio links had been in existence for more than a decade at that point. SRI had built one in 1973, and ham radio operators had running networks in 1980. UPS was building a similar network to IBM in the late 1980s.
Hahaha they mentioned the T-1000
lol noisy as a vacuum cleaner.... the overhead projector that is.
Drink every time "hard disk" is said.
i finished my double martini in about 7 minutes...
They won't let the public have the technology I will just say one word pager 😂😂
@22:29 lol, and people, this is why the Mac nearly died back then, pricing itself out of the market. Now, they are doing the same thing by charging ridiculous prices on Ipad pros. BTW, that $4869 for the Mac II is $10k in today's money.
Back then? Overcharging for their product has been a staple of Apple since 1976. If they started charging reasonable prices, nobody would recognize who they were even with the logo....
You did hear the part where a CGA monochrome LCD panel was $1000-1500 (1988 money) right?
Computers were expensive back then. All of them. The problem with Apple wasn’t charging outrageous amounts of money, it was that they didn’t have a product in the low-cost market segment at all. Hence the LC and Mac Classic shortly after this point. They were cheaper because by then it was old tech, but small businesses and well-to-do home computer enthusiasts could finally afford it.
I know it’s trendy to crap on Apple, but their pricing hasn’t ever been that out of sorts with products that actually compete on equal ground. They just don’t always cater to the budget conscious buyers. You can’t really blame them - it’s a race to the bottom, and many companies that live there don’t survive.
@@nickwallette6201 Apple had to charge that much at that point. As you said, computers were expensive, particularly RAM, and the GUI required a lot of hardware resources. Lower-end Macs like the LC gave a poor UX because they were slow. GUIs were indeed the future, but the technology was simply not affordable, at least until the Windows 3.1 era around 1992. Apple wasn't the only one. Xerox famously built the GUI and LAN, ended up with an equivalent $45,000 computer and failed, there were similar LISP machines, and AT&T had the UNIX PC at $12,000 today.
@@straightpipediesel Computer parts were getting less expensive over time, not more expensive. Apple was certainly overcharging.
3:01 these dadda disk-ettes will never catch on.
Yeah, right!
I respect phD MDs. They actually understand and contribute to medicine.
They however make up far less than 1% of physicians.
Most of my doctors are at best of average intelligence and mediocre doctors.
They definitely do not understand at the molecular biochemical level.
99.9% of physicians need nothing more than a laptop for word processing and PowerPoint slides. Access to national databases can be done with a 10 year old laptop.