The History of Personal Computing

Macintosh PowerBook 170

This is the podcast where we take an informal look at personal computing history through the lens of eBay auctions. It’s sort of like Antiques Roadshow, but all about antique personal computers. On today’s show, we continue our coverage of the second phase of portables, the laptop. Today we’re exclusively covering the Apple PowerBook, since there is so much to cover. Many may not know that the PowerBook line of laptops was very influential to the design of all laptops, both in the early 90s, and in the early 2000s.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• KansasFest: http://www.kansasfest.org
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerBook

Auctions:

• Jeff’s auction: APPLE MACINTOSH POWERBOOK DUO M7777 VINTAGE MAC COLLECTIBLE Working

• David’s auction: Vintage Apple Macintosh Powerbook 150 Laptop Computer With Power Supply

• Jeff’s auction: MAC PowerBook 170 w/AC adapter – Powers on

• David’s auction: Apple Original PowerBook G4 15″ With carrying case Bundle

• Jeff’s auction: Apple Powerbook Duo 2300c in Original Box; DuoDock Plus; Duo 280c, RAM, extras

• David’s auction: Vintage APPLE POWERBOOK G3 PISMO 400MHZ COLLECTORS ITEM DUAL BOOT WORKS GREAT

• Jeff’s random auction: Vintage Apple 20SC computer

• David’s random auction: MACINTOSH POWERBOOK 520~NICE SHAPE~4 APPLE COLLECTORS~FREE SHIP

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