The Computer Chronicles - Computer Buyer's Guide (1987)

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[@ibazulic]

So nice to see them all, smiling and just being happy.

[@mayorhaggar1275]

I miss Christmas before the internet.

[@Daehawk]

RIP George and Gary. I loved you guys on this show. Bless you.

[@ichigokarasu]

Yeah, Gary had a really tragic end to his life.

[@nr-dx4zz]

Is this a meme or r u serious It's the internet I can't tell

[@nr-dx4zz]

Dam it real shit bikers be wylin

[@thohangst]

'87 is the year my dad brought home a Mac SE. I wish I still had it. Great little system. We had a dot matrix printer with the paper with the perforated side feed parts. Fun times.

[@tetsujin_144]

7:59 - "I have it on my portable (PC) that I carry with me all the time" Man, imagine lugging around that mid-1980s 30 pound monster laptop *all the time*...

[@rolo4733]

At least you'd never have to go to the gym, lol

[@AshtonCoolman]

In 1987, you needed an Adlib sound card for Christmas. If only they knew about the sound capabilities that Japanese computers had at the time. Sound was a quantum leap for dos gaming back the way then.

[@McVaio]

Advanced sound capabilities of Japanese computers like the IBM PCjr, Tandy 1000, Commodore 64, Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, and... wait, what?

[@AshtonCoolman]

@@McVaio Now compare those to the Sharp X68000 that came out in 1987. Also compare them to the NEC PC-9801's Yamaha YM2203(OPN) from 1985 and YM2608B(OPNA) from 1987. No Commodore, Atari, or MS-DOS PC had anything close to it until the 1990s outside of using a Roland MT-32 or other professional-grade MIDI synth.

[@HPPalmtopTube]

3:18 -> That's where all that sweet CP/M and GEM money Gary made went :) a Vector sports car :)

[@juniusjuvenal9898]

Absolutely! It kind of makes sense now since Gary was big into aviation- and Vector specifically used aircraft parts and styling. That's great

[@jzer21]

Nothing like that 1987 Christmas snow.

[@jackilynpyzocha662]

I like Gary's (RIP) scanner, though faster, a keyboard, mouse and printer would help! :-)

[@zg-it]

I still use Laplink!

[@uriituw]

Amiga all the way!

[@McVaio]

How the heck did Gary Kildall get ahold of the Vector W2 for that NY trip video?

[@jasonfullerton7763]

"Nest year, that will be a scanner and fax as well as a printer." Mine is the size of a 13" tube TV, but that's still a thing in 2020.

[@ichigokarasu]

"I put her in the freezer... just for a little bit." hahahahhahhah

[@wallacelang1374]

I love the various scanners that are used for creating printable images. The toys are interesting to see and hear. There were some different kinds of gift software utilities such as search the Bible for specific verses.

[@flimbar]

I definitely want that wallet for my floppy disks

[@johneygd]

I really like that AI doll and that AI casino game,they are amezing, a 300 mhzchip at that time,a 3,5 inch disk with 10 GB of space, that's mind blowing.

[@AshtonCoolman]

johneygd all of our tech is initially invented years before it ever gets to market. These companies know what we'll be using 5 to 10 years from now which blows my mind.

[@hypercube33]

I'm pretty sure this is the xfiles cursed doll

[@customtoggle7938]

That doll would give a kid nightmares

[@jackilynpyzocha662]

I went to Radio Shack, Sears, CompUsa in the day!

[@jackilynpyzocha662]

Springfield and Holyoke, MA!

[@jackilynpyzocha662]

Circuit City!

[@Palin3]

Why didn't Steward let Gary talk in this episode? He answer most of George's questions about the products Gary was supposed to be commenting on...

[@gottijunior5594]

Stewart rushed everyone

[@McVaio]

He did let you cry though.

[@doomsday9973]

@@gottijunior5594always

[@jackilynpyzocha662]

It looks like Holyoke Mall in Massachusetts!

[@hankjohnson2204]

4:39. Dwight K. Schrute looks at the camera.

[@jcp012000]

Its true! Hahahahahaha!

[@ens8502]

That’s what she said

[@infinitecanadian]

Ms. Woods looks great in glasses...

[@jesuszamora6949]

OS/2 dominant in 5 years, oh?

[@DataWaveTaGo]

OS/2 was significantly better that Win 3.1 & it looked & "felt" better (the window borders & screen fonts were awesome). The drawback? Win 3.1 could work well with 2 megabytes of ram and fly on 4 megabytes. OS/2 needed 10 mega bytes just to stop continual swap-file access with every mouse click, and even more ram to run an application with comfort, and in 1987 10 megabytes of ram could cost $1,000.00.

[@ritsukasa]

wow amazing how it changed with later versions of windows

[@AcornElectron]

@@ritsukasa I mean, only because Microsoft stole the Apple gui, who stole it from Xerox .....

[@McVaio]

1987 was well before Windows 3.1 but yeah OS/2 hardware requirements were too high. Also, Microsoft didn't steal the GUI from Apple but also got the idea from Xerox. That's also why Apple lost their lawsuit against Microsoft. They didn't invent most of what they claimed ownership of.

[@tdcattech]

Er, did he filter those phone numbers and names before putting it on local TV?

[@McVaio]

As if anyone had time to write those down, or could even read them, or even cared for that matter. That's like calling random numbers from a phone book.

[@jhillestad]

Boy were they wrong about OS/2

[@danVal27]

So the first thing is 400 dlls... for what tiktok does for free nowdays, and they even pay you! Lol the 80s dude

[@FabianoMaiaFranco]

"For free". When sometihing is "free", the product is you.

[@pallavmishra]

Till before things went to China, you only heard of such prices..even for a flimsy plastic bag , you had to cough up $15

[@McVaio]

Some things were cheap though. Cars, houses, the Commodore VIC 20. All made in America and sold for very affordable prices.

[@kevingrems]

Bums me out that all this stuff that was so groundbreaking back in the day is just junk sitting in some landfill now.

[@ryanwiseman9141]

10:42 Oh no!!! Did you say T-1000?

[@doddzemcbucket]

T-1000. talking july doll hmm

[@jackilynpyzocha662]

I would prefer a non-flickering monitor!

[@johnfitzgerald2339]

8:16 he doxxed his clients there.

[@InternetAccount1134]

😮 imagine showing your direct Mitsubishi contact name and number up on broadcast … lols

[@marcbarilla5584]

Laplink i love this software

[@pedazodeboludo]

Wow expensive stuff

[@MrBronsonNY]

A Vector car!!!

[@jackilynpyzocha662]

The toy she shows is snarky!

[@jackilynpyzocha662]

"God" program, if not George Burns, then Morgan Freeman would be a great voice!

[@shankao]

If you give me a productivity software suite as a Christmas present, I throw it back to your face

[@pallavmishra]

Now you get reproductivity software from Adam and Eve..

[@McVaio]

You don't deserve a Christmas present.

[@ens8502]

You lazy crap

[@uriituw]

_Ask God_. Money down the drain. I’d rather ask _Eliza_!

[@JaredConnell]

Lol I remember her

[@RYAN799]

Anybody wanna make some prank phone calls?? 8:16