Episode 51 – Casio Zoomer and Amstrad PenPad
The History of Personal Computing - A podcast by Jeff Salzman and Todd George
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Today we’ll be further covering the personal digital assistant or PDA, with the Apple Newton clones or “killers,” the Casio Zoomer and Amstrad PenPad. 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.
Links mentioned in this episode:
- Replacement C-64 Motherboards
- http://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/09/science/personal-computers-zoomers-newtons-real-life-so-far-promise-exceeds-usefulness.html
- ftp://ftp.oldskool.org/pub/tvdog/tandy1000/faxback/02502.txt
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PenPad
Auctions:
- Jeff’s auction: Vintage Radio Shack Tandy Z-PDA Model 25-3100 PALM Personal Digital Assistant
- David’s auction: CASIO ZOOMER
- Jeff’s auction: DATAROVER 840 WITH CASE BY GENERAL MAGIC
- David’s auction: Tandy ZPDA Zoomer Personal Digital Assistant
- Jeff’s auction: Texas Instruments Day Runner PS-2100 Data Bank Calculator
- David’s auction:
