3.5 Computer Lib/Dream Machines

Selling micros was tough when everyone wanted to invent their own.

Chapters

• 0:00 From revolution to mass market
• 4:54 Primal chaos
• 13:02 TRS-80 and its ecosystem
• 17:11 High seas trading
• 20:48 Apple's number two
• 24:29 Commodore + 6502
• 28:17 A modern PET
• 29:58 Japan loves micros
• 34:58 The Bri'ish way
• 38:55 The gaming micro by Atari
• 40:05 Dodging the FCC
• 40:57 VICs and SIDs and legends
• 47:00 BBC's Acorns
• 52:13 How low can Sinclair go?
• 57:02 Another crash!
• 57:57 Alan Michael Sugar vs. hippies
• 1:01:09 NEC, a leader by accident
• 1:03:40 Sharp and red
• 1:06:33 Welcome Fujitsu
• 1:07:21 Hanzi from America
• 1:09:19 Saved by an Easter egg
• 1:10:25 When MSX ruled the world
• 1:13:45 Wrap-up