Just remember, since this episode aired, prices have gone up by 2.05 times (as of spring 2020). That means that what cost $100 when this aired is equivalent to $205 now. Here's some of the prices of things in the video. U-Force: $70 ($143) - 2:19 Hand scanner: $200-$300 ($409-$614) - 4:43 Desktop publishing pkg: about $160-$200 ($327-$409) - 4:49 Mouse: about $80-$100 ($164-$205) - 4:51 Casio Boss lower-end model: $200 ($409) - 5:24 Casio Boss higher-end model: $300 ($614) - 5:24 Fractools: $45 ($92) - 7:54 Beyond the Black Hole - $50 ($102) - 9:02 Tree Saver: $90 ($184) - 10:29 Road Warrior lower-end model: $50 ($102) - 10:52 Road Warrior higher-end model: $139 ($285) - 10:52 Windows interface for Compuserve: $25 ($51) - 11:23 Spanish-English translator: $495 ($1,013) - 11:43 - price from Feb. 12, 1990 InfoWorld Banner Mania: $30-$40 ($61-$82) - 12:06 Voice Master Key: $149 ($305) - 12:29 Hint books: $2 ($4) - 12:48 Sharp liquid crystal projector: about $3,000 ($6,140) - 13:44 Farallon portable pack: about $400 ($819) - 15:28 Mac Portable: about $6,500 ($13,305) - 16:14 Hyperdialer: $30 ($61) - 17:35 Mac telecommunication pkg: $299 ($612) - 18:15 1 MB RAM: $80-$100 ($164-$205) - 18:38 Power Trip: about $150 ($307) - 18:53 Tote Board: $299 ($612) - 19:50 The Word processor: $40-$50 ($82-$102) - 20:18 Aapps Micro TV: about $360-$400 ($736-$819) - 22:09 Note: Where they said "less than" I took that to mean within 20% of the price of; e.g. "less than $100"is within 20% of $100, i.e. $80 to $100. April 24, 2020 11:16 pm
Well at least you're intelligent. Ask a generation z adult "hey what do you think less than $100 means when someone says x product is less than $100"?, and they'd fkn be like "durhhh like $5".. Fkn pure idi0ts with no common sense or logic. Dumbest generation of all time
Sim City LOL I remember that game. It's funny how you can play this game on computers and mobile. It's cool to see how far we have come with computers and tech.
Man, it must have been fun living back then, all that tech being brand new and stuff. But oh boy, were things slow af. Wut? even back then people were afraid of xrays coming from CRT monitors even when no evidence of any harm? Oh, neat, the death of NiCd batteries. Man, I love these old shows about tech.
@ungratefulmetalpansy - CRTs do NOT emit X-Rays, that's patently ludicrous - if that were true we'd all be dead by now. Ever have an X-Ray at the dentist? That's VERY small amount of X-Rays (and they limit how often they take them) AND they make you wear the lead apron.
@ungratefulmetalpansyI admit I could have worded my response better, I'm not the one with a throwaway account with no profile pic, playlists etc. - and judging by your response to this thread I'd say it's more likely you're the internet loudmouth and projecting heavily.
@ungratefulmetalpansy CRT glass has lead in it, there's no way a CRT will emit X-rays under normal conditions. You NEED over 35kV to start producing X-rays, what's the working voltage of an average CRT? 25kV and lower. Unless the protection circuits fail and the voltage increases by a lot, you don't get X-rays out of a normal CRT.
5:06 I believe that's the very first Madden. We are now on Madden 22. Patrick Mahomes (who's on the cover with Tom Brady) wasn't even born when the first Madden was released.
Fractals were the popular way of showing off how fast your computer was back then. It was one of the few applications that took advantage of the FPU. Just like how people pay $30 for 3DMark today to show off their GPU.
Wow the first Xbox kinect in 1989! I had no idea sensors like that for video games that could detect motion were that old. I was just 5 years old that year.
I had always looked forward to seeing the annual Christmas episode of The Computer Chronicles in order to find out what wonderful software and hardware was coming out. 🎁
I love product-reveals from that era. You never knew what the hell they we're gonna pull out, I mean some of the gadgets were the most bizarre off-the-wall useless things but interesting nonetheless.
More people than you would think. There were two ways to send a fax from your car in 1989. With an acoustic coupler you could use a pay phone to send a fax. With the correct interface, you could also use a cellular phone to send a fax. This wasn't just limited to standard office type fax machines as they made portable models and I think some had battery power options.
The same person who sends work e-mails from Starbucks today. Businesses didn't have the Internet in 1989. Services like Compuserve existed but weren't universal, and were only text. Everybody could send and receive faxes. Need to send a letter, quote, contract, datasheet or order? You faxed.
12:03 The correct translation should be something like: Feliz Navidad para todos y buenas noches a todos 😁... I'm really impressed with all the great technology tho
Apple was not really good in the portable market at that time and the Macintosh Portable was their first model. It weighed a whopping 17 pounds and had a low power version of everything. Power was provided by a lead acid battery for the main system and the PRAM (equal to CMOS on a PC) was run by a 9-volt battery. Initially the screen was not backlit, but a revision in 1990 changed that. While they were talking about NiMh batteries being introduced, Apple users had to wait a while as NiCd wasn't even an option until the next model which was the PowerBook 100 which still had a lead acid battery standard. Apple's definition of Portable was rather outdated by the late 80s. Prior to the laptop "Portable" model, if you wanted a portable Macintosh you had to lug around your Mac, Mac Plus, Mac SE, Etc and cases were made for that purpose. In the Apple II world you had the Apple IIC which did have an LCD option which was uncommon or a small CRT monitor which was semi-portable. A third party could also in theory make a battery pack for the original IIC, but the IIC+ had the full AC supply built in.
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