How'd you get into computers? (Apple II, PC clones, BBSes, CYBERSPACE)

If you used computers in the 80s and 90s you're going to love
this episode.


Apple IIe in the school computer lab

The original Macintosh

"I wanted an Amiga so bad!"

The BBS scene: Wildcat, Roboboard/FX, being a SySop

Compuserve and AOL

Tandy 1000, 386, 486, building your own Pentium

Fave games: Commander Keen, King’s Quest, Wolfenstein, Doom,
Duke Nukem, Raptor, Apogee Games

Our first websites: high school swim team website,
snowboarding website (with a guestbook)

Our first computer businesses



It's a fun one. ;)


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Show notes:


PC Magazine: the forgotten world of BBS door games 

Jon’s first computer: Compuadd

Justin posted this on a usenet group in 1994: Absolute Future
BBS!

Justin’s first web company: Mediahead Productions

Jon’s first web company: Creatively Aware

Jon’s TV recommendation: Halt and Catch Fire (NY Times
review)



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