segment. Specifically, I supplied the IBM Simon. They explained that the Osborne was from '81, and that the Powerbook is from '91, but they didn't explain -- despite my protests -- that real laptops debuted in the '82-'83 timeframe, and were very common by '86 or so -- and that laptops were old-hat by the time the Powerbook came along. They kept harping on the importance ??? of the wristpad. I'm betting it was just an Apple bias. Oh well. All of the computer parts are finished by about 15 minutes into the program. -----Original Message----- From: Erik Klein [mailto:classiccmp at vintage-computer.com] Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 8:18 PM To: cctalk at classiccmp.org Subject: Modern Marvels: 90s Tech This is a little OT but the show does track back to things on-topic. --- Modern Marvels: 90s Tech Premieres: TONIGHT! Thursday, February 7th @ 8pm ET/PT on The History Channel (please check local listings) 90s Tech: It was the dot com decade that opened up the information superhighway. "Modern Marvels: 90s Tech" takes you way back to the end of the 20th century and the beginning of today's trendy technologies. From DVDs to TIVO to GPS, see how the digital gadgets we can't live without all started in the 90s. Hear the Amazon story from its very own founder, Jeff Bezos, and see how millions of cyber goods are packaged and shipped at an 800,000 square-foot Amazon distribution center. At Google, learn the science of the world's most popular search engine. And was Furby really a threat to national security? We go beyond its furry exterior to show you the inner-workings of the intriguing pet. Heavyweight Boxing Champion George Foreman, will show us how to "knock out the fat" with one of the best-selling appliances of the decade. And its creators will demo some of the original first-person shooter games: Wolfenstein 3D and Doom. --- There is some neat stuff about Google including some images from the CHM. When they talk about portable computers they show an Osborne 1 (mine), a PowerBook 170 (also mine) as well as some other gear. The Compaq in the background is another item I sent them for the show. Evan Koblentz was their technical consultant for the portable computing segment. It's a bit late for the East Coast folks but the show will re-run, I'm sure. Erik Klein www.vintage-computer.com www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum The Vintage Computer Forums