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Episode 1035

Commodore VIC-20 Vintage Computer Link: PC Museum    Tweeting VIC-20 Dick’s Gadget Warehouse   Released in January 1981, the Commodore VIC-20 had, according to Dick, 8 KB RAM, running on a 1 MHz processor, with a 16 colours display output (which you just hooked up to your TV).  It was the first computer that sold more [...]

Episode 1021

PowerGenix Nickel Zinc Rechargeable Battery Link: PowerGenix   PowerGenix batteries are Nickel Zinc rechargeable AA batteries with an output of 1.6V (other AA batteries give 1.2V).  Shorter recharge time and 1000 recharges.  They’ve been included in Popular Science‘s Best of What’s New 2009. MacWorld Live Leo will be hosting MacWorld Live this Friday.  The line-up [...]