{"id":51420,"date":"2024-08-13T17:59:05","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T00:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiosurvivor.com\/?p=51420"},"modified":"2024-08-13T18:00:10","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T01:00:10","slug":"podcast-342-the-famous-computer-cafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radiosurvivor.com\/2024\/08\/podcast-342-the-famous-computer-cafe\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast #342 &#8211; The Famous Computer Cafe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2783\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-51420-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_survivor\/content.blubrry.com\/radio_survivor\/RS_FamousComputerCafe_WEBEDIT.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_survivor\/content.blubrry.com\/radio_survivor\/RS_FamousComputerCafe_WEBEDIT.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_survivor\/content.blubrry.com\/radio_survivor\/RS_FamousComputerCafe_WEBEDIT.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_survivor\/content.blubrry.com\/radio_survivor\/RS_FamousComputerCafe_WEBEDIT.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"RS_FamousComputerCafe_WEBEDIT.mp3\">Download<\/a> | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('51420-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_51420-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_51420-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/www.radiosurvivor.com\/?powerpress_embed=51420-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/2wB8PCDI4ae4Zy5KQJDnWH\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Radio-Survivor-p1065771\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiosurvivor.com\/feed\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiosurvivor.com\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We travel back to the 1980s, when the show, <em>The Famous Computer Cafe<\/em>, initially launched over the radio in southern California. With a focus on home computers, computer news, and more, the program had a fascinating roster of guests, including Timothy Leary, Donny Osmond, Bill Gates, and so many others. Although it was assumed that all the recordings of the show were lost; recently 53 episodes were found and digitized. Computer historian and archivist Kay Savetz spearheaded this project and joins us on Radio Survivor, alongside one of the creators and hosts of <em>The Famous Computer Cafe<\/em>, Ellen Fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Show Notes:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Listen to The Famous Computer Cafe on <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/famous-computer-cafe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Archive.org<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Famous Computer Cafe <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/the-famous-computer-cafe-ephemera\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ads and ephemera<\/a> on Archive.org<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Interviews with The Famous Computer Cafe founders on <a href=\"\/\/ataripodcast.libsyn.com\/antic-interview-402-the-famous-computer-cafe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ANTIC: The Atari 8-bit Podcast<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/digitizing-the-famous-computer-cafe\">Digitizing &#8220;The Famous Computer Cafe&#8221; Radio Show<\/a> (GoFundMe)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The PBS television show <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Computer_Chronicles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Computer Chronicles<\/a> (Wikipedia)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/the-famous-computer-cafe-1985-01-08_Bill_Atkinson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Episode of &#8220;The Famous Computer Cafe&#8221;<\/a> that mentions computer ads (at about the 4 minute mark) in New York taxi cabs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/the-famous-computer-cafe-1984-12-12_Timothy_Leary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Timothy Leary episode<\/a> of &#8220;The Famous Computer Cafe&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/COMDEX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">COMDEX<\/a> was a computer trade show in Las Vegas from 1979 to 2003 (Wikipedia)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiosurvivor.com\/2018\/03\/podcast-135-resurfacing-womens-contributions-in-podcasting-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;Resurfacing Women&#8217;s Contributions in Podcasting History&#8221;<\/a> (Radio Survivor #135)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/searchworks.stanford.edu\/view\/13714570\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Famous Computer Cafe collection<\/a> at Stanford University Libraries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Show Credits:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This episode was produced by Jennifer Waits<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hosted by Jennifer Waits and Eric Klein<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Edited by Eric Klein<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We travel back to the 1980s, when the show, The Famous Computer Cafe, initially launched over the radio in southern California. With a focus on home computers, computer news, and more, the program had a fascinating roster of guests, including Timothy Leary, Donny Osmond, Bill Gates, and so many others. 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