The Rise of Classic Home Computers | Commodore, Atari, Apple, TI & Tandy

Before consoles dominated the living room and before personal computers became household appliances, owning a computer at home felt like stepping into the future.

In the late 1970s through the 1980s and early 1990s, classic home computers began appearing on desks, kitchen tables, and bedrooms around the world. These machines weren’t just for games, they were tools for learning, experimenting, programming, and discovering how technology really worked.

This video explores some of the most influential classic home computer platforms, including systems from Commodore, Atari, Apple, Texas Instruments, Tandy, and others that helped define early home computing.

This is not an exhaustive list, the home computer market was massive and constantly evolving, but it is a look at the machines that mattered most, the ones many of us grew up with, learned on, and still remember today.

From cassette tapes and floppy disks to command lines and BASIC programming, these computers laid the groundwork for the digital world we now take for granted.

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📖📖📖 Chapters 📖📖📖
0:00:00 Intro
0:01:20 Commodore 8-Bit Computers
0:13:05 Amiga Computers
0:26:41 Atari 8-Bit Computers
0:44:49 Atari ST Computers
0:53:41 Apple 8-Bit Computers
1:29:13 Texas Instruments TI-99/4 and TI-99/4A
1:37:19 Radio Shack/Tandy Computers

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