In the early 1980s, there was a radio show about the new world of home computing called The Famous Computer Cafe. The hosts of the show included major figures from the computing industry and other well known public figures, includuing: Bill Gates, Jack Tramiel (Atari), Timothy Leary, Bill Atkinson (Apple), and many others.
Fortunately, the show episodes were recorded on reel-to-reel tapes. Unfortunately, the tapes were lost, but recently some were found and digitally restored, and are now available to listen to on the Internet Archive Site.
I wish I'd been able to listen to this show back when I was first getting into computing in 1983. As it is, they're a fascinating historical artifact of an important era in tech history.
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