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Apr 30, 2021 1 hr 2 min

31. Epic fail

from Flashback, tracks from the past – ERICADE.RADIO Hosted by DJ Daemon

So, it was not meant to be… Most that compete, fail. That's the rule of most games. Jack Tramiel named his company “Commodore” (a navy rank) as he throught the computer business was a war. Today we commemorate the failures, because they weren't often not bad, just unsuccessful. From the ilfated Amiga 600 to the Texas Instruments TI 99/4A. DJ Daemon remembers the days of infighting between hordes of different computers that were by and large incompatible with each other. Playlist: 00:00 Amiga Flashback – show intro 00:13 Introduction: Epic fail: or all those times it simply didn't work out. Talking about all the home computers that were total failures. 00:35 Andromeda of Kfmf and Noice – Reborn 60s 02:53 DJ Daemon speaks: SX-64, Atari Falcon, Amiga 600, Commodore 16, Texas Instruments TI 99/4A, IBM PS/2. 03:48 Falcon – Nicollete 10:23 DJ Daemon speaks: Atari Falcon – interesting but all out of time. 12:20 Ko0x – We are flying 14:15 DJ Daemon speaks: Commodore 16 – stripped bare and with nothing to show for it. 15:48 Pekhis – Wintersoul 22:23 DJ Daemon speaks: Commodore SX-64 – not where the smart money was. 24:33 K. Jose – It's Time 26:27 DJ Daemon speaks: Amiga 600 – Not even David Pleasance wanted to hold its hand. 28:49 Dr. Awesome – Laidback 4 30:46 DJ Daemon speaks: Timing is the key to success and failure. It kinda helps if you understand the market, the customers and the trends. 32:07 Carlos of Mandula beep breeze – Kiabrandultan 37:08 DJ Daemon speaks: CDTV – What is was meant to be? Don't ask – we don't know either. 38:55 Feryl – Interstellar Lullaby 40:54 DJ Daemon speaks: No failure since then? Well, no… 42:40 jOule – expressiOns (Jessica) 44:44 DJ Daemon speaks: Please don't talk to Jessica? 45:22 Oleg Dunaev – Snow Is Falling 47:37 DJ Daemon speaks: All those lost in the war.. IBM PCjr (1984), Commodore Plus/4 (1984), Sinclair QL (1984), Apple Lisa (1983), Commodore 128 (1985), NeXT Computer (1988) 49:10 DRAX – PROMISES 51:39 DJ Daemon speaks: IBM PS/2 (1987) – Quite a piece of something… 52:35 Dinugz of FLIP – A Return 2 Reticence 55:20 DJ Daemon speaks: Texas Instruments TI99 A/H – Only the good die young 56:30 EdZeS and Auricom – Related memories 59:22 Joule and Malmen – One way heart Production notes: Colophon: An epic is a grand story with heroes and villains that often becomes a legend. Informally it can mean "an exceptionally long and arduous task or activity". In Internet lore "Epic fail" means something like a "Gigantic mistake" or "total flustercluck" (you know what I mean). Tags: Host: DJ Daemon, 2021, Retro gaming

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So, it was not meant to be… Most that compete, fail. That's the rule of most games. Jack Tramiel named his company “Commodore” (a navy rank) as he throught the computer business was a war. Today we commemorate the failures, because they weren't often not bad, just unsuccessful. From the ilfated Amiga 600 to the Texas Instruments TI 99/4A. DJ Daemon remembers the days of infighting between hordes of different computers that were by and large incompatible with each other.

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  1. 0:00 Amiga Flashback – show intro
  2. 0:13 Introduction: Epic fail: or all those times it simply didn't work out. Talking about all the home computers that were total failures.
  3. 0:35 Andromeda of Kfmf and Noice – Reborn 60s
  4. 2:53 DJ Daemon speaks: SX-64, Atari Falcon, Amiga 600, Commodore 16, Texas Instruments TI 99/4A, IBM PS/2.
  5. 3:48 Falcon – Nicollete
  6. 10:23 DJ Daemon speaks: Atari Falcon – interesting but all out of time.
  7. 12:20 Ko0x – We are flying
  8. 14:15 DJ Daemon speaks: Commodore 16 – stripped bare and with nothing to show for it.
  9. 15:48 Pekhis – Wintersoul
  10. 22:23 DJ Daemon speaks: Commodore SX-64 – not where the smart money was.
  11. 24:33 K. Jose – It's Time
  12. 26:27 DJ Daemon speaks: Amiga 600 – Not even David Pleasance wanted to hold its hand.
  13. 28:49 Dr. Awesome – Laidback 4
  14. 30:46 DJ Daemon speaks: Timing is the key to success and failure. It kinda helps if you understand the market, the customers and the trends.
  15. 32:07 Carlos of Mandula beep breeze – Kiabrandultan
  16. 37:08 DJ Daemon speaks: CDTV – What is was meant to be? Don't ask – we don't know either.
  17. 38:55 Feryl – Interstellar Lullaby
  18. 40:54 DJ Daemon speaks: No failure since then? Well, no…
  19. 42:40 jOule – expressiOns (Jessica)
  20. 44:44 DJ Daemon speaks: Please don't talk to Jessica?
  21. 45:22 Oleg Dunaev – Snow Is Falling
  22. 47:37 DJ Daemon speaks: All those lost in the war.. IBM PCjr (1984), Commodore Plus/4 (1984), Sinclair QL (1984), Apple Lisa (1983), Commodore 128 (1985), NeXT Comput…
  23. 49:10 DRAX – PROMISES
  24. 51:39 DJ Daemon speaks: IBM PS/2 (1987) – Quite a piece of something…
  25. 52:35 Dinugz of FLIP – A Return 2 Reticence
  26. 55:20 DJ Daemon speaks: Texas Instruments TI99 A/H – Only the good die young
  27. 56:30 EdZeS and Auricom – Related memories
  28. 59:22 Joule and Malmen – One way heart

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