# Internet Archive Revives 1980s Radio Show Featuring Pioneers of Early Computers! 🎙️

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/internet-archive-revives-1980s-radio-show-featuring-pioneers-of-early-computers/289322>\
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**Created:** [August 19, 2024, 9:05am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/internet-archive-revives-1980s-radio-show-featuring-pioneers-of-early-computers/289322 "2024-08-19T09:05:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 9:05am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/internet-archive-revives-1980s-radio-show-featuring-pioneers-of-early-computers/289322/1 "2024-08-19T09:05:42Z")

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**Summary:**

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1. **Vintage Radio**  
The Internet Archive has digitized and released a series of 1980s radio shows about early home computers, featuring interviews with tech icons like Bill Gates, Douglas Adams, and Atari’s Jack Tramiel.

2. **Tapes Rediscovered**  
Archivist Kay Savetz recovered the reel-to-reel tapes from a property sale, successfully funding their digitization through a GoFundMe campaign, making the shows accessible again after 40 years.

3. **Missing Treasures**  
While many tapes with interviews from notable figures such as Ray Bradbury and Gene Roddenberry are still lost, the recovered shows offer a nostalgic look at the early tech era.

**Read more at:** [Internet Archive](https://archive.org)