Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Video tour of the huge COMDEX convention show floor and its many marvels through the lens of Stewart Cheifet and the Computer Chronicles TV show, with LGR commentary along the way. Pentium laptops, Windows 95, PowerPC systems, PDAs, early wireless tech, odd devices and more!
● LGR things elsewhere:
patreon.com/LazyGameReviews
https://bsky.app/profile/lgr-yt.bsky.social
● Other pertinent links:
Watch or download the full CC episode here:
archive.org/details/ComdexSp
Timex DataLink on LGR
youtube.com/watch?v=GCHHzw4s5W4
General Magic Magic Link on LGR
youtube.com/watch?v=Opcuy-8VO64
Proxim RangeLAN on LGR
youtube.com/watch?v=DOkapxbW93g
CRD covers the HP Ominshare
youtube.com/watch?v=-Ncp10mIezE
● Background music licensed from Epidemic Sound:
epidemicsound.com
00:00 COMDEX! What an event!
01:00 exposition overview
02:08 Intergraph
03:27 1994 was wild
04:30 the show floor
05:18 US Robotics, Prodigy
05:56 Animation Master
06:38 InternetWorks browser
07:25 IBM ThinkPad 755C
08:16 Windows 95 hype
09:14 Softkey
10:00 Avid Media Suite
10:55 Plug and play
11:43 Timex DataLink
12:05 IBM OS/2
13:51 The CPU Wars
14:33 IBM PowerPC
15:23 Altec Lansing clamshells
15:38 Taiwan New PC Consortium
16:26 RenderWare Animated Knight
16:56 NexGen CPUs
18:07 Cyrix M1 chip
18:58 Shelby CRT Cobra
19:18 IBM Simon "smartphone"
20:02 Sharp Wizard OZ
20:26 Sony MagicLink
21:21 CDPD wireless
23:17 Zenith CruisePad
24:09 HP Omnishare
24:40 Lithium ion batteries
25:38 Digital, Tadpole notebooks
26:26 NTK 2X CD-ROM laptop
26:48 Overhead projector laptop
27:27 Media Vision PCMCIA sound
28:23 Spectrum Ring Mouse
29:40 Weird mice, keyboards
30:57 Touchscreen torture
31:11 NCR Write Touch tablet
31:40 talking, secret faxing
32:29 creepy 3D masks
32:47 Phase-Change Dual
33:27 unexpected lederhosen
34:01 Citizen thermal printer
34:28 TOUCH MASSAGER
34:42 outroduction
#LGR #retro #convention #technology
Video tour of the huge COMDEX convention show floor and its many marvels through the lens of Stewart Cheifet and the Computer Chronicles TV show, with LGR commentary along the way. Pentium laptops, Windows 95, PowerPC systems, PDAs, early wireless tech, odd devices and more!
● LGR things elsewhere:
patreon.com/LazyGameReviews
https://bsky.app/profile/lgr-yt.bsky.social
● Other pertinent links:
Watch or download the full CC episode here:
archive.org/details/ComdexSp
Timex DataLink on LGR
youtube.com/watch?v=GCHHzw4s5W4
General Magic Magic Link on LGR
youtube.com/watch?v=Opcuy-8VO64
Proxim RangeLAN on LGR
youtube.com/watch?v=DOkapxbW93g
CRD covers the HP Ominshare
youtube.com/watch?v=-Ncp10mIezE
● Background music licensed from Epidemic Sound:
epidemicsound.com
00:00 COMDEX! What an event!
01:00 exposition overview
02:08 Intergraph
03:27 1994 was wild
04:30 the show floor
05:18 US Robotics, Prodigy
05:56 Animation Master
06:38 InternetWorks browser
07:25 IBM ThinkPad 755C
08:16 Windows 95 hype
09:14 Softkey
10:00 Avid Media Suite
10:55 Plug and play
11:43 Timex DataLink
12:05 IBM OS/2
13:51 The CPU Wars
14:33 IBM PowerPC
15:23 Altec Lansing clamshells
15:38 Taiwan New PC Consortium
16:26 RenderWare Animated Knight
16:56 NexGen CPUs
18:07 Cyrix M1 chip
18:58 Shelby CRT Cobra
19:18 IBM Simon "smartphone"
20:02 Sharp Wizard OZ
20:26 Sony MagicLink
21:21 CDPD wireless
23:17 Zenith CruisePad
24:09 HP Omnishare
24:40 Lithium ion batteries
25:38 Digital, Tadpole notebooks
26:26 NTK 2X CD-ROM laptop
26:48 Overhead projector laptop
27:27 Media Vision PCMCIA sound
28:23 Spectrum Ring Mouse
29:40 Weird mice, keyboards
30:57 Touchscreen torture
31:11 NCR Write Touch tablet
31:40 talking, secret faxing
32:29 creepy 3D masks
32:47 Phase-Change Dual
33:27 unexpected lederhosen
34:01 Citizen thermal printer
34:28 TOUCH MASSAGER
34:42 outroduction
#LGR #retro #convention #technology
