RCR Episode #41

Panelists: Earl Evans, David Greelish and Carrington Vanston

Topics:

• Carrington snags a Fix-It Felix, Jr. arcade cabinet
• Randy Wigginton, Apple employee #6 and engineer, to keynote KansasFest 2013
• Athana is a source for floppy disks and other media
• ZX Spectrum wouldn’t pass modern radio frequency regs
• It began with 'Spacewar!' A history of science fiction in video games
• An explanation of timesharing from MIT in 1969

Vintage Computer TV clip:

• Black Friday 1983: What To Get A Hacker For Christmas

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Earl: Retro phone handset for cellphones

Auction Picks:

• Carrington: "Toaster Mac" case opening tool
• David: 1960's Livermore Data Systems Acoustic Coupler Modem
  
  • Live Demo
• Earl: Industrial PET
  
  • Alt choice: 1966 UNIVAC Wright Line portable data card punch

Other Topics:

• New VCFSE dates
• MFORTH
• Retrochallenge

Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X - link
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