RCR Episode #10

Panelists: David Greelish (host), Earl Evans and Carrington Vanston.

Topics:

• Hackerspaces
• Arduino Diecimila-Compatible board kits
• http://www.nkcelectronics.com/freeduino-arduino-diecimila-compatible-board-complete-kit.html
• Petscii Forums
• The Retrobits Podcast at petscii.com
• Forbin project
• An editorial article by Stan Veit from Computer Shopper, April 1989 (additional short article, “Intel Announces 1 Million Transistor Superchip!”)
• Vintage Computer Festival East 7.0
  • Pics: http://bit.ly/mCsCcS | http://bit.ly/iHG3hJ | http://bit.ly/jgZrvl | http://bit.ly/murzjH
  • A short video about VCF 7 East
  • A Great Time at Vintage Computer Festival East 7.0
• MARCH
• KansasFest 2011 July 19th to July 24th
• Ryan Suenaga’s podcast, A2Unplugged
• YouTube: Ryan Suenaga and A2 Unplugged podcast Saturday July 25 2009
• Vintage Computer Festival Southwest 2.0
• Vintage Computer Festival Midwest 6.0
• Ask Slashdot - DOS box, or DOSBox?
• mTCP

Retro Computing Auction Picks:

• Carrington - 1889 C H Webb Adder Computer
• Earl - New in the box Atari 65XE computer
• Earl - New in the box Commodore 64 (original model)
• David - Tandy 1000 HX Complete system with Deskmate Software

Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X - [link](http://www.reverbnation.com/artist/song_details/3906324#!/johnx) Show audio files hosted by [CyberEars](http://www.cyberears.com/) **Listen/Download:**

RCR Show 10

RCR Episode #9

Panelists: David Greelish (host), Earl Evans and Carrington Vanston.

Topics:

• The History of Atari Computers
• The Day in Tech History
• Book Review: Idea Man by Paul Allen
• Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft @ Amazon.com
• Vince Briel announces hands-on A2MP3 session at KansasFest
• KansasFest 2011, Tue., July 19th to Sun., July 24th
• The Vintage Computer Festival East, Sat. & Sun., May 14th & 15th

Retro Computing Auction Picks: 

• Carrington - Apple IIGS 11Mhz Transwarp GS Accelerator -Works Great!
• Carrington - ZORK Personal Software Apple II w/BOX pre-Infocom 1980
• Earl - Book: PET Interfacing
• Earl - AddALL results
• David - Commodore 128 Working System Disk Drive Disks Lot
• David - “Commodore 128” eBay search

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

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RCR Show 9

RCR Episode #8

Panelists: David Greelish (host), James Savage and Carrington Vanston.

Topics:

• 300 Baud magazine shuts down
• Brain Board (close-up picture)
• http://www.willegal.net/appleii/appleii-first_page.htm
• Living Computer Museum computer pictures
• http://www.livingcomputermuseum.org/
• http://s100computers.com/
• Commodore Free
• Apple Sues Microsoft for Copyright Infringement
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_NewWave
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_Environment_Manager
  • Pirates of Silicon Valley

Emulator Discussion:

• Active GS
• Mini vMac
• Macintosh Garden
• Sweet16
• Virtual ][
• SheepShaver
• iDOS
• Einstein
• LCF Group / David Larsen

Retro Computing Auction Picks:

Carrington - Jupiter Ace

James - Apple Lisa 1 Theory of Operations/Hardware Manual 1982

David - Psion Series 3c 2mb Backlit Screen

Links Mentioned:

• VCF East 7.0 (2011)
• KickStarter.com
• http://www.classiccomputing.com/CC/Blog/Entries/2010/9/3_Stan_Veit.html

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

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RCR Show 8

RCR, Episode #7 part 2

Panelists: David Greelish (host), Earl Evans, Evan Koblentz and Matt Wilson.

Topics:

• Ken Olsen, founder of DEC, dead at 84
  • http://www.snopes.com/quotes/kenolsen.asp
  • DEC is Dead, Long Live DEC
  • TOPS-10
  • Sellam Ismail’s PDP-8 Replica Project
  • Jeri Ellsworth
• Jerry Lawson, Black Video Game Pioneer
  • Fairchild Channel F
  • http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6585977467001963251#
  • http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2498129174652261598#
• The Top-Performing Alternative Investments: Vintage Apple Computers and Other PCs
• This Week in IT History: In Man vs. Machine, Machine Wins (Again)
• Castle Wolfenstein Original Cover Art Painting sells for $2000+!
  • http://panic.com/goods/
• Battle of the Brains: Election-Night Forecasting at the Dawn of the Computer Age (pdf) - Dissertation by Ira Chinoy, University of Maryland
  • Nov. 4, 1952: Univac Gets Election Right, But CBS Balks
  • http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-machine-that-changed-the-world/
• Click! A Brief History of Computing
• The histories of computing(s) by Michael S. Mahoney (pdf)
• The 25 Most Important PCs in History
• Open Apple: An Apple II Podcast

Retro Computing Auction Picks:

• Matt - Vintage Dell Dimension XPS Intel 486 DX2-66
• Evan - MITS Altair 8800 Computer- Rare Early Version
• Earl - Teletype model 33 - vintage computer and stand
• David - “Zenith” in Vintage Computing category

Links Mentioned:

• http://pdxcug.org/
• http://www.commodoreserver.com/ProductView.asp?PID=365065CF529B4C408F7D01C08BA34803
• http://retrobits.libsyn.com/show-133-an-interview-with-stewart-cheifet-part-i
• http://www.pdpplanet.com/
• http://used.addall.com/
• http://www.vintage.org/2011/east/

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

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RCR Show 7 part 2

RCR Episode #7 part 1

Panelists: David Greelish (host), Earl Evans, Evan Koblentz and Matt Wilson.

Topics:

• Ken Olsen, founder of DEC, dead at 84
  • http://www.snopes.com/quotes/kenolsen.asp
  • DEC is Dead, Long Live DEC
  • TOPS-10
  • Sellam Ismail’s PDP-8 Replica Project
  • Jeri Ellsworth
• Jerry Lawson, Black Video Game Pioneer
  • Fairchild Channel F
  • http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6585977467001963251#
  • http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2498129174652261598#
• The Top-Performing Alternative Investments: Vintage Apple Computers and Other PCs
• This Week in IT History: In Man vs. Machine, Machine Wins (Again)
• Castle Wolfenstein Original Cover Art Painting sells for $2000+!
  • http://panic.com/goods/
• Battle of the Brains: Election-Night Forecasting at the Dawn of the Computer Age (pdf) - Dissertation by Ira Chinoy, University of Maryland
  • Nov. 4, 1952: Univac Gets Election Right, But CBS Balks
  • http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-machine-that-changed-the-world/
• Click! A Brief History of Computing
• The histories of computing(s) by Michael S. Mahoney (pdf)
• The 25 Most Important PCs in History
• Open Apple: An Apple II Podcast

Retro Computing Auction Picks:

• Matt - Vintage Dell Dimension XPS Intel 486 DX2-66
• Evan - MITS Altair 8800 Computer- Rare Early Version
• Earl - Teletype model 33 - vintage computer and stand
• David - “Zenith” in Vintage Computing category

Links Mentioned:

• http://pdxcug.org/
• http://www.commodoreserver.com/ProductView.asp?PID=365065CF529B4C408F7D01C08BA34803
• http://retrobits.libsyn.com/show-133-an-interview-with-stewart-cheifet-part-i
• http://www.pdpplanet.com/
• http://used.addall.com/
• http://www.vintage.org/2011/east/

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

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RCR Show 7 part 1