Panelists: Earl Evans (host), David Greelish, and Carrington Vanston.
Topics:
- Petition to pardon Alan Turing (posthumously)
~ BBC news report
~ Turing test
~ PM’s apology to codebreaker Alan Turing: we were inhumane - Computer History Museum Launches Online Steve Jobs Exhibit
- Rare Video of Steve Jobs Narrating the History of Apple During His Younger Days
- Computer History Museum Receives Google.org Grant for Digital Repository
- 40th anniversary of video games: From Computer Space to Skyrim
- Apple’s founding contract sells at Sotheby’s for $1.35 million
- Apple II online game server
Retro Computing Holiday Gift Ideas:
Carrington:
- Send them to the summer camp for geeks
- Movie: Colossus: The Forbin Project (on laser disc
- Get creative: fake a vintage magazine subscription (buy a set, mail one per month)
David:
- T-Shirts: [Apple ], Commodore, Zazzle
- Book: Core Memory: A Visual Survey of Vintage Computers
- Movie: War Games (25th Anniversary Edition)
- My Book!: The Complete Historically Brewed
Earl:
- Movie: Pirates of Silicon Valley
- Book: Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age
- Gift Certificate: eBay Gift Card
Retro Computing Auction Picks:
- Carrington: ranswarp TW2325 Accelerator for Mac Classic
- Earl: Commodore LED handheld calculator
- David: Cromeco Z-2 Vintage Video Capture Computer System
Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X – link
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