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

Topics:

• Retrochallenge 2013 Winter Warmup
  • PedalBox by Shelldozer
  • Simon game with rotary controller
  • Cassette storage system for 6502 homebrew
• Carrington gets a Gravitar arcade cabinet
• What do check/do first when you receive vintage computers
• Streaming is replacing the web as we know it
• Another run of SBC6120 PDP-8 replica systems possible
  • http://www.sparetimegizmos.com/Hardware/SBC6120-2.htm
• Vintage Computer Museum opens in Katowice, Poland
  • ITN Source article (in English) about museum
• Vintage Computer Festival news:
  • Retro computing events
  • VCF East cancelled!
  • VCF GB
  • VCF GB Facebook page
  • VCF Southeast
• Poor Atari goes bankrupt again
• KansasFest 2013 logo
• Only a handful of copies of David’s book remain!

Vintage Computer Commercial:

• Apple IIgs Dual Mind
• Commodore 128 computer 1985 TV ad

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Electronics/microcontroller starter kits:
  • BASIC Stamp Activity Kit
  • The Aztec MCU starter kit
  • Other starter kits based on Arduino or Raspberry Pi

Auction Picks:

• Carrington: Account.System: Apple II personal finance software new for 2013
• David: Rare Vintage Zilog Z-80 Microcomputer System
• Earl: Commodore 65 prototype

Closing Discussions

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