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

Topics:

• Our first computers vs. our real first computers
• Project Genesis
• SBC6120 single board PDP-8 replica
• SEGA to releae retro gaming inspired SEGA Note laptops
  • Classic Sega Consoles Reinvented as Gaming Laptops
• Terry Stewart
• Mike Willegal powers up his reproduction SCELBI for first time
• New vintage computing podcast: Floppy Days by Randy Kindig
• Dr. Bruce’s Levity Zone podcast

Vintage Computer Commercial:

• 2XL Talking Computer
• Playskool Alphie Computer

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Turning Monopoly

Auction Picks:

• David: Atari Stacy 2 Computer
• Earl: Atari 800XL with 1050 Drive, 1027 Printer, Commodore 1701 Monitor, Covers
• Carrington: VisiCalc for DOS (sealed)

Closing Discussions

Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X – link
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Panelists: Earl Evans (hosting), David Greelish 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!
• Batmobile photos from Myles Wakeham:

Vintage Computer Commercial:

• Apple IIgs Dual Mind
• Atari 400/800 Home Computer

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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