Panelists: Earl Evans (hosting), Paul Hagstrom, Michael Mulhern, Steven Weyhrich, and Carrington Vanston

Host’s Topic:

What items, tools, techniques and resources are good for repairing vintage computers?

• The Retr0bright Project
• iFixit Store

Retro Computing News:

• Maximite BasicBoxX (BBX) Kickstarter
• CGCOLORMAX2: Colour Maximite
• Geoff Graham
• March 2011 Silicon Chip Magazine
• Firmware update for GoTek Floppy Emulator
• The Lost Ancestors of ASCII Art
• Compuserve PDP-10 SC-40 Boot Up
• ICE/ISEE-3
• Sarcastic Rover
• Colossus Needs You!
• Colossus: The Secrets of Bletchley Park’s Code-breaking Computers
• Reconditioning a Model M keyboard
• VTech Laser VZ200 computer:
  • VTech Laser VZ200 on Wikipedia
  • VZ200.org
  • Dick Smith VZ200 Personal Colour Computer
• Beginnings of PowerPoint by Dennis Austin

Vintage Computer Commercial:

• Xerox 1970s Experimental Office

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Something Geeky women programmer tshirt

Auction Picks:

• Earl: AT&T 2503 Exclusion Set telephone
• Paul: Capitol BBS S-100 machine
• Michael: Dick Smith VZ200 and VZ300
• Steve: Pravetz 82 Bulgarian Apple II clone

Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X – link
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Panelists: Earl Evans (hosting), Paul Hagstrom, Michael Mulhern and David Greelish

Host’s Topic:

Does programming 8-bit computers make you a better programmer of modern systems?

Retro Computing News:

• A.P.P.L.E. Posts First Year of Australian Apple Review
• The Australian Apple Review
• The Mac Turns 30:
  • Apple’s Macintosh Turns 30: Did You Know It Almost Failed?
  • Mac 30: Thirty Years of Innovation
  • Macintosh originals celebrate the Mac’s 30th anniversary
  • Macintosh 30th Celebration Kickstarter
  • First “Stevenote”: BCS Mac intro video with team Q&A
  • Scans of Softalk.Mac
  • Softalk Forever!!! Facebook group
• PDP-12 sells for over USD$16K on eBay
• Steve Chamberlin updates Mac Floppy Emulator
• VCFSE 2.0
• RetroChallenge 2014 Winter Warmup ends
• The Complete Historically Brewed PDF

Vintage Computer Commercials:

• Macintosh: The Computer for the Rest of Us

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Hakko FX-888D soldering station

Auction Picks:

• Paul: PQ the Party Quiz game for Apple II
  • Alt: Mimic Spartan
• Michael: Always Postpone Meetings With Time-Wasting Morons
• David: Mac Plus and accessories, in boxes
• Earl: 1802 Membership Cards: Cosmac Elf Replicas
  • Lee Hart’s 1802 “Membership Card”

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