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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