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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