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

Host’s Topic:

Happy 50th Birthdays
Both BASIC and the IBM System/360 are turning 50. We discuss the impact and importance of both.

Retro Computing News:

• 50 years of BASIC
  • History/Timeline of programming languages
  • Chipmunk BASIC
  • BASIC variants still popular today
  • Wikibooks: BASIC Programming
• IBM System/360 turns 50
  • Computer History Museum: System/360
  • Why won’t you DIE? IBM’s S/360 and its legacy at 50
  • The mainframe that helped send men to the Moon
  • Previous auction pick: System/360 faceplate — sold for over $1,750!
  • Have your very own mainframe at home with Hercules Emulator
  • How-To Install OS/360 on Hercules
• Fun with 3D printers:
  • Mario Andrioletti: Sinclair ZX80
  • Charles Mangin: Disk II (And video)
  • Charles Mangin: iPod nano dock
• NitrOS-9 v3.3.0: CoCo and Dragon operating system
  • NitrOS-9 Wiki
• British Pathé newsreel clips
  • British Pathé
  • Pathé News
  • Mid-Atlantic English
• Atari dig in Alamogordo
  • Fixing E.T. for the Atari 2600
• Previously Unknown Warhol Works Discovered on Floppy
  • Floppy Disks: It’s Too Late
  • Rescuing Floppy Disks
• Right On The Button: IRS video introducing computers
  • Videos of the US National Archives
• Retro Computer Museum Easter Weekend Walkthrough
• VCF Southeast 2.0: May 3-4, 2014
  • VCF SE Kickstarter
• The Mother of All Demos: Douglas Engelbart, 1968
  • The Mother of All Demos

Vintage Computer Commercial:

• Don’t Copy That Floppy

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Rubber Stamp Floppy

Auction Picks:

• Michael: Where is my mainframe?
• Carrington: Apple IIc battery portability kit
• Earl: Sinclair ZX81 with Kayde keyboard
• Paul: Kaypro II
  • Alt: DuoDock Plus

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

Host’s Topic:

What do people actually do with retro computers?
We discuss feedback and ideas from our listeners about how they use (and abuse) their retro computer collections.

Retro Computing News:

• Commodore 64: a visual Compendium by Bitmap Books
• TNMOC digitally recreates Bletchley Park Maze for Easter Bytes Festival
  • Video: Bletchley Park Turing Quiz Maze in Minecraft
• Books by “that” Chris Crawford
• Vassal: the open source board game engine
  • Tanktics on Vassal
  • Erasmatazz: Chris Crawford videos
• Michael J. Mahon’s donation to the Apple II community
• RESET Magazine
• Gallery of Graphical User Interfaces
• VCF Southeast 2.0: May 3-4, 2014
• The 23rd Annual “Last” Chicago CoCoFEST
  • Get a booth
  • Photos
  • Newsletters
• KansasFest 2014 opens for registration
• Clear Light Superstar appears on eBay
  • Eric Anderson’s bio page
  • Japanese collector’s page
  • Translated
• Coursera

Vintage Computer Commercial:

• Oric Atmos 48K Computer

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Commodore 64 socks

Auction Picks:

• Earl: Coleco Adam Family Computer
• Paul: Heathkit festival with ETA-3400
• Michael: Battlestar Galactica Box Set
• Carrington: Ballyhoo (sealed) for Apple II

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