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

Host’s Topic: Milestones of 1981

Retro Computing News:

• Ted Nelson vs. skeptical interviewer
• SpeccyJam panel announced
• SpeccyJam: Aug 29 to Sep 5, 2014
• IBM Simon: The “smart phone” turns 20?
• Living Computer Museum’s Vintage Computer Faire
• Douglas Adams’ “Hyperland” documentary
• SerialTCP for Mac
• Cray Research: A Story of the Supercomputer
• Documentary: Cray Research at Chippewa Falls
• Seymour Cray playlist
• P112 Single Board Computer kits available
• Level 29: BBS running on an Apple IIgs
• Mainframe computer arrives at Queen Mary College, University of London, 1968
• Origins of the “X”button to close GUI windows

Vintage Computer Commercial:

• IBM Personal Computer: “coming soon”

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Apple rainbow logo static stickers
  • Lots also available on eBay

Auction Picks:

• Earl: SD2Cart-FL interface + Fastload
• Paul: IBM 5155
  • Alt: Anderson Jacobson acoustic coupler
  • Alt: Grantasaurus Rex for PDP-11
• Michael: Apple II with gorgeous extras
• Carrington: Polly: Apple IIe keyboard to IIc motherboard adapter

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