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

Host’s Topic: Milestones of 1986

Retro Computing News:

• Terminal Madness: 1980 Documentary About Personal Computers
• T.P.U.G. at Startbucks
• Kickstarter Amiga Commpendium
• Xerox Alto Source Code released
  • Archive
  • Archive walk-through
• Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak joins UTS
• When Women Stopped Coding
• Early Computers: 8-bit Vintage Text Editor for iOS

Vintage Computer Commercial:

• Macintosh Plus: Crocodiles

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• ZX Spectrum mug

Auction Picks:

• Carrington: Apple Service part: Macintosh SE/30 logic board
• Paul: NEC PC 8201A
  • Alt: Bell Telephone Labs synthesized speech on vinyl
  • Alt: TRS-80 power controller
• Michael: The original iPhone by Infogear Technology Corp
• Earl: Texas Instruments Home Computer Editor Assembler

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

Host’s Topic: Milestones of 1985

Retro Computing News:

• KIM Uno: a $10 remake of the KIM-1
• CBM prg Studio Version 3.1.0 released
• Restoration of Habitat, a C64 online game
• RadioShack’s plummeting profits
• TNMOC were donated a Mystery Item
• Computer History Museum makes CP/M source code available

Vintage Computer Commercial:

• Commodore 128 vs. the Apple IIc

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• The Micromite Companion

Auction Picks:

• Ken: Apple II/IIGS software lot
• Paul: OCC-1
  • Related: Ad for OCC-1 magnifying lens
  • Alt: Hypercard 2.0 shoelaces
  • More Alt: CoCo 2 lot
  • The Altest: VIC-20 lot
• Michael: 3.5″ Disk Notcher
• Earl: TRS-80 Model 4

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