Panelists: Earl Evans (hosting), Paul Hagstrom, Michael Mulhern, and Jack Nutting

Host’s Topic: Let’s Kickstart Something

There are plenty of modern-day add ons for our beloved retro computers. Virtual disk drives tend to top the list, followed by network devices. But what’s missing? Namely, what modern-day add on do you wish was out there for your favorite micro, but isn’t?

• Carte Blanche II FPGA card
• Nishida Radio’s UNISDISK Air

Retro Computing News:

• Steven Spielberg’s father, Arnold Spielberg, designed the GE-225 mainframe used to create Dartmouth BASIC
  • Chuck Peddle (hello!) started off on a GE-225
• Welcome to the great Atari reboot
• “The Bletchley Girls” book
  • Colossus veteran recalls end of war in Europe
• Softalk magazine on the Internet Archive
  • Softalk Apple Project
• Oxford chaps solve 1982 Sinclair music problem
• ZX Spectrum over at “Lego Ideas”
  • Chris McVeigh
  • Powerpig site
• Codes That Changed The World, available as a podcast

Vintage Computer Commercial:

• TI-99/4A $100 Rebate commercial

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Atari joystick bubble gum tin

Auction Picks:

• Earl: Two DEC VAX 11/750’s with Disks, Mag Tape, RX01, Ethernet, Software & Spares
• Jack: 1977 Tandy/Radio Shack Science Fair Digital Computer
• Michael: Fortran for DOS
• Paul: VT100 terminal with add-on card
• Paul: TRS-80 Model 100 bundle with printer
• Paul: Apple M0100 mouse, original color

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