Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Earl Evans, Ken Gagne, Jack Nutting, and Steven Weyhrich
Host’s Topic: The Retropocalypse
What might drive computing to go back “off-line”—massive infrastructure or privacy/secturity disaster? What kind of advantages are there to the limited/isolated machines of the olden-days? Is there a difference between obsolete and just retro? Might data/privacy disasters (even if not structural) lead to new uses of older tech?
Feedback notes
Retro Computing News:
- Atari is releasing Tempest 4000, made by Jeff Minter
- Tempest 4000 preview
- Alan Turing’s lost papers discovered
- Zork deep dive and carrying too many things
- The enduring legacy of Zork
- Zork on the Computer History wiki
- Saving Every Apple Video
- Unofficial Apple Archive
- Tezza’s Adventures with an 8″ disk drive
Vintage Computer Commercial
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
- 1958 PAPAC-00 paper computer
- A built (not really working) PAPAC-00
- Digi-Comp II
- CHM PDP-1 restoration team (includes Peter Samson, creator of SADSAC II mentioned on pages prior to description of PAPAC-00)
Auction Picks:
- Earl: SIDEWAYS for IBM PC
- Ken: Atari 2600 games
- Steve: Unitron Apple II clone
- Paul: Kaypro 2000
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