Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston

Topic: Computers and advertising

In honor of the Big Sports Game in the US, we attempt to talk about computers and advertisements. What advertisements made an impression on you, caused you to buy something? Were advertisements really mostly aimed at kids? Or were those just the ones we saw because we were kids? How have things changed? Did Carrington appear in a Quark ad campaign?

Topic and feedback notes:

• Typography in 8-bit fonts

Retro Computing News:

• The Life of David Kelley, According to His Shelves
• BASIC 10Liners Contest
• TX_Dj vintage computer videos
  • TX_Dj Patreon
  • TX_Dj FAQ (modems, telnet, BBSing)
• Caper in the Castro: the first (?) LGBTQ computer game
  • CitC Stack on Archive.org
  • Article about CitC from Motherboard
• Apple II+ Mini
  • Apple II+ Mini writeup on callapple.org
  • Apple II+ Mini Facebook page
  • Apple II+ Mini video demo
• ZX Spectrum Next laptop project

Vintage Computer Commercial

• Atari VCS 1982 (Stick with me, Grampa)

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Altair 8800 iPhone case
• Altair 8800 on eBay

Auction Picks:

• Carrington: Star Saga: Two, The Clathran Menace for Apple IIgs
• Paul: MacRecorder
  • Echo PC+
  • 3.5″ semi-automatic disk labeler
  • IBM sorter control panel
  • NeXT Cube case
  • Mimic Spartan
  • HP-85
• Jack: HP 5036A trainer

Closing notes:

• Aleph One
• 1994 Paul is impatient to hear about Marathon
• Midwest Pirates’ Guild, Greg Schaefer Interview (raw footage from The BBS Documentary)

Feedback/Discussion:

• @rcrpodcast on Twitter
• Vintage Computer Forum
• RCR Podcast on Facebook
• Throwback Network
• Throwback Network on Facebook

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