Panelists: Michael Mulhern (hosting), Ken Gagne, Paul Hagstrom, and Jack Nutting

Host’s Topic: Would you make a irreversible upgrade/mod to one of your retro computers?

Anything from adding a 3.5mm audio jack, “dremeling” a hole or slot in the case to feed a cable through. Cutting a trace, or adding a jumper or any other change that although could be “reversed”, but not to original condition . . . . How far would you go upgrading a retro machine?

Retro Computing News:

• Range of new RPN calculators modelled on classic HPs
• RetroChallenge is back with the “Winter Warmup 2016”
• Many VCF East 5, 6, and 9.1 videos up!
• RetroVGS is now a Coleco console
• Put a Vampire in your Amiga 600
  • Kipper2K Amiga Hardware Page
• Vector retrogaming, with an oscilloscope
• Jimmy Maher’s Digital Antiquarian e-book
• Adding composite video to a Sinclair ZX81
• Original web browser on emulated NeXTstep 1.0 (on oldweb.today)

Vintage Computer Commercial:

• Sinclair Calculators
• Sharp ELSI-80

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Orange Pi

Auction Picks:

• Jack: Incredible Musical Keyboard for C64
• Michael: Interestime Computer
• Paul: Beautiful TI CC40 set, with history
  • 3D printed eject gear
  • 3D printed Supercard Pro case

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