Panelists: Earl Evans (hosting), Paul Hagstrom, Michael Mulhern, and Carrington Vanston)
Host’s Topic: Big collections
Big collections — what are the implications? Saving systems from oblivion? Or, perhaps, removing them from the hands of enthusiasts who might happily use them? How to enjoy a large collection — viewing, using, showcasing?
Retro Computing News:
- The Finnish Museum for Games is now open
- “Under the Radar” documentary
- Imaging 8″ floppy disks for TRS-80 Model II/16
- European Vintage Computer Festival 18.0, April 29-30, 2017, in Munich.
- The Making of Apple’s HAL ad
- Adafruit HAL replica instructions
- Forth: The Hacker’s Language
- William Wong: Forth Redesigned
- William Wong on Rising Star
- “A Gathering of Magicians” (from “Man Alive”, CBC 1984)
- Donner 3000 restoration
- Commodore PET restoration
- Inexhibit.com: Holborn 9100
- Inexhibit.com: Commodore PET 2001
- Inexhibit.com: Programma 101
- The Untold Story of Nolan Bushnell’s 1980s Tech Incubator
- C64 8 Bit Civilizations
- Finding the magazine that was in Wargames
- MacWorld UK’s macOS emulator roundup
- Tezza’s Windows emulator roundup
- ZX81stuff.org, ZX-81 archives and emulator
- Burroughs 220 simulator
- ENIAC day in Philadelphia (Feb 15)
- ENIAC article, with link to Java simulator
- SCELBI app for macOS
- TI-99/4a page on oldcomputers.net (featuring the sidecars photo)
- Yale names Grace Hopper College
- (non-gaming) DOS emulator
- Clipper Summer ’87 unboxing video
Vintage Computer Commercial
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Auction Picks:
- Carrington: TRS-80 Microcomputer Newsletter Reprints
- Earl: DEC letterwriter la-100
- Michael: Intel 4004 CPU Print
- Paul: Intel 486 original CAD layout
Feedback/Discussion:
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