Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting) and Carrington Vanston

Topic: 1978

In 1978, we got WordStar and LaserDisc. Not VisiCalc.

Topic/Feedback links:

• Wordstar (Wikipedia)
• VisiCalc (Wikipedia) almost!
• Laserdisc
• Exidy Sorceror lot discussed in episode 182, November 2018
• DEC VAX (Wikipedia) again?

Retro Computing News:

• Grace Hopper lecture found but can’t be released
• Living Computer Museum will start auctioning things
• Gen One (Christie’s)
• Legends of Adventure: The Story of Sierra On-Line
• Unboxing an Apple-1 (YouTube)
• Apple-1 number 18

Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:

• Wordstar commercial (Computerland)
• Lotus 123 running alongside your good applications
• Coleco Adam scholarship

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• SC131
  • SC131 (YouTube)

Auction Picks:

• Carrington:
  • X*Press X*Change
  • Apple Bunny key repeater
  • Dancing Baby screensaver
• Paul:
  • Math Sequences
  • Fix your Apple Plotter (auction long gone)
  • FujiNet for Adam (different auction, and also ended)
  • Atari power cube
    • Apple //c power cube (mozzwald)
    • Another Atari power cube (mozzwlad)
  • NABU RomWBW option card (auction long gone, but see below)
    • NABU forums post about the RomWBW option card
  • Newton 2000/20001 internal USB-C connectivity board (auction long gone, but see below)
    • Newtonsales
  • Model 100/102 ROM
    • Model 200 ROM
  • Atari 2600 power adapter
  • Model 100 set
  • July 1978 Disk II notes

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Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, Earl Evans, and Carrington Vanston

Topic: 1974

1974 brought us the SCELBI 8H, SQL, and the Captain Crunch whistle.

Topic/Feedback links:

• SCELBI (Wikipedia)
• The SCELBI-8H, Probably the First Advertised Personal Computer Sold in Kit Form
• The SCELBI Mini-Computer (Mike Willegal)
• Build your own SCELBI 8H (Mike Willegal)
• Mike’s Hobby Blog, category: 8008. (Mike Willegal)
• Mike Willegal introduces the SCELBI 8H at VCF W 2020
• SQL (Wikipedia)
• John Draper (John Draper, Captain Crunch, Wikipedia)

Retro Computing News:

• A][ VGA MINI card
• FLEX64K
• FLEX64K video (YouTube)
• Original GlobalTalk article (Paul Rickards)
• Marchintosh page for GlobalTalk
• FozzTexx GlobalTalk docker image (GitHub)
• Cat Fight (GitHub)
• Brutal Deluxe: Mr. Sprite

Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:

• The Most Personal Computer (1982 Apple ad)
• SQL Server

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Before Macintosh: The Apple Lisa (Lisa documentary by David Greelish, Vimeo)
• Yes, again.

Auction Picks:

• Carrington
  • OSHA workers building construction game for Apple II
  • Apparently Choplifter was also bought by some people
  • The most personal computer?
• Earl
  • Vintage Commodore PET Model 4016-12 Computer UNTESTED
• Paul:
  • Blue Cray
  • TG Select-a-port
  • Bid or the Apple II collection gets it. You have 3 days.
  • MPF-III/312? 311? 310?
    • See also: Microprofessor III (Wikipedia)
  • Apple IIe dehancement kit

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Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, and Earl Evans

Topic: 1973

1973 brought us Ethernet and the TV Typewriter, and more.

Topic/Feedback links:

• Ethernet (Wikipedia)
• TV Typewriter (deramp.com)

Retro Computing News:

• Greaseweazle v4
• Apple II pendulum clock (GitHub)
• Chips to Lode Runner (Eric Badger, YouTube)
• Ben Eater 6502 kits

Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:

• Atarisoft radio ad 1983
• TRS-80 Pocket Computer

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Before Macintosh: The Apple Lisa (Lisa documentary by David Greelish, Vimeo)

Auction Picks:

• Earl
  • Commodore 1581 3D-printed case (different auction)
• Paul:
  • Terrible mouse (Lisa 1 mouse) (different auction)
  • Atarisoft Track and Field (different auction)
  • Art Department for LisaDraw on Twiggy disks (auction long gone)
  • Coleco Adam replacement power supply
  • Guide to playing The Hobbit
    • See also: RCR Episode 251
  • CARDIAC (auction long gone)
    • See also: CARDIAC (Drexel University)
  • College guide to personal computers book

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Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, Blake Patterson, and Carrington Vanston

Topic: 1972

1972 brought us C (good enough for us), Pong, Magnavox Odyssey, and more.

Topic/Feedback links:

• Dennis Ritchie on the development of C (ACM SIGPLAN Notices, March 1993)
• Pong released (Wikipedia)
• Atari founded (Wikipeda)
• A history of Syzygy/Atari (Michael Current)
• Magnavox Odyssey (Wikipedia)

Retro Computing News:

• Computer science pioneer Niklaus Wirth dies aged 89 (Developer Tech)
• Thinking Back on Turbo Pascal as it Turns 40 (Bytecellar)
• Dave Dunfield source code (including ImageDisk) (Classiccmp announcement)
• Dave Dunfield source code (including ImageDisk)
• Replacement Injection Molded Inner Bezel for Apple iMac G3 (MacEffects Kickstarter)

Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:

• Super Pong
• Magnavox Odyssey promo video

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Squarepainter painted pixel art

Auction Picks:

• Blake
  • IBM 5561-P Model 40 (auction long gone)
    • See also: IBM JX (Wikipedia)
  • Amiga A1060 sidecar for the Amiga 1000 (different auction)
    • See also: Amiga Sidecar (Wikipedia)
• Carrington:
  • RAMWorks III + VGA extender (different auction)
• Paul:
  • Archives I stickers
    • Archives II stickers (auction long gone)
    • Archives III stickers
    • Definite stickers
    • See also: Archives Inc (Wikipedia)
    • See also: Archives Business Computer, Archives Inc., Davenport, Iowa 1979-1983 (YouTube documentary)
    • See also: Mention in On Computing 1980
  • Apple III in box (auction long gone)
  • Atari PC3 (different auction)
  • Duo 2300c (different auction)
    • DuoDock
  • Apple floppy box
    • See also: Apple gift catalog
  • A+Disk-Disk=A

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