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

Host’s Topic: New guts, same glory?

Would you be happy to own/use a “vintage” computer where the insides had been replaced with modern tech that 100% emulates/replicates the original experience? And what happens when the day comes that you can 3D-print a retro computer indistinguishable from the original? Our panelists discuss whether retro computing beauty is only skin deep.

Retro Computing News:

• Atari Styled USB Joystick
• Pictures of Apple’s first employees
• World of Commodore 2013
• Programming the UniDisk 3.5 as a co-processor
• Chris Crawford wants to fix video games
• Acorn Learning Curve setup video
• Winter Warmup IP Telecomputer update

Vintage Computer Commercial:

• Acorn Learning Curve

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Digi-Comp II: First Edition (recration)
  • Giant Digi-Comp II
  • Digi-Comp I replica kit
  • Digi-Comp I emulator

Auction Picks:

• Carrington: Apple IIc, new in box
• Paul: Commodore SX-64
  • Alt: Another Commodore SX-64
• Earl: Sinclair ZX80

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Topics:

• Host Topic: Our favourite modern-day add-ons for vintage computers
• Christmas Bytes Festival: Dec 27-31, 2013
• A Computer’s Carol by James Houston
• Bletchley Park podcast
• Homebrew Computer Club 2013 Reunion video
• Vintage computer meetings starting in Switzerland
• N8VEM single-board computer
• Raising the CDC 6500 from the dead
• Vintage System Software Developer job opening
• Richard Garriott goes through old notebooks
• The Spoony Experiment
• Floppy Days podcast
• CoCo: The Colorful History of Tandy’s Underdog Computer
• The Tano Dragon (quite similar to the CoCo), new in box at CA Digital
• Introducing a Mac Plus to the Web
• The U.S. federal agency that still uses floppy disks
• Modernizing power supplies:
  • Apple III power supply auction
  • Littlepower
  • IIGS PS replacement

Vintage Computer Commercial:

• 1998 DEC Digital Equipment Corp Notebook Computer Commercial

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Men’s Barcode scan UPC Code cloth tie

Auction Picks:

• Carrington: Acorn BBC Model B with DataCentre
  • Related: RetroClinic DataCentre
• Paul: Commodore 64 incredible music keyboard
• Earl: Atari 800 macro assembler and text editor

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Topics:

• Host Topic: Wibbly-Wobbly Timey-Wimey Stealy-Wheely. If you could go back and time and bring forward something you used to have, what retro goody would you snatch away from your younger self to have today?
• 1997 DEC retrospective on VAX and VMS
• Briel Computers’ Replica 1 ten available for pre-order
• Nishida Radio:
  • UNISDISK
  • Component video card for Apple IIe
  • RGB component video adapter for Apple IIgs
  • NISHIPPLE: Apple II compatible logic board
  • Lots of other Apple II goodies
• Plamen Vaiselov:
  • Disk II
  • Mockingboard
  • ZX-80 Kit
• BootZero’s HDDD A2 3.5 drive Disk II emulator
• The Art of Selling a Speccy Game
• Kickstarter: Slightly Magic 8bit Legacy Edition
• 2014 Winter Warmup Retrochallenge
• IXO Telecomputer:
  • Byte 1982 editorial: “A revolution in your pocket”
  • Inc. 1982 write-up: “Toying with computers”
  • Inc. 1983: “The revolution has been postponed”
• Merlin simulator
• Lamb Chops!, new Apple II game by Brian Picci
• Brian Picci’s other games
• JSMESS: the endgame

Vintage Computer Commercial:

• BBC Micro: the story of Daphne

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Sophistication & Simplicity: The Life and Times of the Apple II Computer by Steven Weyhrich

Auction Picks:

• Carrington: 1986 Ziggy Christmas Card Disk
• Earl: TRS-80 Color Computer serial number 1
• Paul: Very complete Model 100 set
  • Alt: Kaypro II, cheap start, good shape
  • Alt: PX-8 with multi-unit
  • Alt: Anderson Jacobson acoustic coupler
  • Alt: Nixdorf LK-3000

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Topics:

• Host Topic: The Cycle of Retrocomputing
• Homebrew Computer Club reuinion
• Ultimate unboxing video: ICT 1905E mainframe, circa 1970s
• Ken Gagne’s unboxing videos:
  • Wii U
  • PS4
  • XBox One
• Sophistication & Simplicity by Dr. Steven Weyhrich
• Forrest Mims interview
• The Amp Hour podcast
• Javascript classic Mac emulator based on PCE
• Apple II DOS source code released, with Apple’s permission
• Google BBS Terminal
• Sealed Apple IIc that just can’t sell
• World of Commodore: Toronto, Dec 7, 2013
• The Secret Weapons of Commodore
• Earl Evans book announcement: Back For A Bit

Vintage Computer Commercial:

• Bill Cosby for TI99: This is the One

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• HTML Tag Necklace

Auction Picks:

• Carrington: Apple Museum for sale
• Earl: Laser 128

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Topics:

• Host topic: Did going digital inevitably lead to a short-term-data culture?
• Learning Forth on the Atari 8-bit systems
• Mad Dog: 8-bit(-ish) online horror adventure game
• Commodore 128D Gamma Ray Spectrometer
• Cyan (Myst): Writing The Next Age

Vintage Computer Commercials:

• SinClair ZX Spectrum James Bond 007 Special Edition

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Activision Patches

Auction Picks:

• Earl: Hexamatic/16 hex to decimal conversion tool
• Carrington: Gremlins 2: The New Batch for Amstrad 464
  • Alt: Personal Software version of Zork

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Topics:

• Host topic: How does today’s “Maker” movement compare to the computing in the 70s & 80s
• Cloudpaint: online MacPaint simulation
• ANTIC podcast interview with Chris Crawford
• Homebrew Computer Club Reunion Kickstarter
• JSMESS: Run old computer emulations in a browser
• Centre for Computing History slideshow
• Vintage Computer Festival East 9.1
• CommVex V9 on Blip.tv

Vintage Computer Commercials:

• Radio Shack is Christmas HQ

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• NeoPixel Ring
• GEMMA: Miniature wearable electronic platform

Auction Picks:

• Steve: 1950’S IBM SAGE computer history film
• Earl: Vintage Road Warrior Telecoupler
• Carrington: Full Throttle for PPC Mac (sealed)
  • Alt: Spectre VR for 68K Mac

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Topics:

• Host topic: Collecting to have vs. collecting to use.
• Blazin’ Forth for the C64
• Wayne Green (1922-2013)
  • Jason Scott tweets about Wayne Green
• Linotype: The Film
• Atari 7800 Expansion Module
  • Status Page
• Audio from listener David Wilson: is Retrocomputing a fad?
• How to make a BBC Micro work in North America

Vintage Computer Commercials:

• Atari 400 brings the Computer Age home

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• The Three Fives Kit (555 timer IC model)

Auction Picks:

• Earl: Macintosh SE 1mb RAM Two 800k Drives
• Carrington: “Big box” original Wasteland for Apple II

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Topics:

• Host’s topic: What can we learn from old computers?
• The interseller 8-track player
• Commodore 8bit Search adds Amiga search
• Apple’s “Twiggy Mac” comes back to life
• New items from www.s100computers.com
• New run of CFFA3000 cards announced
• DXForth 4.00 for CP/M
• Code Academy
• The C64 vs Apple II chess match discussion
• Ken Shirriff’s blog

Upcoming Retrocomputing Events:

• VCF Midwest 8.0, Sept 28-29, 2013, Lombard, IL, USA
• Retropalooza, Sept 28, 2013, Arlington, TX USA
• VCFe 14.0 Oct 5-6, Winterthur, CH
• Portland Retro Gaming Expo Oct 5-6, Portland, OR
• DEC Legacy 2013, October 19th/20th, Marchesi Centre, Windermere, UK
• Syntax DemoParty, November 9-10, 2013, North Melbourne, Australia

Vintage Computer Commercial:

• Are you keeping up with the Commodore?

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Gift card for Amazon

Auction Picks:

• Earl: NIB Vintage Microsoft MacEnhancer For Apple Macintosh
• Carrington: Quadra 605 with printer
  • Alt: 1979 Challenger

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Topics:

• Host topic: Get Off My Lawn tech that bugged us even back then.
• Digital Den to preserve and exhibit vintage computers
  • Indigogo campaign
  • Cambridge museum aims to preserve digital history
• KansasFest attendees feature on ComputerWorld
• GOG.com and the challenges of retro PC gaming
• The itty bitty Mac
• Manson H. Whitlock, typewriter repairman, dies at 96
• Polybius song by Julian Corrie
  • Polybius urban legend

Upcoming Events

• VCF Midwest 8.0, Sept 28-29, 2013, Lombard, IL, USA
• Retropalooza, Sept 28, 2013, Arlington, TX USA
• VCFe 14.0 Oct 5-6, Winterthur, CH
• DEC Legacy 2013, October 19th/20th, Marchesi Centre, Windermere, UK

Vintage Computer Commercials:

• Rasputin for ZX

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• The Xronos alarm clock

Auction Picks:

• Earl: Commodore CBM PET Model 8032
• Carrington: Deja Vu II: Lost in Las Vegas for Apple IIgs

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Panelists: David Greelish (hosting), Earl Evans and Carrington Vanston

Topics:

• Host topic: “Will this retro-computing hobby last?” revisited
• KansasFest
• Reading the newspaper on your computer in 1981
• Cambridge Centre of Computing History opens
  • ComputingHistory.co.uk
  • SiliconDreams.org.ui
• The Dying Art of Computer Viruses
• TRS8BIT quarterly Tandy newsletter
• A History of the Information Machine
• The Computer: An Illustrated History From its Origins to the Present Day
• Computer Chess (the movie)
• Electronic Plastic

Vintage Computer Commercials:

• Mario Bros. Atari 2600 & 5200
• 1970s Electronic Quarterback game
• 1988 Radio Shack Tandy 286 PC Commercial

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Mattel Classic Football 2

Auction Picks:

• Carrington: Mystery House for Apple II (sealed!)
  • Alt: Infocom Starcross flying saucer
• Earl: Vintage Apple II Plus
• David: DEC PDP 11/70 console board

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