Panelists: David Greelish (host), Earl Evans, Evan Koblentz and Matt Wilson.

Topics:

• Ken Olsen, founder of DEC, dead at 84
  • http://www.snopes.com/quotes/kenolsen.asp
  • DEC is Dead, Long Live DEC
  • TOPS-10
  • Sellam Ismail’s PDP-8 Replica Project
  • Jeri Ellsworth
• Jerry Lawson, Black Video Game Pioneer
  • Fairchild Channel F
  • http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6585977467001963251#
  • http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2498129174652261598#
• The Top-Performing Alternative Investments: Vintage Apple Computers and Other PCs
• This Week in IT History: In Man vs. Machine, Machine Wins (Again)
• Castle Wolfenstein Original Cover Art Painting sells for $2000+!
  • http://panic.com/goods/
• Battle of the Brains: Election-Night Forecasting at the Dawn of the Computer Age (pdf) – Dissertation by Ira Chinoy, University of Maryland
  • Nov. 4, 1952: Univac Gets Election Right, But CBS Balks
  • http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-machine-that-changed-the-world/
• Click! A Brief History of Computing
• The histories of computing(s) by Michael S. Mahoney (pdf)
• The 25 Most Important PCs in History
• Open Apple: An Apple II Podcast

Retro Computing Auction Picks:

• Matt – Vintage Dell Dimension XPS Intel 486 DX2-66
• Evan – MITS Altair 8800 Computer- Rare Early Version
• Earl – Teletype model 33 – vintage computer and stand
• David – “Zenith” in Vintage Computing category

Links Mentioned:

• http://pdxcug.org/
• http://www.commodoreserver.com/ProductView.asp?PID=365065CF529B4C408F7D01C08BA34803
• http://retrobits.libsyn.com/show-133-an-interview-with-stewart-cheifet-part-i
• http://www.pdpplanet.com/
• http://used.addall.com/
• http://www.vintage.org/2011/east/

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Panelists: David Greelish (host), Michael Nadeau, Bruce Damer and Carrington Vanston.

Topics:

• 25 Years of Digital Vandalism
• Zero History by William Gibson
• WDEF Virus
• Vintage Computer Festival East 7.0
• VCF Controversy?!
• A truly graphic adventure: the 25-year rise and fall of a beloved genre
• IBM Centennial Film: 100 X 100 – A century of achievements that have changed the world
• IBM and the Holocaust
• IBM Watson: A System Designed for Answers
• Debate over Jane Smiley Atanasoff book
• Digibarn Systems: The LINC – Laboratory INstrument Computer
• Personal Computing 76 T-Shirt
• Commodore Free Issue 47
• Juiced.GS

Retro Computing Auction Picks:

• Carrington – Doc’s One-Minute Encyclopedia of Nintendo Game Instructions
• Michael – Vintage SORD M243 Mark IV
• David – Highest to lowest priced in Vintage Computing

Links Mentioned:

• Bill Pentz and (Earliest) History of the Microcomputer
• Matt Chat video show
• The Retroist podcast
• Historical Computer Society
• DoubleTake podcast
• NACA (pre-NASA)

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Panelists: David Greelish (host), Derek Warren, John Leake and Evan Koblentz.

Topics:

• Consumer Electronics Show
• Retrochallenge 2011 Winter Warmup
• Points of View a tribute to Alan Kay
• Doug Engelbart 1968 Demo – 1 of 9
• Book: Dealers of Lightning
• Book: The Dream Machine
• Pirate Bay Founder Says Apple “Becoming Microsoft” with Mac App Store
• 2011 prediction #7: Microsoft is the new IBM
• Oldenburger Computer Museum
• The Visual 6502 Simulator
• VCF East 4.0 — Chuck Peddle 1/4
• New ambient techno album from Zoe Blade (from Get Lamp)
• Revolution: The First 2000 Years of Computing

Retro Computing Auction Picks:

• Derek – Text adventure: “Tass Times in Tonetown”
• John – Color Classic with 040 and IIe card
• Evan – Interesting book by Les Solomon + Stan Viet
• David – eBay “rare” in Vintage Computing

Links Mentioned:

• 1 Mhz: Episode #1
• AddALL: Used and Out of Print Search
• Amazon: Getting Involved With Your Own Computer
• Vintage Analog Computer Old Rare
• Mac Plus computer – vintage – rare – original computer
• The Cctalk Mailing List
• Data General Eclipse
• Hurricane Andrew
• Bruce Damer
• Vince Briel
• Sellam Ismail
• Matt Wilson

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Panelists: David Greelish (host), Bill Degnan, Earl Evans and Jason Scott.

Topics:

• Incredible CG work – “16-bit Memories” – tweeted by Blake Patterson, @blakespot
• Game collection of late Dungeons & Dragons creator E. Gary Gygax up for sale tweeted by Michael Nadeau, @menadeau1
• Gary Gygax on Wikipedia.org
• CommodoreUSA updated its material on the rebirth of the C64 – tweeted by Blake Patterson, @blakespot
• Oregon Trail Computer Game Becomes Live-Action Movie Trailer (The One)
• Finally a proper hardware-banging demo for Commodore PET – tweeted by Yves Bolognini,@yvesbolo
• Vintage Computer / Console Christmas Games from 8Bit Aficionado
• Bob Bishop to keynote KansasFest 2011 tweeted by KansasFest, @kansasfest
• eBay – APPLE LISA 1, VERY RARE, BACK AND BETTER THAN EVER
• Scratch-Built 8-bit Retro Computer from Retro Thing, http://www.msarnoff.org/projects/

Retro Computing Auction Picks:

• Bill – 1975 Popular Electronics – Altair 680 Computer Kit
• Earl – NEW Apple IIc 1985 Portable Computer Set SEALED BOXES!
• Jason – VIDEO GAMES & COMPUTER ENT EXTREMELY RARE JUNE 91
• Jason – RARE! Next Computer Screw Driver Nextcube Nextstation
• David – Old Commodore MOS Technology 6502 KIM-1 SBC Computer

Links Mentioned:

• Get Lamp Screening Q&A in Portland, OR
• Jason’s cat on Twitter
• Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Roleplaying Game: An Essential D&D Starter (4th Edition D&D)
• Life with the Dice Bag DVD
• Uber Goober DVD
• New Epson PX-8 Geneva Computer

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Panelists: David Greelish (host), Michael Nadeau, and James Savage.

Topics:

• Cassidy: Apple 1 sells at Christie’s auction for $212,267
• Maurice Wilkes: Visionary and pioneering doyen of British computing
• Silicon Valley: Computer History Museum to unveil $19M makeover
• Steve Wozniak the ultimate icon for the history of computing
• The 15 Greatest Computer Books of All Time

Retro Computing Auction Picks:

• Michael –APF Imagination Machine + 14 Games & Education Programs
• Michael –Vintage IMSAI VDP-80 VDP80 Business Computer Intel 8085
• James –Transparent Mac SE
• James –MacColby
• David –Largest vintage computer collection – over 600 items
• David –VINTAGE Brainiac K-30 Computer Circuits Lab EXIB 1959

Links Mentioned:

• EDSAC
• Book: Computer: A History Of The Information Machine, Second Edition
• Top Documentary Films
• Book: L.E.O.: The Incredible Story of the World’s First Business Computer
• Book: A Computer Called Leo
• Woz goes hands-on with technology relics
• Book: The Road Ahead

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Panelists: David Greelish (host), Evan Koblentz, John Leake, and Derek Warren.

Topics:

• Windows 1.0 turning 25
• The Intel 80386 Business Case
• Christie’s to Auction Apple 1 Computer
• Altair 8800 Micro (also see Micro-KIM & replica 1 TE)
• Minimig
• 4-Bit Microcomputer Kit
• Hackvision Kit
• KansasFest podcasts
• Top Documentary Films
• Bill Gates, Teen Beat
• MicroLive

Retro Computing Auction Picks:

• UNIVAC history brochure
• Core Memory
• Complete BBC Micro Model B System
• Apple IIe SWYFTcard – Tested and Works – A RARE Find!

Links Mentioned:

• http://fatmanandcircuitgirl.com/
• http://fpgaarcade.com
• Book: Commodore: A Company on the Edge
• Book: The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems
• The Banana Jr. lives!

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Panelists: David Greelish (host), Bill Degnan, Earl Evans and Carrington Vanston.

Topics:

• Bloomberg Game Changers: Steve Jobs
• John Sculley interview
• Book: BASIC Computer Games by David Ahl
•  25th anniversary of the NES
• Book: Atanasoff: Forgotten Father of the Computer
• Book: The Man Who Invented the Computer
• Book: ENIAC: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the World’s First Computer
• Get Lamp documentary
• Get Lamp Screening Q&A in Portland, OR – PDXCUG.org
• Xerox Alto that went for $30K on eBay

Retro Computing Auction Picks:

• IBM Personal Computer 5150 and Keyboard
• Vintage Compugraphic Corporation Computer Boards
• Commodore CBM Super PET 9000 Rare Vintage Computer
• VINTAGE DIGITAL DEC COMPUTER LAB H-500 LOGIC TRAINER
• Heathkit Microprocessor trainer 3700 & ETW-3567
• Vintage Altair 8800 Computer and 2 CI-S100 Readers EUC
• ISC SYSTEMS CORPORATION S-100 BUS COMPUTER MODEL 01200
• Collector’s Weekly – http://www.collectorsweekly.com/office/computers

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