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

Topics:

• The CD player turns 30
• Bell Labs tribute to Dennis Ritchie on YouTube
• Kickstarter: P112 Single Board Computer Kit
• Retro City Rampage released
• Introducing the Lo-tech XT-CFv2
• Apple 1 fails to sell at Christie’s auction
• Mimeo 1 kits on sale again
• Ken Gagne steps down from KansasFest Committee

Vintage Computer Commercials:

• Crazy Eddie’s gone Computer Crazy!!
• “I Need A Vacation!” John Cleese Compaq Commercial

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• David: Miniature iMac computer radio toy

Current Auctions:

• Earl: Coleco Adam Home Computer with accessories
  • Alt choice: Mac Mini in Disk II enclosure
• Carrington: Key Tronic dual RJ-11/ADB keyboard for original and later Macs
• David: Vintage 1979 Mattel Electronics horse race analyzer handheld computer

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Topics:

• RC-3 Relay Computer from Stephen Torrence, Museum of Computer Culture
  • Harry Porter’s Relay Computer at Portland State University
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z1_%28computer%29
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HarvardMarkI
• Apple II prototype hardware sold on eBay:
  • Prototype RAMWORKS VGA interface
  • Prototype Apple IIc VGA adapter
• Report from the Portland Retro Gaming Expo
• 101 Classic Computer Ads, from David’s brother Keith
• MultipleClassicComputer
• “VCFMW7 Happened. It was a good time! Pic links here:”
• Internet Archive adding issues of Byte magazine, via fan Roman
• Original Apple 1 Headed to Auction
• Melissa Baron’s glitch screenprints
  • Baron’s presentation at KansasFest 2010

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Earl: Minecraft Foam Sword & Pickaxe Combo Set Of 2

Current Auctions:

• Carrington: IMSAI 8080
• David: Mini Apple II computer handmade Flash drive
• Earl: DEC Digital MicroVAX II w/ SCSI OpenVMS 7.3 VAX

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Topics:

• Last Call for the VCFMW!
• X11 turns 25. Hey, you don’t look a day over 20
• Apple 1 replica sells for $1,525
  • Michael Ng’s Newton 1
  • Mike Willegal’s Mimeo
  • Steve Gabaly’s Obtronix (not official site)
  • Controversy over replica design sources
  • Vince Briel’s Replica 1
  • Apple 1 Replica Creation book
• Benj Edwards: “Is the iPad a PC? Tell me what you think.”
• Commodore C64SSD epic case mod, from one of our listeners!
• Crippled by Nostalgia: The Fraud of Retro Gaming
• Shameless plug for upcoming Retrobits
• Cypher: Cyberpunk Text Adventure

Vintage Computer Commercials:

• MacBook Air NOT the First (Aired in 1994)
• Apple Powerbook Classic Commercial 1993

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Carrington: Adventure shirt

Current Auctions:

• David: Macintosh 128k vintage computer
• Earl: WordPerfect and dBase III Plus new in box
• Carrington: Heath HTX-10 keyboard terminal

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Topics:

• Atari Arcade: play “re-imagined” classics in a web browsers
• From Altair to iPad: 35 years of personal computer market share
• S100 mini front panel project
• AtGames announces Atari Flashback 4 and Arcade Classic
  • Flashback 4 review
• Tetris World Championship coming to PRGE, Sept 29-30
• Mike’s Hobby Pages podcast
• David Crane’s Jungle Adventure Kickstarter
• Another Apple 1 to be auctioned by Christies
• Captain 8BIT & The Game Chasers

Interview

• Exclusive interview with Adam Rosen, of the Vintage Mac Museum

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• David: Nixie Clock Electronic Kit K8099

Current Auctions:

• Carrington: NeXTSTEP 3.2 Operating System and Developer Kit
• Earl: PET “Fat 40” 4032
• David: Jeff Raskin’s Complete Canon Cat System

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Topics:

• A movie of a world populated by old Macs! Teaser online at:
  • www.projectgenesismovie.com
  • vimeo.com/46094886
• Air Raid (rarest cartridge for Atari 2600) appears on eBay
  • Air Raid on Wikipedia
• The Ridiculously Overpriced ‘Vintage’ Tech of eBay
• Vintage Computer Festival SW 3.0 report by Michael Sternberg
  • pictures
• What’s Where in the Apple eBook
  • Previous funding campaign on Kickstarter was unsuccessful
• Nick Gentry art
• Compiling a list of retro computer shows
• Neo Geo to return as a handheld: Neo Geo X Gold
• Vintage Computer Festival MW and Emergency Chicagoland Commodore Convention
  • Lombard, IL, 9/22 – 9/23

Retro Computer Commercial
– Apple Newton ad – Who is Newton?

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Earl: Pins, earrings, etc. from Pixel Party

Auction Picks:

• Carrington: EA Adventure Construction Set prototype
• David: Vintage Portable Trans PC LCD -286 Computer Works
• Earl: Sinclair ZX80

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Topics:

• KansasFest 2012 Recap
• Book: The New Apple II User’s Guide
• Time: The TRS-80 Model I turns 35
• C64 turns 30: What do today’s kids make of it?
• RegHardware: Basic instinct–the way we used to code
• Vintage Computer Festival Southwest 3.0
• Vintage Computer Festival Midwest 7.0
• Emergency Chicagoland Commodore Convention 2012

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Carrington: Convert old disks to new media
  • Thanks to listener Jake Lampe for the idea

Auction Picks:

• David: 1981 Silicon Gultch Gazette Newspaper
• Earl: Mattel Aquarius Computer
• Carrington: Star Saga: One

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Topics:

• Live from KansasFest 2012
• Acorn Archimedes turns 25
• Clamshell! The Greatest Computing Form Factor of All Time
  • Dynamac
• Vintage Computer Festival Southwest 3.0

Retro Computing Gift Ideas:

• Carrington: 8-Bit Glasses
• David: Tin Robot 2008
• Earl: 8-Bit Tablet Sleeve

Auction Picks:

• Carrington: Ultima II large box
• Earl: Apple II Plus
• David: Apple IIc Plus with monitor, printer, etc.

Additional Links:

• Star Saga: One

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Topics:

• Howard Cantin interview–Woz’s reaction
• Apple 1 results
  • Ken Gagne’s article
  • Sothebys listin
• Retrochallenge
• Computer History Museum Inducts Ford Sync
  • Computer History Museum exhibit on Google Street View
  • J D Power quality survey results
• Sweet16 starter kit
  • Sweet16
  • Virtual][
• Pocket Mini Computer
• Microsoft Has A Long And Tortured History In Tablets
• Microsoft’s Surface Tablets: What Experts are Saying
• Lee Felsenstein Lecture in New Jersey, July 1
• Malcolm Gladwell: History will exalt Bill Gates, forget Steve Jobs
• KansasFest 2012
  • Inform7
  • Briel Computers KansasFest workshops
  • KFest mailing list

Old Computer Commercial:

• CompUSA commercial

Retro Computing Gift Ideas:

• Carrington: Chocolate Spectrum keyboard
• David: ZX1 Red LED Watch Drivers Retro 70s Style Digital Display
  • Alt: Green version from Amazon.com, $79.99)
• Earl: Tony Stark Light up LED Iron Man Shirt from ThinkGeek

Auction Picks:

• Carrington: Franklin Ace 100 Plus
• David: IBM 5155 portable personal computer
• Earl: Netronics Research ELF II
• Mainframes on Ebay

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Topics:

• 6502 emulated in Minecraft
• 44 videos from KansasFest, 1995-2011
• Arkeg: arcade cabinet + beer keg
• Play Wolfenstein 3D online
• 25 years of HyperCard—the missing link to the Web
• Apple 1 auctions at both eBay and Sotheby’s
• Retrobits video of 2011 Portland Retro Gaming Expo
  • 2012 event info
• 2012 Classic Console and Arcade Gaming show, June 12)
• Byte magazine reprints Woz’s 1977 Apple II system description

Old Computer Commercials:

• Apple II Forever

Retro Computing Gift Ideas:

• David: My First Laptop Computer Plush Play Set By Gund
• Earl: Subscription to local hackerspace, e.g. Portland’s BrainSilo
• Carrington: Arcade Button Light Switch

Auction Picks:

• Carrington: IMSAI: A key early Apple artifact
• Earl: Vintage IBM Punched Card Gauge
• David: Working Apple Lisa 2 Computer

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Topics:

• Please comment in iTunes
• Our “Show and Tell” anniversary videos
• Computing fossils: Old tech holding on for dear life
• Project WALTR
  • Parallax Scribbler 2
• Cloanto Releases Amiga Forever and C64 Forever 2012
• ZX Spectrum’s chief designers reunited 30 years on
  • ZX Spectrum puzzle game Head Over Heels ported to iOS
  • Computer nostalgia is 10 PRINT ‘BOLLOCKS’
• Microbee: Australian 8-bit computer makes a comeback
• What Google would have looked like in the 80s

Books:

• The Future Was Here: The Commodore Amiga
• Inventing the PC: The MCM/70 Story
• Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple’s Success

Old Computer Commercials:

• Apple – Think Different – Full Version

Retro Computing Gift Ideas:

• Carrington: Geek love hand soap dispenser
• David: FIGnition
• Ear: The “Sojourner” Keyboard
  • Warehouse 13

Auction Picks:

• Carrington: Apple IIgs System 6 in box
  • Also available for $15 from 16sector.com
• David: HP 620 Color Palmtop PC with Desk Dock
• Ear: KIM-1 Single Board Computer, Enclosure, and some docs

Additional Links:

• First Spin podcast

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