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

Topics:

• The Strange Birth and Long Life of Unix
• Intel Celebrates 40th Anniversary of World’s First Microprocessor (Intel 4004)
• Research Slideshow: Computer History Quiz: Ten Most Influential Contributors
• Vintage games iOS:
  ~ Elite Systems re-releases vintage games (including Paranoid)
  ~ Prince of Persia retro
  ~ Atari’s Greatest Hits
  ~ Miner 2049er
  ~ Glider Classic
  ~ Spectre 3D
  ~ Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing and Sonic Spinball
  ~ Chrono Trigger
  ~ Snake ’97
  ~ Marathon
  ~ The 7th Guest and The 7th Guest: Book of Secrets
  ~ The Secret of Monkey Island special edition
  ~ Another World – 20th Anniversary
  ~ Frotz
• iOS games with a vintage feel:
  ~ Forget-Me-Not
  ~ The Incident
  ~ Canabalt
  ~ Geometry Wars
  ~ Hard Lines
  ~ Space Junk
  ~ AirFox HD
  ~ Hypership Out Of Control
  ~ GoatUp (and other games by Llamasoft)
  ~ Super Drill Panic (and other games by OrangePixel)
• iCade
• Steve Jobs and NeXT (YouTube)
• RetroChallenge 2012 coming up on January 1st!

Additional Links:

• MITS 300/55 Business System (Altair in a desk)
• The Living Computer Museum
• Classic Computing, Steve Smith interview
• Buy the book! The Complete Historically Brewed

Retro Computing Auction Picks:

• Carrington: Transwarp TW2325 Accelerator for Mac Classic
• Earl: Commodore LED handheld calculator
• David: Cromeco Z-2 Vintage Video Capture Computer System

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• 1942 Game of Nim by Raymond Redheffer
• Book: Steve Jobs
  • Steve Jobs [Abridged, Audiobook] [Audio CD]
  • Steve Jobs PBS special
  • A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs
• Maker Faire – Mad Science for the Masses
  • Make magazine
•  New Texas Instruments Home Computer game by RCR fan
•  iPod turns 10
  • Steve Jobs introduces iPod
  • iPod interactive timeline
  • 10 years of iPod commercials
  • Steve Jobs – 2007 iPhone Presentation
•  Forum/Community recommendation: Vintage Computer Forums
•  Website recommendation: C128.com

Additional Links:

• Google image search: pdp 11/23
• Alpha Microsystems
• HP 660LX
• Toy Story Pixar Fail Toy Funny Video Review by Mike Mozart JeepersMedia

Retro Computing Auction Picks:

• Carrington – Sony TCM-5000EV / 1979 Soviet calculator with 16 nixie tubes
• Earl – IMSAI 8080, two terminals, dual 8″ drives, no reserve
• David – Amstrad PPC 512 Vintage Retro the 1st Portable Laptop Computer

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Topics:

• RIP, Steve Jobs
  • ‘Steve Jobs Day’ Receives Official Proclamation for Today
  • Photoset from Jobs tribute at Clarendon, VA Apple Store
  • True accomplishments:
    • Catalyst for start / catalyst for change at Apple
    • Direction of the Macintosh
    • Re-focusing of Apple after coming back
  • Misconceptions
    • He (Apple) stole intellectual property from Xerox
    • He invented technologies
    • Microsoft bailed Apple out in 1997
  • Parallels to Walt Disney (the man)
    • Talented themselves, but more so in attracting talent
    • Visionary / Futurist
    • Re-inventing their companies
    • Walt and EPCOT / Steve and the new Apple campus
    • Risk Taking
• Book: Return To The Little Kingdom
• Douglas Engelbart : The Mother of All Demos
• Scotty and the mouse in Star Trek IV
• RIP, Dennis Ritchie
  • Co-creator and early innovator on UNIX
  • Creator of the C programming language
  • Was Dennis Ritchie more important than Steve Jobs?
  • Book: C Programming Language (2nd Edition)
• John Romero to keynote KansasFest 2012
  • Matt Chat 51: Interview with John Romero (Early Days)
• A good version of Donkey Kong finally comes to Intellivision
• Volunteers rebuild World War II computers at Bletchley Park
• A Close Flyby of Mac Classic ‘Glider Classic’ for iOS
• Another World
• Byte Cellar

Retro Computing Auction Picks:

• Carrington – Oo-Topos: an extraterrestrial adventure for Apple II
• David – Original Macintosh / Mac 128K Computer System, 1984 – Steve Jobs
• Blake – Commodore / Amiga A1060 Sidecar w/ Plus+ Hardcard 20 / Plus Development
• Earl – VIC-1020 expansion chassis for VIC-20 computer / More info

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• RIP, Steve Jobs
  • ‘Steve Jobs Day’ Receives Official Proclamation for Today
  • Photoset from Jobs tribute at Clarendon, VA Apple Store
  • True accomplishments:
    • Catalyst for start / catalyst for change at Apple
    • Direction of the Macintosh
    • Re-focusing of Apple after coming back
  • Misconceptions
    • He (Apple) stole intellectual property from Xerox
    • He invented technologies
    • Microsoft bailed Apple out in 1997
  • Parallels to Walt Disney (the man)
    • Talented themselves, but more so in attracting talent
    • Visionary / Futurist
    • Re-inventing their companies
    • Walt and EPCOT / Steve and the new Apple campus
    • Risk Taking
• Book: Return To The Little Kingdom
• Douglas Engelbart : The Mother of All Demos
• Scotty and the mouse in Star Trek IV
• RIP, Dennis Ritchie
  • Co-creator and early innovator on UNIX
  • Creator of the C programming language
  • Was Dennis Ritchie more important than Steve Jobs?
  • Book: C Programming Language (2nd Edition)
• John Romero to keynote KansasFest 2012
  • Matt Chat 51: Interview with John Romero (Early Days)
• A good version of Donkey Kong finally comes to Intellivision
• Volunteers rebuild World War II computers at Bletchley Park
• A Close Flyby of Mac Classic ‘Glider Classic’ for iOS
• Another World
• Byte Cellar

Retro Computing Auction Picks:

• Carrington – Oo-Topos: an extraterrestrial adventure for Apple II
• David – Original Macintosh / Mac 128K Computer System, 1984 – Steve Jobs
• Blake – Commodore / Amiga A1060 Sidecar w/ Plus+ Hardcard 20 / Plus Development
• Earl – VIC-1020 expansion chassis for VIC-20 computer / More info

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

Topics:

• Vintage Computer Festival Midwest 6.0 / Emergency Chicagoland Commodore Convention
• Portland Retro Gaming Expo
• PETdisk
  • ZoomFloppy
• Happy Birthday, Donkey Kong
• Auction for Apple II mp3 card raises $237.06 for the the @rsuenaga scholarship
• Bill Kunkel passes away
• Vintage Computers in Toronto (from Toronto City Hall Archives)
  • http://www.vintagecomputer.net/univac1219.cfm
  • The Friedman Archives: Univac 1219
• New Sony PSN ToS: Class Action Waiver Included
• Book: Ready Player One

Other Mentioned Links:

• Mike Lee, http://geekmuseum.org/Welcome.html
• World of Commodore 2011

Retro Computing Auction Picks:

• Carrington – Electric 3 wheel custom car with onboard Apple IIc
• Earl – Hewlett Packard 21MX-M / 1000 Series M Computer Minicomputer
• David – Lisa Computer- Working Sort Of

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Topics:

• Vintage Computer Festival Midwest 6.0 / Emergency Chicagoland Commodore Convention
• Portland Retro Gaming Expo Sep 24th and 25th
• Atari targets retro community with Cease and Desist
  • http://atari2600.org/
  • Atari Flashback at E3 UPDATE:
• Shrine of Apple
• Insert Coin
• Champions of Commodore
• New DAC Sound Card for Apple Lisa
  • http://www.vintagemicros.com/
• The Computer Programme
  • Micro Men
  • Bits and Bytes
  • http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/
• Windows 8 design to radically depart from Mac OS X Lion
• Uploading the Mad Magazine Computer issue from 1985
• How to kill HP in one year

Retro Computing Auction Picks:
Carrington – Infocom Deadline for Apple II
Earl – MITS Altair BASIC on paper tape
Kevin – 1989 Prodigy Interactive Personal Service Startup Kit
David – nixdorf computer 286 laptop 1989!!!

Other Mentioned Links:

• Book: Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World’s Most Wanted Hacker
• Book: Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground
• Book: Inventing the PC: The MCM/70 Story
• Book: Masters of Deception: The Gang That Ruled Cyberspace

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Topics:

• Vintage Computer Festival Midwest 6.0 / Emergency Chicagoland Commodore Convention
• Vintage Computer Festival SW 2.0
• IBM PC 30th Annivesary Extravaganza
• Personal Computers: A History of the Hardware That Changed the World
• Tech Survivors: Computer technologies 25 years or older you still use
  • Doug Engelbart 1968 Demo – 1 of 9
  • IBM inventor: PC is dead

Retro Computing Auction Picks:

David

• Atari Portfolio computer WORKS + rare promo pin + more
• TI 99/4A Home Computer w PHP 1500 Speech Synthesizer

Earl

• Commodore B128 personal computer
• B128 with display picture
• NOS 8” diskettes on Vintage Computer Marketplace

Carrington

• RamWorks III with 2MEG PLUS expander

Other Mentioned Links:

• mTCP
• New Epson PX-8 Geneva Portable Computer & Accessories for sale
• Portland Retro Gaming Expo
• The Oregon Trail – Official Trailer
• Capri pants

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Topics:

• Homebrew CPU
• KansasFest
• CFFA3000
• Vince Briel’s A2MP3 card
• http://backchan.nl
• Video Game History Museum
• David’s Kickstarter project
• CommVEX (annual Commodore expo in Las Vegas)
• Portland Retro Gaming Expo
• Vintage Computer Festival Midwest 6.0 / Emergency Chicagoland Commodore Convention

Retro Computing Auction Picks:

• Carrington – Polaroid SX-70 pop-up folding Land camera
• Earl – Videobrain vintage cartridge computer 1977
• David – CompuColor II

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• The First Seattle Retro-Computing Society meeting, Seattle, WA, June 25, 2011
• SDCard HxC Floppy Emulator available!
• Toronto Video Game Armageddon
• Retrochallenge 2011 Summer Challenge
• STUDY SAYS TECHNOLOGY COULD TRANSFORM SOCIETY, New York Times, Published: June 14, 1982
• Classic Computing Cctalk discussion list
• Christian Liendo
• KansasFest 2011 session list
• “Viva Amiga” – The Documentary Film
• California Extreme vintage video game/pinball expo
• Machine Project Apple II concert (was on June 25th)
• Space Invaders watch
• Profile / Widget Emulator Board for Apple Lisa & Apple III
• http://www.vintagemicros.com/catalog/index.php
• IIgs MicroDrive IDE Controller – 128MB CF $135.00
• Adam Savage on NewsHour, Discussing Maker Movement

Retro Computing Auction Picks:

• Carrington –18.75MHz Transwarp GS (Apple IIgs accelerator)
• Earl – Wyse WY-185 terminal
• David – Rare Apple Lisa 2/10 Computer, Restored, Fully Working

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Topics:

• olduse.net: a real-time historical exhibit
• Seattle Retro-Computing Society
• Atlanta Historical Computing Society
• Fignition 8 bit kit computer for PAL users
• Internet history is vanishing into thin air
• http://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/gw
• Hyperkin announcces Supaboy portable SNES
• Retro Duo Twin Video Game System NES & SNES
• Retron 3 NES/SNES/Genesis Triple System
• HybridSID – Emulated CPU, Real SID Chip
• SLAY Radio
• The C64 Take-away podcast
• Apple II Plus Released Today (6/10)
• eBay alternatives:
  • LEM Swap
  • Craigslist
  • Vintage Computer and Gaming Marketplace
  • Goodwill
  • eBay Classifieds

Retro Computing Auction Picks:

• David – Tandy Acoustic Coupler (modem) Model AC-4
• David – Vintage Anderson Jacobson A 242A Acoustic Data Coupler
• Earl – Sun SparcStation 10
• Carrington – Apple IIe to IIGS upgrade

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