Retro Computing Roundtable

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/

Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X – link

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