Retro Computing Roundtable

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

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

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

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