Retro Computing Roundtable

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

Topics:

• R.I.P. Jack Tramiel:
  • Improbable PC Pioneer: Commodore’s Jack Tramiel, 1928-2012…
  • YouTube: Commodore 64 – 25th Anniversary Celebration
  • Book: Commodore: A Company on the Edge
• Apple ][ turns 35:
  • 1977 West Coast Computer Faire program
  • Wikipedia: Apple ][
• Book: The Best of Creative Computing: Volume 3
  • http://www.atariarchives.org/ by Kevin Savetz
• Wasteland 2 beats funding target by $2 million
• Who’s talking to us?
  • Rikki from Glasgow sends us shopping:
    • new old stock Commodore LED watches on eBay.
  • James sends us some great TI-99/4A links:
    • TI-99/4A User Group
    • The TI-99/4A Home Computer Page
    • Win994a-TI-99/4A Simulator for Windows
    • TI-99/4A Home Computer Book Archive
    • WHTECH –real big repository of files
    • TI-99/4A Gameshelf
    • ATARIAGE TI-99/4A programming forum
• Prince of Persia source code posted
• Don’t forget upcoming vintage computing events!
  • VCF East
  • International Classic Video Game Tournament
  • KansasFest
  • VCF Midwest and the ECCC
• Auction prices are getting out of hand:
  • $100,000 Mac prototype
  • Related forum thread
• New Apple II User’s Guide coming soon
• Video Games Live coming to Canada, eh?

Old Computer Commercials:

• YouTube: Radio Shack TRS-80 Commercial 1979 1980
• YouTube: First Apple Commercial 1977 by High Technology, Inc.

Retro Computing Gift Ideas:

• Carrington: Trip to the American Classic Arcade Museum
• David: Atari Arcade 04-0002EN Atari Arcade iPad Device
• Ear: Modern day buckling spring keyboard from Unicomp

Current Auctions:

• Carrington: Infocom poster from Zork Users Group
• David: Byte Shop Byt-8 Early S-100 Personal Computer
  • Alt choice: BYT-8 S-100 Mini Micro System
• Earl: Lear Siegler ADM-3A Terminal

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

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