Retro Computing Roundtable

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

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

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

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