Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Earl Evans, Jack Nutting, Blake Patterson, and Carrington Vanston
Retro computers, as featured in TV and movies. What shows at the time had computers in them? What shows of today has yesterday's computers in them?
Rebuilding James Bond’s Apple IIc - A Software ForgeryBlake mentions: War Games, The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins, Whiz Kids, 2010: The Year We Make Contact, Electric Dreams, Cloak and Dagger, Weird Science, Knight Rider, Kindergarden Cop, City Slickers, Wayne's WorldThe War Games IMSAI 8080Earl mentions: Terminator - Rise Of The Machines, Star Wreck - In The Pirkinning, UFO, Colossus: The Forbin ProjectJack mentions: Manhunt: UnabomberCarrington mentions: Desk Set, Alphaville, World on a Wire, Crosstalk, The Rachel Papers, Evilspeak, Takeover, The KGB, The Computer, and Me, Triumph of the Nerds, Pirates of Silicon Valley, Computer Chess, John Wick series, Magic 2.0: Off to Be the Wizard (Scott Meyer).Paul mentions: Halt & Catch Fire, Stranger Things, The Americans, The Goldbergs, Young Sheldon, Schooled, Blindspot, Devs, The IT Crowd, Lost, Preacher, Timeless, Mr. RobotSpectrum Next unboxing videoNew C64 printed circuit boardsCamelot dungeon game, on Cyber1 (PLATO)Bill Metcalfe, BBS game developer, passed awayApple and Steve Jobs' Biggest Mistakes Ep 1 - The MacintoshGraphicConverter now opens Apple II formatsATR Image ExplorerThe Long View - Macintosh Y2020Moritz & Alexander (2019). Vintage electronics for trusted radiation measurements and verified dismantlement of nuclear weapons. PLOS ONE.Bubbles Whiting—Using Punch Cards1970s Unbuilt Kit ComputersSylvain Lefebvre made a DooM-chipBrief Engadget write-up of DooM-chip
VCF Southeast 8.0. July 10-12. Atlanta, GA.
KansasFest. July 24-25. Online.
WozFest SWEET 16. Sat Jul 25. Online.
VCF West. August 1-2. Mountain View, CA (Computer History Museum).
VCF East. October 10-12, 2020 (rescheduled). InfoAge. Wall, NJ.Vintage Computer-related Commercials:
Are you keeping up with the Commodore?Retro Computing Gift Idea:
UpCart Plus for C64Blake: Mindset Computer System
See also: Mindset Computer (Bytecellar)
Exatron Stringy Floppy Disk Drive Wafer media
Carrington: AOL t-shirt
My Other Computer Is An Apple II (sticker)
My Other Computer Is A Commodore 64 (sticker)
My Other Tablet Is A Newton (sticker)
Radio Shack CGP-115 4-pen printer
Spare paper rolls for CGP-115
Earl: MAINDEC-11-DZMMC-A-PB (PDP-8 paper tape)
Commodore Computer Gold Rim Shot Glass
NeXT shot glass
Paul: Applesurance diagnostic disk controller
See also: Apple II The Review, Spring 1986 (p. 18)
See also: Stephen Buggie presentation (KansasFest 1996)
Personal Software VisiStuff
Tandy 1000 EX
DEC PDP etc. stuff
Martek Electronics Apple II external keyboard
See also: Compute! (Feb 1989)
See also: Computist (#74)
Clipper Summer 87 unboxingHome Computers: 100 Icons that Defined a Digital Generation (book, CNN Style)
@rcrpodcast on Twitter
Vintage Computer Forum
RCR Podcast on Facebook
Throwback Network
Throwback Network on FacebookIntro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X - link
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