Panelists: Earl Evans (hosting), Paul Hagstrom, Michael Mulhurn, Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston

Host’s Topic: Lottery

You won the lottery! Now, money is no object. You can pick one – just one – vintage computer system with all the fixings. Which one do you add to your collection, and why?

Retro Computing News:

• Floppy Days Episode 24 – the CompuColor II
• The Retrobits Podcast show 092: A Close Encounter – The CompuColor II
• RCR episode 013, when there was a CompuColor II on eBay
• “The 6502 Gets Microprogrammable Instructions,” Dennette A. Harrod, Byte Oct 1980
• Ferranti Atlas computers
• Video about the Atlas computers
• Gray Chang’s Claim Jumper development notebook
• Atari releases LGBT-themed “Pridefest” game
• Z80 Membership card
• Gofundme page for Sean’s Garage Giveaway (KansasFest)
• 25 years ago a working party started something so pervasive today – IEEE802.11
• The Superheroines of Computing
  • Grace Hopper Documentary
  • Grace Hopper interview on Letterman
• Build a 6502, 6809, or Z80 computer hardware emulation using FPGA development boards and a few external parts. Neat stuff!
  • Cyclone IV
  • Grant Searle’s FPGA Pick-and-mix
• Retro VGS
• JKL museum
• MEGA65

Vintage Computer Commercial:

• Epson Featuring Kent Dorfman from Animal House

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Black and White Keyboard Box

Auction Picks:

• Carrington: Apple IIc covers
  • Blazing Paddles for Apple II
• Earl: Vintage Texas Instruments 99/4 Peripheral Expansion System
• Michael: Extra RAM for your VIC-20
  – See also: tech info (ftp link)
  • Epson CX-20 Portable Acoustic Coupler
• Jack: Mattel Aquarius
  • Aquaricart
  • 32k cartridge
• Paul: Your CompuServe account has been suspended
  • Model 100, disk drive, ROMs, manuals, software.
  • Floppy traveling case
  • Apple plotter
  • Keyboards one and two
  • North American source of SCSI2SDs
    • See also: Compatible computers

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