ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Panelists: David Greelish (host), Earl Evans, Evan Koblentz and Matt Wilson.
Topics:
- Ken Olsen, founder of DEC, dead at 84
- Jerry Lawson, Black Video Game Pioneer
- The Top-Performing Alternative Investments: Vintage Apple Computers and Other PCs
- This Week in IT History: In Man vs. Machine, Machine Wins (Again)
- Castle Wolfenstein Original Cover Art Painting sells for $2000+!
- Battle of the Brains: Election-Night Forecasting at the Dawn of the Computer Age (pdf) – Dissertation by Ira Chinoy, University of Maryland
- Click! A Brief History of Computing
- The histories of computing(s) by Michael S. Mahoney (pdf)
- The 25 Most Important PCs in History
- Open Apple: An Apple II Podcast
Retro Computing Auction Picks:
- Matt – Vintage Dell Dimension XPS Intel 486 DX2-66
- Evan – MITS Altair 8800 Computer- Rare Early Version
- Earl – Teletype model 33 – vintage computer and stand
- David – “Zenith” in Vintage Computing category
Links Mentioned:
- http://pdxcug.org/
- http://www.commodoreserver.com/ProductView.asp?PID=365065CF529B4C408F7D01C08BA34803
- http://retrobits.libsyn.com/show-133-an-interview-with-stewart-cheifet-part-i
- http://www.pdpplanet.com/
- http://used.addall.com/
- http://www.vintage.org/2011/east/
Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X – link
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