Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Earl Evans, and Carrington Vanston
Topic: The dot matrix impact
Spending some time revisiting the calmer, quieter days when our printing was done by forcefully slamming pins through an ink ribbon onto perforated paper, pushed along by rotating spikes.
Topic/Feedback links:

Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration. Trailer
Multimedia HyperGuide: A Windows 3.1 Podcast. Episode 11: The History of After Dark. (29 Sep 2020).
RetroMagazine 15
Connecting a 1541 drive to a KIM-1 (Commodore History)
Unboxing the KIM-1 (Dave’s Garage)

Retro Computing News:

Celebrating 50 years of Smalltalk
TRS-80 programming competition

Vintage Computer(-related) commercial:

Okidata Business Printer (1985)
Epson (1984)

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

50 Years of Text Games
See also: 50 Years of Text Games (Kickstarter)
See also: 50 Years of Text Games (Substack series)

Auction Picks:

Carrington:

On-Line Systems Thrilogy
Checkers by David Slate
Karateka for Apple II or maybe Commodore
Wasteland with Survival Guide
See also: Wasteland Survival Guide PDF


Earl:

Radio Shack CGP115 graphics printer/plotter


Paul:

IBM 5161
Apple mouse pad
Timex/Sinclair 2068
Numeric keyball



Closing notes:

In Search of Darkness, and In Search of Tomorrow

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Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X
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