Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, Blake Patterson, with guest Laine Nooney



Topics: 1966, and The Apple II Age



Two topics this time: First, some things from 1966, and then, a discussion with Laine Nooney on their newly published book The Apple II Age: How the Computer Became Personal.



Topic/Feedback links:




The Apple II Age: How the Computer Became Personal (University of Chicago Press, 2023, Laine Nooney)



Laine Nooney



Don’t Copy That Floppy: The untold history of Apple II software piracy (Excerpt from the book)



Carterfone



Hush-a-Phone (1921) (eBay)



ELIZA—A Computer Program For the Study of Natural Language Communication Between Man and Machine, Joseph Weizenbaum, Communications of the ACL, 1966.



Apollo Guidance Computer (Wikipedia)



BIT-C-128 Video DAC




Retro Computing News:




A2VGA – Pico IIe Card



Appril2



CrossRunner (a new IIGS emulator)



Jordan Mechner, Replay



Deep dive into a Sol-20



New 386 DOS PCs in 2023?




Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:




Danny Ross presents Timex/Sinclair 1500 and 2068 at Boston Computer Society, October 26, 1983



Apple IIGS commercial




Retro Computing Gift Idea:




Opis 192 Cable C Candlestick phone




Upcoming (or recent) gatherings:




VCF Midwest (Sep 9-10, 2023, Elmhurst, IL)



Tandy Assembly (Sep 29-Oct 1, 2023, Springfield, OH)




Auction Picks:




Blake:

Timex/Sinclair 1500



Another Timex/Sinclair 1500





Paul:

Seiko SmartPad



See also: Seiko SmartPad2



See also: SmartPad2 in action



MacroMind-Paracomp MacRecorder Sound Studio Pro



Breakout II






A2Stream file:




a2stream file for this episode: http://lo-fi.rcrpodcast.com/rcr266.a2stream




Feedback/Discussion:




[email protected] on Mastodon



Vintage Computer Forum



RCR Podcast on Facebook



Throwback Network



Throwback Network on Facebook




Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John XShow audio files hosted by CyberEars



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