Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting) and Carrington Vanston



Topic: 1978



In 1978, we got WordStar and LaserDisc. Not VisiCalc.



Topic/Feedback links:




Wordstar (Wikipedia)



VisiCalc (Wikipedia) almost!



Laserdisc



Exidy Sorceror lot discussed in episode 182, November 2018



DEC VAX (Wikipedia) again?




Retro Computing News:




Grace Hopper lecture found but can’t be released



Living Computer Museum will start auctioning things



Gen One (Christie’s)



Legends of Adventure: The Story of Sierra On-Line



Unboxing an Apple-1 (YouTube)



Apple-1 number 18




Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:




Wordstar commercial (Computerland)



Lotus 123 running alongside your good applications



Coleco Adam scholarship




Retro Computing Gift Idea:




SC131

SC131 (YouTube)






Auction Picks:




Carrington:

X*Press X*Change



Apple Bunny key repeater



Dancing Baby screensaver





Paul:

Math Sequences



Fix your Apple Plotter (auction long gone)



FujiNet for Adam (different auction, and also ended)



Atari power cube

Apple //c power cube (mozzwald)



Another Atari power cube (mozzwlad)





NABU RomWBW option card (auction long gone, but see below)

NABU forums post about the RomWBW option card





Newton 2000/20001 internal USB-C connectivity board (auction long gone, but see below)

Newtonsales





Model 100/102 ROM

Model 200 ROM





Atari 2600 power adapter



Model 100 set



July 1978 Disk II notes






A2Stream file:




a2stream file for this episode: http://lo-fi.rcrpodcast.com/rcr278.a2stream




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