Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, and Blake Patterson



Topic: 1981



In 1981, we started communicating with AT commands and Kermit. Timex/Sinclair released the 1000/ZX-81. We got the BBC Micro and the ABC 800. IBM introduced the PC, for business, no fun allowed. And MS-DOS. And more.



Topic/Feedback links:




Sony 3.5 drive



Quick, hide in this closet! (folklore.org)



IBM PC

“Atari” design





MS-DOS



Osborne 1



Xerox Star



IPv4



Kermit



kermitproject.org



C-Kermit 10.0 beta 11 released in early August



Hayes Smartmodem 300



Hayes AT command set



Sinclair ZX81



Timex/Sinclair 1000



BBC Micro



ABC 800



Donkey Kong



E-mu Emulator




Retro Computing News:




Thomas Kurtz obituary (Legacy.com)



Dartmouth BASIC at 50



CHM in memoriam Thomas Kurtz



San Francisco Muni will stop using floppy disks Any Day Now



Atari ST Notebook (it was real)



The Pentium as a Navajo weaving (Nat Gallery of Art)



Ward Christensen passed away



CBBS for winter contact in the Chicago computer hobbyists’ group. Feb 1978, written up in Byte Nov 1978



Ward Christensen obituary (NYT)




Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:




Magnavox TV with built-in Odyssey



Super Pong



HayesStack




Retro Computing Gift Idea:




Floppy disk cookie cutters.




Auction Picks:




Blake:

RARE DCS Industries Slot Box for Tandy EX HX 1000 A SX TX SL TL SL/2 TL/2 RL RLX





Paul:

3D printed TI cartridge tray.



Warez wear.



Omnitronix cassette interface



NeXT Cube.



Programma 101 (sold at $4000, 2 bids)






Closing notes:




Estate Sale (wound up with Super Pong, not much else).




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Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X



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