Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Kay Savetz, and Carrington Vanston

Topic: 1983

In 1983, Apple gave us Lisa, the ImageWriter, and the Apple //e. Atari gave us the XL line, Microsoft gave us (Multi-Tool) Word, Lotus gave us 1-2-3, David Lightman gave us wardialing. The era of it being always DNS began.

Topic/Feedback links:

  • Apple Lisa
  • Apple ImageWriter
  • iOMEGA Bernoulli Box
    • Demo of Bernoulli Box A220
    • Bernoulli Box brochure
    • PCMag review of the Bernoulli Box
  • MIDI
    • ANTIC interview 447: Robert Moore and Paul Rother (Hybrid Arts MIDIMate)
    • ANTIC interview 448: Frank Foster (Hybrid Arts MIDIMate)
  • Microsoft Multi-Tool Word
    • Multi-Tool Word in Infoworld May 30, 1983
    • Microsoft Word in PC World Nov 1983
  • Lotus 1-2-3
  • TRS-80 Model 100
  • Apple //e
  • Atari 1200XL
  • DNS
  • It’s always DNS
  • MSX
  • WarGames
    • The WarGames IMSAI etc.
    • History Lesson

Retro Computing News:

  • Z80-sans
  • 50 years of Oregon Trail
  • Angry Robots! New puzzle game for 68K Macs
  • Bill Atkinson accidentally doxxed Douglas Adams on The Computer Chronicles
  • FlatMac (Hackaday)
    • FlatMac build video

Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:

  • Lotus 1-2-3 rocks
  • Atari XL home computer
  • TRS-80 Model 100

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

  • Brew Atari

Auction Picks:

  • Carrington:
    • Portal (different auction)
  • Kay:
    • TELEVIDEO 990 Terminal 63 Units (in a field!)
    • TEC Micro-Tec Model 70 X CRT VDT Terminal
  • Paul:
    • Keep your vintage computers from looking crappy by using dust covers
    • Symantec Bedrock
      • Bedrock (framework)
    • Inside NeXT 2024 edition
    • This Apple-1 tape does not look authentic to me
    • Bernoulli Box 10+10

Closing notes:

  • ANTIC interview: Robert Leyland: AtariArtist, KoalaPainter, Murder on the Zinderneuf, The Dragon’s Eye

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Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X

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