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)
Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:
- Lotus 1-2-3 rocks
- Atari XL home computer
- TRS-80 Model 100
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
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
- 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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