Retro Computing Roundtable

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

Topic: 1972

1972 brought us C (good enough for us), Pong, Magnavox Odyssey, and more.

Topic/Feedback links:

• Dennis Ritchie on the development of C (ACM SIGPLAN Notices, March 1993)



• Pong released (Wikipedia)



• Atari founded (Wikipeda)



• A history of Syzygy/Atari (Michael Current)



• Magnavox Odyssey (Wikipedia)

Retro Computing News:

• Computer science pioneer Niklaus Wirth dies aged 89 (Developer Tech)



• Thinking Back on Turbo Pascal as it Turns 40 (Bytecellar)



• Dave Dunfield source code (including ImageDisk) (Classiccmp announcement)



• Dave Dunfield source code (including ImageDisk)



• Replacement Injection Molded Inner Bezel for Apple iMac G3 (MacEffects Kickstarter)

Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:

• Super Pong



• Magnavox Odyssey promo video

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Squarepainter painted pixel art

Auction Picks:

• Blake
  
  
  
  • IBM 5561-P Model 40 (auction long gone)
    
    
    
    • See also: IBM JX (Wikipedia)
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  • Amiga A1060 sidecar for the Amiga 1000 (different auction)
    
    
    
    • See also: Amiga Sidecar (Wikipedia)
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  



• Carrington:
  
  
  
  • RAMWorks III + VGA extender (different auction)
  
  
  
  



• Paul:
  
  
  
  • Archives I stickers
    
    
    
    • Archives II stickers (auction long gone)
    
    
    
    • Archives III stickers
    
    
    
    • Definite stickers
    
    
    
    • See also: Archives Inc (Wikipedia)
    
    
    
    • See also: Archives Business Computer, Archives Inc., Davenport, Iowa 1979-1983 (YouTube documentary)
    
    
    
    • See also: Mention in On Computing 1980
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  • Apple III in box (auction long gone)
  
  
  
  • Atari PC3 (different auction)
  
  
  
  • Duo 2300c (different auction)
    
    
    
    • DuoDock
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  • Apple floppy box
    
    
    
    • See also: Apple gift catalog
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  • A+Disk-Disk=A
  
  
  
  

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Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X
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