RCR Episode 190: Forward-looking Tech of the 60s-70s-80s

Panelists: Earl Evans (hosting), Paul Hagstrom, and Jack Nutting

Topic: Most innovative / forward-looking technology in the 60s/70s/80s

Mostly, an excuse to talk about Douglas Englebart's "mother of all demos." But other topics are welcome too.

Topic and feedback notes:

The Mother of All Demos, Douglas Englebart (1968)
Retrobits Podcast episode reviewing What the Dormouse Said (covering events of the era)
Lisa slideshow
Merlin in a browser (and links to other IXO things)
Byte 1982 article on IXO telecomputer
Paul's Retrochallenge 2014 WW on IXO
AmigaOS 3.1.4
Kano (Raspberry Pi-based programming kits for kids)
Ad for the Portbubble terminal
X-keys XK-16 Stick
Pac-Man: The untold story of how we really played the game
HN discussion on arcade cabinet restoration

Retro Computing News:

Kickstarter: Transparent toaster Mac case

Beto O'Rourke's history with Cult of the Dead Cow

Twitter thread from author with further details

Creating new LCD displays for repairs
8-bit symphony

Anti-M (pre-boot for protected Apple II disks)

Upcoming Shows:

Computer Conservation Society lecture series, Manchester and London
VCF Pacific Northwest, Living Computers: Museum+Labs, Seattle, WA, Mar 23-24, 2019
VCF East, InfoAge Science Center, Wall, NJ, May 3-5, 2019
GORF (The Great Oz-stralian Retro-technology Festival), Melbourne, Apr 24-28, 2019
CoCoFest, Lombard, IL, May 4-5, 2019
WOzFest 12:00, Sydney, May 25, 2019
QFest 12, Brisbane, May 25, 2019
KansasFest, Kansas City, MO, Jul 15-21, 2019
Fujiama 2019, Lengenfeld, Germany, Aug 26-Sep 4, 2019

Vintage Computer-related Commercial:

IBM 5100 (1977)

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

1977 Pillow

Auction Picks:

Earl: Vintage Burroughs B 9974-5 Disk Pack

Jack: eMate 300 with all its stuff

Paul: IBM Microsoft Adventure

New Old Computer
See also: Electronika KR-03
See also: @Foone discussing one on Twitter
ORA RedGuard Data Protection
Osborne car adapter
Maxell 10-minute cassette
Quazon Quik-Link 300
CP+ Telecoupler

Closing comments:

Scooping the Soviets

Feedback/Discussion:

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Vintage Computer Forum
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Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X - link

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