About this episode
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)
