Retro Computing Roundtable

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, Earl Evans, and Blake Patterson Topic: 1967 1967 gave us Logo and the floppy disk, so we talk about that, and then many other things. Topic/Feedback links: Retro Computing News: Vintage Computer(-related) commercials: Retro Computing Gift Idea: Auction Picks: A2Stream file: Feedback/Discussion: Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz … Continue reading RCR Episode 267: Turtles all the way down →

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, Blake Patterson, with guest Laine Nooney Topics: 1966, and The Apple II Age Two topics this time: First, some things from 1966, and then, a discussion with Laine Nooney on their newly published book The Apple II Age: How the Computer Became Personal. Topic/Feedback links: Retro Computing News: Vintage … Continue reading RCR Episode 266: The Apple II Age →

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, Blake Patterson, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Poolside computing arrives We look back on a few highlights of 1965, including the Programma 101, the PDP-8, Moore's Law. We talk analog computers, Visual BASIC, sticky mice, and more. Topic/Feedback links: Retro Computing News: Vintage Computer(-related) commercials: Retro Computing Gift Idea: Upcoming … Continue reading RCR Episode 265: Poolside computing arrives →

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Double bucky, you're the one We look back on a few highlights of 1964, including the double bucky, SABRE, and BASIC. Topic/Feedback links: Retro Computing News: Vintage Computer(-related) commercials: Retro Computing Gift Idea: Auction Picks: A2Stream file: Feedback/Discussion: Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz … Continue reading RCR Episode 264: Double bucky, you're the one →

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, Earl Evans, Michael Mulhern, and Carrington Vanston Topic: The year of the gopher We begin 2023 with a shift to new hosting providers, that require encrypted communication. How/should we access the modern web from old computers? Topic/Feedback links: Building a new C64 (Retro Recipes) LinuxJedi's GoFloppy Gameboy Tetris ported … Continue reading RCR Episode 263: The year of the gopher →

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, Earl Evans, and Michael Mulhern Topic: 60 years between Bell 103 and today" s InterNet In 1962, the world gained Spacewar! and the Bell 103 modem. Topic/Feedback links: Spacewar at masswerk.at Spacewar! History of Spacewar! Computer Space Bell 103 NCR CRAM NCR CRAM product brochure. BBC archive, speaking with Douglas Adams about the HHGTTG game A few Apple II clones Microsci Havac, review, Creative Computer Oct 1984 A Computer Called LEO (book, Georgina Ferry) NitrOS9 Ease of Use project 8 bit Shack Linus Akesson 15 years of scene spirit Going online in the early 90s part 2, Goto10 substack Retro Computing News: Adrian finds a white ceramic 6502 in his digital basement Modular display for retro systems NABU (York University) NABU retroNET Leo Binkowski, games programmer for NABU, on the local news in 1984 NABU auction Adrian's Digital Basement's NABU DJ Sures' playlist of NABU hacking IBM 5150 Christmas ornament that plays DOOM IBM 5150 Christmas ornament that plays DOOM (Hackaday) Vintage Computer(-related) commercials: "Pack up your troubles (pack up your family)" - Seattle World's Fair 1962 MS-DOS 5 Upgrade rap Bell Data-Phone Retro Computing Gift Idea: 4X magnifying glass with stand See also: One of these on Paul's OCC1 Auction Picks: Earl: Amiga 500 Keyboard Michael: FORTRAN 5 Paul: Old Apple II with Disk II number 61 A very thin book IBM postcard from 1962 Seattle World's Fair Crayperweight Craysler mug OCC1 for $50 BIN OCC1 glare guard Microsoft muMath 80 See also: MuMath 80 in the Microsoft catalog See also: MuMath 80 review in BYTE See also: MuMath 80 review in Creative Computing Suncom Joy Sensor See also: Joy Sensor review in Video and Computer Gaming Illustrated See also: Suncom Aerobic Joystick ad Best keypad layout (Micromodule 85) A2Stream file: a2stream file for this episode: http://yesterbits.com/media/a2s/rcr262.a2stream Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, Earl Evans, and Michael Mulhern Topic: 60 years between Bell 103 and today” s InterNet In 1962, the world gained Spacewar! and the Bell 103 modem. Topic/Feedback links: Spacewar at masswerk.at Spacewar! History of Spacewar! Computer Space Bell 103 NCR CRAM NCR CRAM product brochure. BBC archive, speaking with … Continue reading RCR Episode 262: 60 years between Bell 103 and today” s InterNet →

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Cause the Commodordian Is Keeping Up With You 1961 was all fine and good, but someone has made an accordion out of two Commodore 64s and a bunch of floppy disks. Topic/Feedback links: Neural net on a C64. Minus zero at fourmilab OS 2200 Unisys 2200 Series architecture BBC archive on Infocom 1985 Floppy disk supplier says business is booming. Reuters story. Oct 20, 2022. Lotus 1-2-3 for Linux. Tavis Ormandy. Lotus 1-2-3 for UNIX ported to Linux (video). The Commodordion (video). The Commodordion (write-up). Linus Akesson. the sixtyforgan Compiler Explorer Compiler Explorer: ZX Spectrum Compiler Explorer: Sega Upcoming CHM source code releases Previous CHM source code releases Kathleen Booth obituary. Inventor of assembly language. Assembly language Laine Nooney: The Apple II Age (forthcoming book) Laine Nooney Open Apple podcast #49 (talking with Laine Nooney) Teletext on a BBC Micro - Matthew North Music Interactive Ceefax Viewer Retro Computing News: Mastodon client for MS-DOS DOjS Neurons in a dish play Pong (allegedly interesting) The Skeptic's Guide podcast #901 (on whether the Pong-playing neurons are interesting) 2FA on a C64 Turbo Button for modern PCs Angry Birds for the Apple II (8-Bit Shack) Angry Birds for the Apple II (video) Angry Birds for the Apple II (VITNO) ISA emulation Vintage Computer(-related) commercials: Lotus 1-2-3 rocks Commodordian ADAM (legal) Retro Computing Gift Idea: HDD Clicker See also: HD Clicker write-up Auction Picks: Carrington: Creative Computing binary dice Macintosh Extended Keyboard carrying case Paul: COSMAC Super Elf See also: COSMAC Super Elf Decimal skills Newton apps Ventless Apple II case Badgey the card reader Coleco high speed digital data pack C-250 See also: Coleco high speed digital data pack C-250 Nobody does cool like Microsoft A2Stream file: a2stream file for this episode: http://yesterbits.com/media/a2s/rcr261.a2stream Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, Earl Evans, and Blake Patterson Topic: Recommended Standard 232 and Programmed Data Processor-1 1960 brought us RS-232 and the PDP-1, more COBOL, and curly braces. Topic/Feedback links: Recommended Standard 232 A proposal for character code compatibility. The great curly brace trace Demo of the Digirule 2A Digirule 2U Legacy OS 2200 Floppy disk assembly line Elephant: The Secrets of Perfect Memory Retro Computing News: Mega 65 first look on Retro Recipes Mega 65 A Lisa 1 starting up Vintage Computer(-related) commercial: PS/2 (it) Lisa (alone) PS/2 (college) Retro Computing Gift Idea: Epson LX-350 See also: Continuous paper Auction Picks: Blake: Discovery Cartridge from Happy Computers For The Atari ST Computer Earl: IBM PS/2 Microchannel 77s (9577-BNB) See also: John C. Dvorak (PC Magazine) bested by the PS/2 (Computer Chronicles) Paul: MCT Speed Demon Micro Professor II A2Stream file: a2stream file for this episode: http://yesterbits.com/media/a2s/rcr260.a2stream Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Little bit taller, COBOLler We consider 1959, and mostly come up with COBOL, then spend some time in an engagement-generating excercise, not quite remembering a remarkable number of things. Topic/Feedback links: COBOL at Britannica.com COBOL at Smithsonian. Grace Hopper on Letterman Gorilla Banana, a rebranded Seikosha GP-100 (same as VIC-1525) Retro Computing News: TRS-80 Model I/III diagnostic ROM Behind the scenes at Berkeley Softworks Open Apple #52 Hell's Halls type-in program for TI-99/4A Hells' Halls cassette with game and variant How Apple I video memory worked Vintage Computer(-related) commercial: Joust and Moon Patrol (Atari) Commodore VIC-20 Retro Computing Gift Idea: Joust board game Auction Picks: Carrington: Playskool Play and Learn Computer Avalon Hill Class Struggle game See also: The Story of Class Struggle, America's Most Popular Marxist Board Game Paul: Bell & Howell II+/- Echo II set Rocketry software Griffin iMate selling for what now? Brand new IBM PC, moldy box A2Stream file: a2stream file for this episode: http://yesterbits.com/media/a2s/rcr259.a2stream Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Tron and Perceptron In 1958, the Perceptron arrived and Lisp was defined. We talk a bit about things we came across that were associated with 1958. Topic/Feedback links: Setting up Genera in Linux Bell Labs 101 modem Tennis For Two Perceptron Open Worm Deviant Oliam on opening wristbands and removing tamper-proofing stickers LEO: The story of the World's First Business Computer Lyons Electronic Office Retro Computing News: The Lost TRON Documents CP/M's open source status clarified The CP/M Email CP/M is now freer than it was (Hackaday) YouTube on a PET system.css 98.css Vintage Computer(-related) commercials: Blip Tron home video game Retro Computing Gift Idea: MYST vinyl soundtrack Auction Picks: Carrington: Remarkable computer auction Steve Jobs' original Apple 1 prototype Steve Wozniak's Apple Rainbow Glasses Bill Gates' Tandy Model 100 with note Atari Video Music (Model C240) still sealed in box Apple IIe prototype with French external keyboard Croix de Apple medal Apple Color Plotter Paul: Sirius 1982 retail/dealer price list, displays MacPhone Apple III TRS-80 appliance and light controller E-Z Key 60 See also: Different E-Z Key 60 See also: E-Z Key 60 Closing notes: Where Wizards Stay Up Late Proving Ground A2Stream file: a2stream file for this episode: http://yesterbits.com/media/a2s/rcr258.a2stream Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Earl Evans, and Carrington Vanston Topic: The dot matrix impact Spending some time revisiting the calmer, quieter days when our printing was done by forcefully slamming pins through an ink ribbon onto perforated paper, pushed along by rotating spikes. Topic/Feedback links: Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration. Trailer Multimedia HyperGuide: A Windows 3.1 Podcast. Episode 11: The History of After Dark. (29 Sep 2020). RetroMagazine 15 Connecting a 1541 drive to a KIM-1 (Commodore History) Unboxing the KIM-1 (Dave's Garage) Retro Computing News: Celebrating 50 years of Smalltalk TRS-80 programming competition Vintage Computer(-related) commercial: Okidata Business Printer (1985) Epson (1984) Retro Computing Gift Idea: 50 Years of Text Games See also: 50 Years of Text Games (Kickstarter) See also: 50 Years of Text Games (Substack series) Auction Picks: Carrington: On-Line Systems Thrilogy Checkers by David Slate Karateka for Apple II or maybe Commodore Wasteland with Survival Guide See also: Wasteland Survival Guide PDF Earl: Radio Shack CGP115 graphics printer/plotter Paul: IBM 5161 Apple mouse pad Timex/Sinclair 2068 Numeric keyball Closing notes: In Search of Darkness, and In Search of Tomorrow A2Stream file: a2stream file for this episode: http://yesterbits.com/media/a2s/rcr257.a2stream Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, Earl Evans, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Keep calm and carry on Episode 0 has arrived. Topic/Feedback links: The 6502 overflow flag explained The 6502 overflow flag explained mathematically The 6502 overflow flag explained at the silicon level ZX80 8K BASIC ROM upgrade Floppy Days 114: Howell Ivy, Exidy The Gaming Chronicles (Kickstarter) Robert Henke, CBM 8032 AV Retro Computing News: How to use an Apple II as a dumb terminal for a modern Mac Reverse-engineered AOL International Research Conference on the History of Computing. 1976 DOOM ported to A/UX Encyclopedia Britannica picks an odd Apple Apple museum tour by Woz from 1984 Vintage Computer(-related) commercial: AOL commercial (1997) Retro Computing Gift Idea: MOS 6502 poster See also: MthreeL (etsy store) Auction Picks: Carrington: Screenies monitor frame Q3 Monitor Mobile 1965 Shazam System Reference Manual Earl: Osborne 1 Paul: MicroProfessor II Cray catalog Novation modems ELF II ELF II (continued) See also: ELF II ZX microdrive See also: ZX Microdrive (Wikipedia) Closing notes: Dotti A2Stream file: a2stream file for this episode: http://yesterbits.com/media/a2s/rcr256.a2stream Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, Earl Evans, and Blake Patterson Topic: The One With All The Ones The Retrocomputing Roundtable has reached the end of its 8-bit run. Topic/Feedback links: Byte 8-bit computing Nibble Big boxes history video Traveler (Wikipedia) Traveler (Imperial Encyclopedia) Traveler (Mongoose Publishing) Mayday 2022 Manhunt Wonderful Things (story about Manhunt) Open Apple 41 (November 2014). Seek to 2:03. Identify II v2.01 Retro Computing News: Tweeting from the Teletype, April 2020 Tweeted from the Teletype FASTRAND (Powerhouse Collecttion) FASTRAND (Univac memories) FASTRAND (Computer History Archives Project) FASTRAND (Wikipedia) Kenbak-1 Emulator HP9830a Repair The Apple Boogie Vintage Computer(-related) commercials etc.: Elephant Memory Systems mini micro floppy disk (Italian) Laser Computer (Katja Schuurman, Dutch) Retro Computing Gift Idea: 8 bit game cartridge cutting board Auction Picks: Blake: Laser 386SX/3 Y2K Bug Earl: Altair 8800 Ventana World Wide Web Kit See also: Ventana (PC Magazine review) Paul: Elephant mug Intel inside MPF-1P MPF-Ib See also: MPF-I (Wikipedia) See also: Flite interview (Elektor) Tomy Tutor ZX-80 HHC set Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, Earl Evans, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Fortran, for better or for worse The year 1954 brought us Fortran (not named after the year though) to help us with our math, and development of SAGE to scan the skies for threats. Topic/Feedback links: IBM 650 Drum memory Wurlizter SideMan (not 1954, but related via tangent) SAGE (Gizmodo) SAGE (Wikipedia) Fortran Fortran 2018, 202x Retro Computing News: system7.app macos8.app Tech details for system7.app, macos8.app Return to Monkey Island ACM opens first-50-years backfile Game of pong in a single sprite Sprite pong video SWTPC 6800 rescue SWTPC 6800 fan site ADB makes fun of the IIGS manual University of Saskatchewan self guided computer history tour A2stream, audio server A2stream demo AppleWin with Uthernet II a2stream file for this very episode: http://yesterbits.com/media/a2s/rcr254.a2stream Vintage Computer(-related) commercials etc.: IBM SAGE (1960) Retro Computing Gift Idea: Atari sneakers See also: Atari NFT sneakers Auction Picks: Carrington: Apple Credit salesperson's kit Apple branded radio lunchbag Earl: MMD-1 8080A Trainer See also: MMD-1 (Oldcomputermuseum) Paul: Funniest CD of the century The drive of a new generation USB evangelism mouse Companion diskette Astra 1620 dual drive for Atari VM 4209 Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Earl Evans, Michael Mulhern, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Prebricked drives Episode 253 relates to 1953. Core memory begins its long dominance of the RAM space, the IBM 701 is introduced. A year that was kind of between things, so as one might expect the conversation keeps sliding into a discussion of beverages. Topic/Feedback links: Magnetic core memory Advent of Computing, episode 77 The Thinking Machine (1961) IBM 701 Williams tube Jeffries tube Exploring the Amiga series, assembly language programming Brief tour of the PDP-11 Top 20 C64 games from 2011-2021 Commodore 64 turns 40 Retro Computing News: SystemSix desk calendar SWTPC 6800 rescued (Adrian's Digital Basement) Jobs for the boys? The ultimate multics project A quarter century of Unix. Peter Sallas. 1994 Addison-Wesley The evolution of the Unix time sharing system Compatible time sharing system Incompatible time sharing system Easter Egg found in Windows 1.0. Mariupol Computer Museum in Ukraine Club it8bit A Brick for Some Bytes: My First Hard Drive (Byte Cellar) One of the Biggest Frauds in Tech History - The Miniscribe Brick Fiasco (Tech Time Traveler) Vintage Computer(-related) commercials etc.: Tab Retro Computing Gift Idea: The Art of Point and Click Adventure Games Auction Picks: Carrington: MCM/70 About the MCM/70 Earl: IBM Core Memory See also: Core memory shield for Arduino Michael: RCA Selectron 256bit See also: Selectron tube Paul: QuickLetter Murder Party CA Simply Tax 1993 eMate pin Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, and Carrington Vanston Topic: UNIVAC liked Ike Episode 252 relates to 1952. The year when UNIVAC correctly called the election early and nobody believed it. The year the paper introducing the Huffman code compression algorithm was published. And the 50th anniversary of all the things that happened in 1902. Topic/Feedback links: UNIVAC predicts the 1952 election CBS news election coverage, 1952 A method for the constructions of minimum-redundancy codes (Sep 1952, Proceedings of the I.R.E.) The Huffman algorithm, and family Stuffit end of life announcement Mac Folklore Radio, Raymond Lau (Stuffit) interviews RetroMagazine World, issue 13 (EN) David Ahl's magazine auctions, some signed The Capacitor Plague The Lost Sectors, playthrough of Deathlord Retro Computing News: Monmouth College typewriter class TubeTime's QuadLink repair and reverse engineering project Apple patenting the home computer? The Amiga Show Apple II video to HDMI using Raspberry Pi Zero/Pico Teardown of a Minitel terminal Vintage Computer(-related) commercials etc.: Remington Quiet-riter Retro Computing Gift Idea: The Colouring Book of Retro Computers Highlighters for reproducing yellowing Auction Picks: Carrington: Computer Bug 1990s Tech Stock Bubble in a can Paul: Woz near Steve Jobs Tim Cook near Steve Jobs Steve Jobs Rare Just Stuffit World Tour shirt AutoDoubler PKZIP 2.70 Multiputer Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Charles Mangin, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Memories of Whirlwind I It's been 71 years since 1951. So, we talk about some things kind of loosely related to 1951, including computer music, the Whirlwind I, and memory technology. Topic/Feedback links: Whirlwind I Jim Butterfield C64 training tape David Ahl's BASIC Computer Games, ANIMAL 3D construction kit (Spectrum, Sam Coupé) Retro Computing News: BASIC Computer Games book programs updated to modern languages Laurie Spiegel, Music Mouse See also: AlphaSyntauri Million Perfect Letters Hello World collection The Hobbit (IF50) The Hobbit (Digital Antiquarian) The Hobbit (Internet Archive) The Hobbit (eBay) The Hobbit (eBay) Deathlord Relorded Deathlord Relorded (GitHub) Vintage Computer(-related) commercials etc.: Pac-Man cereal Whirlwind interview Corncob Retro Computing Gift Idea: Floppy disk coasters And storage box Auction Picks: Carrington: Remington Rand UNIVAC sales brochure Codewriter for Apple II See also: Codewriter in COMPUTE's Gazette, Sept 1985 Charles: Pac-man rug Pac-Man lunchbox Pac-Teacher pin See also: Museum Character Hall of Fame induction for Pac-Man Paul: MEK6800D2 See also: MEK6800D2 (Wikipedia) See also: photos of unbuilt MEK6800D2 kit See also: Apple-1 motherboard See also: 6800 running on an Apple-1 See also: 74154 Tractor feed option kit See also: Hardware Wars Computer Shopper July 1988 See also: Computer Shopper on Internet Archive See also: Computer Shopper debut Gigabyte me Softsel product encyclopedia 1985 See also: Everything project spreadsheet Commodore 64 reset switch Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Earl Evans, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Computing Machinery and Intelligence It's been 72 years since the year Turing published the paper that outlined the Turing test. So: Let's talk about interactions we've had relating to artificial intelligence in some form or another. Topic/Feedback links: RetroMagazine issue 12, English version Total Replay booting from the DigitalOcean cloud on an Apple II with FujiNet Commodore Computer Museum Kickstarter (NZ) Aroma Disc Sounds and Scents of the Holiday season Aroma Disc player, unopened Aroma Disc player, unpacked Retro Computing News: How The US Census Led to the First Data Processing Company Leonard Tramiel recalls Bill Gates at a trade show See also: WAIT 6502, 10 and other easter eggs Nostalgic Computing Center JavaScript version of Prince of Persia runs on Apple Watch PrinceJS Junk in the PC DOS 1.1 boot sector (Michal Necasek) Junk in the PC DOS 1.1 boot sector (The Starman) Vintage Computer(-related) commercials: Atari 65xe Aroma Disc DEC laptop Retro Computing Gift Idea: MeowToast 1/2AA battery replacements Auction Picks: Carrington: 1988 West Coast Computer Faire program Make friends with: West Coast Computer Faire button Earl: Digital Rainbow PC100-B2 Paul: Versawriter A-1 with or without Bernie's mods See also: UncleBernie on applefritter QX-10/16 SemiDisk RAM card with battery backup QX-10/16 ComFiler hard drive QX-10/16 hard drive card PCB to build What you call your game when all the good game names are already taken See also: Metal band name generator Roguelike to perhaps the greatest degree Atari 65xe painted black, with two AtariMax cartridges (originally listed at $250) Closing discussion links: Like a DOS podcast Meat stylus DOS Nostalgia Podcast Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Earl Evans, Michael Mulhern, and Blake Patterson Topic: 2020 also We enter the third year of 2020. Yet another New Year's, yet another opportunity to make the New Year's resolution joke. Topic/Feedback links: Mega II project (single chip Apple II) Mega II project progress Acorn - a world in pixels (extended edition) HP 9845 part 2 (Beige-o-Vision) See also: HP 9845 part 1 (Beige-o-Vision) Nichrome project Retro Computing News: Appreciating the physicality of floppies How many Commodore 64s were sold, really? The Forgotten History of the Blinking Cursor See also: Blinking cursor turns 54, hardly anyone notices See also: Retrocomputing forum thread re: blinking cursor Yellowstone is a go Virtual BBC Micro Virtual BBC Micro description See also: Zero Page Vintage Computer(-related) commercials: Are you keeping up with the Commodore Prime Computer Retro Computing Gift Idea: Beagle Bros floppy warnings mug See also: Penguin's version "ours were better" reddit thread Auction Picks: Blake: Philips Videopac G7400 Game Console See also: Philips Videopac G7400 See also: Magnavox Odyssey 2 See also: Magnavox Odyssey See also: National Museum of American History Exhibit - Places of Invention Matra Alice 8000 PROTOTYPE ULTRA RARE Number 24 See also: Matra Alice 8000 (Rare and Old Computers) See also: Matra Alice 8000 (AtariAge thread) Earl: 6 Vintage BASIC Coding Form Pads 40 plus pages each Digital DEC STARION 960 Intel Pentium 166MHz 16MB RAM Vintage Computer Michael: ADB Black Vintage Rare Macintosh TV M2706 computer Paul: PR1ME Computer ashtray Pumpkin spice Silent 700 See also: Regular Silent 700 ImageWriter II with sheet feeder Closing discussion links: Pits of Death ScanTailor Advanced OS X Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Earl Evans, and Carrington Vanston Topic: So long, 2021 At the tail end of 2021, we talk about our retrocomputing-based adventures during the year, with a little bit of a look ahead at what might come after. Topic/Feedback links: Drop /// Inches, episode #11 (re: visiting Stanford archives) Mac networks game spreadsheet Retro Computing News: The Mac Game of the Year was... Myst The RMC Cave soft open Overclocking the Tandy 102 "I made my partner learn DOS in 2021" Building a new Commodore 1581 disk drive in 2021 Vintage Computer(-related) commercials: BurgerTime (Intellivision) Myst (Japanese, Sunsoft) Retro Computing Gift Idea: Piper Computer Kit 3 Auction Picks: Carrington: Power Macintosh 8200/120 in original box TRS-80 CoCo Videotext Radio Shack tone dialer Earl: Heathkit computer (looks like an H89?) Paul: Ethernet microdock PET modem Jewelled mouse 1977 British Airways Compute-a-Tour See also: Dick Clark, New Year's Eve 1977 Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, and Blake Patterson Topic: Computing 24/7 In honor of episode 247, we talk about stuff vaguely related to "all the time." Mostly we wound up talking about whether we turned our computers off or not. Topic/Feedback links: RetroMagazineWorld #11 The World of Commodore 2021 event information The World of Commodore 2021 video Python C64 emulator, sort of Retro Computing News: Reverse-engineering the Yamaha DX7 synthesizer's sound chip TRS-80 PC-1 / Sharp PC-1211 LCD replacement Beginner's Guide to the Amiga - Workbench Beginner's Guide to the Amiga - Amiga OS tutorial Crash course to Amiga assembly programming Santa's Workout - new C64 Christmas game, from Vector5games (Indie Retro News) The Pudding Strikes Back (2021 Christmas game, Apple II) DOLORES double LORES library Flapple Bird The Register article on the BBC Micro and Elite BBC Micro Elite source code deep dive Vintage Computer(-related) commercials: Enterprise 128 DX100 synthesizer Retro Computing Gift Idea: THINKING cap See also: NeitherNet adapter Auction Picks: Blake: Enterprise 128 Apple IIgs Computer Paul: TK 2000 COVOX How to use the C64 See also: Blue Commodore 64 Echo+ Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Data hoards and privacy Retrocomputing collectors often collect retrocomputers, which often have disks or hard drives, which might contain private data. Particularly as computers get recent enough to have hard drives. Particularly particularly in the future when retrocomputers might contain SSD drives. Topic/Feedback links: Retro Collectors are Uncovering Hoards of Old Data Retro Computing News: Tandy Computer Cassette Recorder models Fujinet is slowly eating the world. Adaptations for Coleco Adam, C64, and Apple ][ are underway! Fujinet on Facebook Intel 4004 turns 50 Intel's official anniversary page 4004.com Vintage Computer(-related) commercials: BASF (1991) TRS-80 model 100 Retro Computing Gift Idea: Circuit Board Coaster - from AQuarterPastEight (Etsy) Auction Picks: Carrington: Factory sealed Apple IIc and peripherals See also: Sold on eBay: New-in-box Apple II, never opened Paul: Intel 4004 commemorative clock (turns 25 this year) BASF keychain Joystick with a face Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, Michael Mulhern, Blake Patterson, and Carrington Vanston Topic: End of line To the extent that you have physical objects, intellectual properties, accounts that host archives, what kind of plans do you have for when you are (possibly unexpectedly) no longer around? Or, what kind of plans do you plan to have? What kind of considerations are there? Does anyone but you in your local real-life circle know what the stuff is, who to talk to, how to access things? Topic/Feedback links: Open Apple #81: Remembering Tony Diaz Atari 8-bit port of Prince of Persia Prince of Persia Source Code: Saved (Tony Diaz, KansasFest 2012) Retro Computing News: Call For Yellowstone Beta Testers Apple VideoPad 2 prototype sells at auction TNMOC, 40th anniversary of the BBC Micro. Nov 30 217: THE VERTICAL PLANE PART 1 (Astonishing Legends podcast) The 100MHz 6502 MCLFast : Apple II as a shield '80s software was expensive Vintage Computer(-related) commercials: Polaroid Swinger (1965) Sinclair calculators at DG Leisure Centre Retro Computing Gift Idea: Floppy Disk costume Auction Picks: Blake: Dynex Exerciser DE-5020 See also: Dynex series 600 disk drive manual CSC Hard Drive Bible 7th edition See also: Hard Drive Bible 8th edition on archive.org Carrington: Commodore 64 on MaxSold Big Swinger camera Michael: NatGeo on CD Paul: Multicolored C64 keyboard See also: Darth Skalmar's Retro Garage Apple II series WillMaker Sinclair Cambridge calculator kit Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Earl Evans, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Lacking future relevance Sunk time - times you've spent learning (or learning how to do) something that has no future relevance. What did you do, what were you THINKING? Topic/Feedback links: Foone Turing explores the updated Twitter image posting/processing rules, for a very good reason The reason Retro Computing News: Corecursive: The Original Remove Developer, Paul Lutus Mountain Hermit Makes ‘Apples' Sing In Simple English The Ultimate Commodore 1541 Drive Talk (Hackaday) The Ultimate Commodore 1541 Drive Talk (YouTube) The Ultimate Apollo Guidance Computer Talk The 100 MHz 6502 The 100 MHz 6502 (Hackaday) Swatch 1984 Revisited The Source (GitHub, historical source) Vintage Computer(-related) commercials: IBM 5100 (First Portable Computer) commercial 1977 Retro Computing Gift Idea: Lovelace and Babbage board game Auction Picks: Carrington: Apple Super Bowl cushion Memphis Design mouse pad Earl: Atari 400 computer keyboard Paul: Edison Voicewriter Wax cylinders See also: Edison Voicewriter Mystery House Laser 50 Laser 50 Spaceball ADAM power supply Topic/Feedback links: A People's History of Computing in the United States The Soul of a New Machine ?Next Without For 006 - SNOBOL Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Ian Baronofsky, and Earl Evans Topic: Networking keeps us all connec We continue to talk about networking in the context of old computers, in the days before everything was TCP/IP, when certain things were case-sensitive. Retro Computing News: A SAM Coupé spotted in the wild SAM Coupé on eBay RMC - The Cave, building a classic software/games store MCE2VGA StrangeCart dual core coprocessor for TI-99/4A In Depth: Dragon's Lair for TI-99/4A NanoPEB Applesauce Floppy Disk Controller updates software and hardware Vintage Computer(-related) commercials: Where is Newton? Big Trak Retro Computing Gift Idea: Commodore socks Auction Picks: Earl: Franklin ACE 500 Computer Ian: Scooter computer flash cards See also: Photos from prior auction of the flash cards PAL Microsoft Premium Softcard Gravis Advanced Gamepad for Macintosh Paul: Newton faxmodem Axlon Andy Farallon AirDock Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Ian Baronofsky, Blake Patterson, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Retro networking, episode 1 We talk about things the word "networking" evokes in the context of old computers. Transferring files between computers, reaching (sort of) the modern internet, networking socially, etc. Retro Computing News: Sir Clive Sinclair (Guardian) Arctic Adventure Captain 80 Book of BASIC Adventures Disk imaging with an oscilloscope (VCF Midwest) PAL-1, a KIM-1 clone kit Yellowstone: Ready for Takeoff Apple drive compatibility chart BlueSCSI RaSCSI Defender for the CoCo 3 Glen Hewlett's video of Defender on the CoCo 3 Vintage Computer commercial: MCI Mail Sinclair QL Retro Computing Gift Idea: BackBit chip tester Auction Picks: Blake: Time Bandit for the Sanyo MBC-550/555 by MichTron See also: Bytecellar post about Time Bandit on the MBC 550 Tandy 10 Business Computer System See also: Tandy 10 Business Computer System (Wikipedia) See also: Tandy 10 Business Computer System (trs-80.org) Carrington: Apple ethernet NB card Vintage computer logo edge-lit signs: Acorn Vintage computer logo edge-lit signs: Apple II Ian: 3.5 Floppy Drive Cleaner TRS-80 Model III and IV equipment, including newly designed power supplies SWTP tapes See also: Look Mum No Computer (this particular video features SWTP) San Diego user group zines Paul: G4 Cube power supply Copy IIPC Option Board Sidereal Corp. Micronet 12 message terminal See also: Review of Micronet 12 in Data Communications, Dec 1983 Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, Earl Evans, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Every Septandy is Like the First Septandy We rediscover the Tandy enthusiasts event, talk about simulators and emulators, wind-up computers, and board games. Retro Computing News: Septandy Virtual Data Center, IBM 1401 Tiny load card assembler in Virtual IBM 1401 Upgrade Board Adds GPIO Pins To Your Replica PDP-11 CRISS CP/M Provides Modern Hardware For A Classic OS RMC MiSTer Multisystem Spacewar-1 and the beginnings of video game aesthetics Motorola 68000 SBC Runs Again With A Raspberry Pi On Top Baking old magenetic scrolls VCF East. Fri-Sun Oct 8-10. Wall, NJ. RetroChallenge 2021/10 Vintage Computer commercial: Radio Shack Model 100 1984 TV commercial Retro Computing Gift Idea: 1600X USB Digital Microscope Auction Picks: Carrington: King Chip 1986 computer trivia game Computer Rage 1977 board game by Creative Computing Earl: Intel C1702A memory chips Paul: Telecompaq See also: Mention of Telecompaq in InfoWorld, Apr 8, 1985 Switched power Computer Cars, Weinermobile edition See also: LGR reviews Computer Cars Catch-a-call Barbie Wind-up PC Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Earl Evans, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Screensavers Avoid burn-in, and sometimes end relationships, with the help of flying toasters, fireworks, and 3D pipes. Topic/Feedback Links: MiniPET 40/80 kit build and review MiniPET 40/80 kit Strange Commodore replacement keyboard? Emulating IBM PC on an ESP32 Retro Computing News: Applecorn: run Acorn BBC language ROMs on Apple IIe 576NUC+ - AtariProjects 576NUC+ - new computer compatible with Atari 800/XL/XE (Brewing Academy) 576NUC+ - reference guide thread Atari64 8-bit Show and Tell showing Atari64 going on Atari 1200XL Tech Interactive Museum Tech Interactive Museum doesn't feature old tech, isn't a museum Vintage Computer commercial: iOMEGA Zip drive INPUT magazine Retro Computing Gift Idea: Back into the Storm: A Design Engineer's Story of Commodore Computers in the 1980s Auction Picks: Carrington: MSI Source 2001 portable data terminal with Source 2300 telephone interface See also: Apple II Manual for $787,484 See also: MSI Source in The Tennessean article, Nov 1971 See also: Computerworld, Feb 1976, mentions MSI Source 2001 and 2300 used by Holiday Drugs for Electronic Ordering System Earl: DEC F-11 USSR Soviet Russian Clone 46-pin MCM MultyChip Module Family 1811 SET Paul: PDP-12, take 1 PDP-12, take 2 Voice Chess Twister/Spectrum for 2068 Timex-Sinclair 2068 iOMEGA rearview mirror Vic Forth Asante Ethernet to localtalk bridge TOP SECRET CIA document. Multi-Function Switching Matrix Operator's Manual Volume 1 Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Tim Colegrove, Blake Patterson, and Carrington Vanston Topic: The BYTE Shop We chat with Tim Colegrove, who has just opened The BYTE Shop, a computer history museum and electronics repair shop in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston. We discuss his collection, his journey, plans, and hopes for bringing history and inspiration to those who visit. Topic/Feedback Links: The BYTE Shop Jamaica Plain [Boston], MA The original Defender source code (Eugene Jarvis) (GitHub) Retro Computing News: BuGS v2.0.1 (Apple IIgs game) Released Use the Print Shop online Alternative History: what if Apple had partnered with Xerox in the 1980s Vintage Computer commercial: Defender (Atari) Atari 1040ST: Myth Retro Computing Gift Idea: Classic Apple Hardware calendar Auction Picks: Blake: COMMODORE 64 / 128 Wifi Modem NEC PC M580 teletex terminal See also: @foone's discussion of the NEC PC M580 Carrington: Fortran board game See also: Fortran board game at Computer History Museum See also: Fortran board game at Board Game Geek Paul: Maccessories swivel Apple DuoDisk Taxan TV tuner Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, Earl Evans, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Commodore 1541GS We continue yet again a conversation about computers as they arrived in schools, but also spend some time marveling at a Commodore 1541 drive that also produces music and video. Topic/Feedback Links: Handheld 64 (Gameboy-sized C64, Hackaday) PCBs to build your Handheld 64 Color covers for your Handheld 64 Mattias' Patreon (creator of Handheld 64, Tube64, etc.) Tube64 Modular64 Retro Computing News: Over 40 Years Ago, It Was Possible To Download Video Games Over The Radio Freespin: A C64 demo without the C64 (YouTube) Freespin project page Fresspin video explanation Bradley the Parts Seller (Vice) Interview: Brad Koda of Best Electronics (ANTIC: The Atari 8-bit Podcast) The Wild Spread of Drug Wars KansasFest 2021 schedule Vintage Computer commercial: Commodore mouse Retro Computing Gift Idea: Floppytable Auction Picks: Carrington: Famous red powerbook Beehive B100 terminal Earl: Ashton Tate MultiMate Word Processing Paul: Happy Forth of July (Handic Forth cartridge, C64) After Dark for Windows Amiga 500 RGB to HDMI adapter General Magic DataRover 840 Another General Magic DataRover 840 See also: What Magic Cap should have been all along (DataRover 840 review) See also: Data Rover 840 at Buxton connection See also: General Magic (The Movie) Blue SCSI See also: Places to get Blue SCSI See also: Blue SCSI on GitHub Quinn: Amiga 3000 prototype Amiga PC XT Sidecar Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, and Carrington Vanston Topic: 18-bit Space Computers We continue a conversation about computers in school, but also mention an 18-bit space computer along the way. Topic/Feedback Links: Crosscountry Canada Quazar's history of the Sam Coupé ICON computer (old-computers.com) ICON computer (wikipedia) Reddit thread about ICON Growin' Up 80s, talking about ICON (podcast) Retro Computing News: NASA struggles to fix Hubble Space Telescope's 1980s computer Multi-platform floppy A2IO Reactive Micro announces licensed CFFA3000 ASCIIdent Mockingboard 4c+ List of Mockingboard software Vince Weaver's ZX Spectrum (PT3) tracker for Mockingboard Vintage Computer commercial: IBM PS/2 Retro Computing Gift Idea: Sam Coupé shirt Auction Picks: Carrington: Entex MAC from 1980 See also: Entex at Electronic Plastic Bungie for charity RIP PCjr button Paul: TI 99/4a in box See also: TI 99/4a turns 40 Tapuino in case for C64/VIC20/PET Quadram Quadlink IXO telecomputing system TC-102 Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Michael Mulhern, Jack Nutting, Blake Patterson, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Lasers Smoking in the PET Room We start a conversation about computers in school. For many of us, computers were only just becoming available in our school years, so we consider the access this provided (limited though it often was). Topic/Feedback Links: My earliest memories of microcomputing Remembering an Atari lab in Hampton, VA BBC Archive: Infocom feature (1986) P.R.E.S.T.A.B.A. ported to the MC-10 MC-10 emulator (pick PRESTAVB cassette and type RUN) Retro Computing News: AmigaOS 3.2 for all Classic Amigas released Creating Chinese computer fonts The Little Book of Sound Chips (Volume 1) Hibernated 1. The Director's Cut. #ponyinformation Hibernated 1 (physical, SAM Coupé version) SAM Coupé on eBay SAM Coupé overview (YouTube, Re:Enthused) SD card and Ethernet adapter for the SAM Coupé Quazar (home of SAM Revival magazine ) Review of SAM Revival magazines (YouTube, TJ Ferreira) Sim Coupé World of SAM SAM Coupé Champion Collection No Quarter, episode 78: Sorry Charlie. Vintage Computer commercials: Miracle Workers, season 3 trailer PRIME Computer Retro Computing Gift Idea: Radio Shack shirt Auction Picks: Blake: Mac 128K, probably Carrington: iCEBOX See also: Hybrid Net Appliance Hits Market Michael: Guns of Fort Defiance Paul: Prince of Persia for the SAM Coupé Closing notes: Roberta and Ken Williams making first game together in over 20 years People's Republic of Interactive Fiction Michael's scans at archive.org Scan Tailor Advanced Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Earl Evans, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Playing in the MUD Multi User Dungeons brought a social aspect to computer RPGs, some with opportunities to do creative world building. We talk a bit about our experiences with these, and some about their background. Topic/Feedback Links: LambdaMOO at 50 Years of Text Games Out of the MUD: The Origins of the MMORPG Text-Based VR: Explore the Pioneering World of MUSHes Osborne 3 Morrow Pivot Zenith Z-171 Osborne Vixen Memories of Bob Spencer "Computer Games" music video by Mi-Sex Rabbit RX83 NEWPRINT/80 World Turtle Day Retro Computing News: Past and Future Turtles TurtleSpaces MITS/Pertec/iCOM FD 3202 MITS/Pertec/iCOM FD 3712 MITS/Pertec/iCOM FD 3802 Teletext preservation by accident Vintage Computer commercials: Austext Ceefax demonstration Retro Computing Gift Idea: Ceefax mug Auction Picks: Carrington: CORE9 universal remote See also: About the CL9 Core controller Earl: Osborne 1 Paul: Jupiter Ace 4000 New Micro-Professors I Chatbot Relax See also: Dalek Relaxation Tape Max Machine Closing notes: People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction Z80 Playground Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Blake Patterson, and Carrington Vanston Topic: This sandwich tastes suspiciously like a ZX Spectrum Another topic-free episode, this one discussing the smuggling of Spectrums, satirical adventure games, BBS simulations, IBM clocks, CoCo paint programs, and various other tangents. Retro Computing News: Full Motion, Double High-Res Video Playback on the Apple IIe 1988: P.R.E.S.T.A.V.B.A. 50 Years of Text Games Gaming the Iron Curtain RetroBridgeBBS (GitHub) RetroBridgeBBS (Hackaday write-up) Vintage Computer commercials: Hayes modem US Robotics 56k modem Retro Computing Gift Idea: Cryptex USB stick Auction Picks: Blake: Colorware COCO MAX HI-RES PACK input module Tandy TRS-80 Capstone Home Alone the Computerized Coloring Book Carrington: 600 page 1980s Computer Chip Handbookc Paul: Two Sanyo VM 4509s Early IBM real time clock Coleco Adam power supply See also: Making an internal Adam PSU Some Osbornes and some disks you can’t have NEC PC8201a set Closing notes: PunyInform Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Retro Development Writing new software on old computers. How is it different now, would you go back to how it was done then? What did you use then? Topic/Feedback Links: Arcade Machine (Broderbund, Atari & Apple) Graphics Magician (Penguin, Apple, C64, Atari) Nox Archaist SKALD PunyInform 8bit-Unity Amiga Addict magazine BBC Micro Live (magnets vs. floppy disks) Bits and Bytes BBC Computer Literacy Project Texture Archaeology American Vandal Brick Retro Computing News: How to paint a TRS-80 Model III case Retro365 Modern Mac on retro display Lost CompuServe, GEnie, and The Source game discovered in Copyright Office Castlequest compiles! Castlequest source Robert Noyce, 60 years ago, granted patent for integrated circuit Mockingboard 4c+ Vintage Computer commercial: Amstrad 8256 (1985) Retro Computing Gift Idea: Crackers: The Gold Rush (book) Auction Picks: Carrington: Apple "Leading The Way" internal cassette See also: Leading the Way (Apple video) Paul: Perfect gift for the Mac enthusiast who you don’t like very much (video adapters) Times Two, more disk space via magic ZX80, ZX81, TS1000 lot TS2068 RGB->HDMI Requires: RGB->HDMI Early CAPTCHA ("HUMAN" pin) Amstrad PCW 8256 sort of Amstrad PCW 8512 potentially John Romero's shareware pillows Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Period Peripherals When you use retro computers, do you also use retro peripherals? That is, do you stick with appropriately vintage keyboards, monitors, and mice? Does mixing and matching vintage computers with new peripherals ruin the experience or aesthetic? Or do the (supposed) benefits of modern keyboards and displays outweigh the heresy? Retro Computing News: B-Roll footage from inside a 1982 Sears store Halt and Catch Fire Syllabus Vintage Computer commercial: Mattel Electronics Baseball Retro Computing Gift Idea: Throwboy shirts Auction Picks: Carrington: The Chip Shop Basicode tape See also: Example broadcast of The Chip Shop’s "takeaway service" Paul: Broken Baseball Mac security brackets Learn WordPerfect VHS tapes New TRS-80 game eMate-inspired RPi case eMate 300 Closing notes: TRS-8-Bit Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Jack Nutting, and Blake Patterson Topic: Something, Something, Retrocompute No topic this time, really, just various news items and eBay auctions. Accelerators, printers, a new Atari 2600 game, Microsoft history, a strangely familiar host's gift idea. Retro Computing News: A2turbo Card Mockingboard-T (Mockingboard clone with tube amp) Audacity Games (Circus Convoy, for Atari 2600) Circus Convoy trailer Plex launches Arcade with Atari games Yellowstone 3.5 Inch Drive Support! Vintage Computer commercial: IBM AS/400 Retro Computing Gift Idea: Atari 130XE spiral notebook Auction Picks: Blake: Practical Peripherals SwitchPort //c iMac Timex alarm clock Video: iMac Timex alarm clock Paul: GTE XT300 (link now dead) See also: Computerworld Ad for GTE XT300 See also: Retro scan of the week, Feb 25 2007 See also: The DAK Catalog Forethought PowerPoint manual See also: Version Museum See also: GUIdebook Gallery Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Earl Evans, and Blake Patterson Topic: Video Out, Volume One: A-Ap Techniques for getting video out of an old computer. Particularly, it turns out, if it is an Amiga. Part one of several, no doubt. Topic/Feedback links: Testing, cleaning and tuning up a small IBM VGA monitor CoCoVGA RetroTINK ZX-HD PLAdvanced+ PLA replacement JCM III encoder LEGO NES Retro Rewind 99% Invisible episode on the last moments of The Sims Online Atari monitor with a disk drive in it The Amiga Show Retro Computing News: Amiga A1100 Build A Brand New ZX Spectrum From New Parts Building a new C64 in 2020 Altair 8800 Built from New Equipment in 2018 BMC64 and family, VICE on bare metal RasPi Vintage Computer commercial: Commodore 128 1985 commercial Retro Computing Gift Idea: Retrocomputing masks Auction Picks: Blake: Old Apple Macintosh Lot And IBM TI Hexbus PCM Prototype Card Earl: California Computer Systems (CCS) S-100 Computer Paul: SuperPET Apple II circuit board making kit Brøderbund Arcade Machine Homemade IIe Card cable Flip N File Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, Jack Nutting, Blake Patterson, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Catching Up It's 2021! There are many of us this time, so we just talk about some stuff. Topic/Feedback links: Micro Phobia (Martin Honeysett) Apricot F1 Thomas Cherryhomes and Kay Savetz bounce a ball across the internet using FujiNet Reviewing the Omega Home Computer, homebrew MSX2 Sergey Kiselev's projects (including the Omega Home Computer) Retro Computing News: Amiga Parceiro Blake's Parceiro MISE M3SE Cricket! Once Upon Atari (book by Howard Scott Warshaw) Nibble-magazine dot com Classic AmigaOS Programming: An Introduction (E. Th. van den Oosterkamp) (Amazon) Action Amiga : Computer Graphics Animation and Video Production Manual (John Warren Oakes) (AbeBooks) AmigaDOS (Mark Burgess) (AbeBooks) Amiga ROM Kernel Reference Manual (AbeBooks) Atari VCS (The Younger) So the Atari VCS is Finally Here (Spawn Wave, YouTube) You can sideload an OS, does that make the Atari VCS worth buying? (Spawn Wave, YouTube) Activision, Atari, Absolute: How Video Game Companies Once Gamed the Alphabet for Publicity NYTimes “Impractical rise” article "Upcoming" shows WozFest 18. Sat Mar 20. Noon, Sydney. Vintage Computer commercial: Atari 1200XL "The Convincer"" Retro Computing Gift Idea: Hyperkin Ranger gamepad for Atari 2600 etc. Auction Picks: Blake: Macintosh II RISC 88000 Processor board Exatron Stringy Floppy Disk Drive Wafer - Lot of 40 DIMENSION 68000 disks Carrington: Keycap remover MJI Hobbi-Stick Joystick Paul: Apple II keyboard repeaterrr Apple //c with C-Vue and LaserWriter Seiko UC-2200 See also: Seiko UC-2000 The Dawn of Wearable Computers Apple II reference manual (red book) IBM 5161 Expansion Unit Quinn: Commodore Amiga Book for Beginners Compute!'s Beginner Guide to the Amiga Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, Earl Evans, Blake Patterson, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Preserving the Fleeting Now Things people post, preserving the past, themselves vanish. eBay images, images in blogs that eventually go offline. Respositories like Pinterest morph into something less useful for preservation and searching. Are the things we find and post now going to be there in the future? (And, since no, they're not, what should we be doing?) Topic/Feedback links: Pinry, locally hosted Pinterest-alike Retro Computing News: The Digital Antiquarian: Lode Runner Working From Home At 25MHz DeRamp.com vintage computing Altair 8800 clone WorldWideWeb web app Love Notes To Newton Nox Archaist Sprite Castle plays Karateka MacFolklore Radio Have a Helping of 8-bit Holiday Cheer! (2020 Edition) ZX Spectrum NEXT demo IEEE article on computer dealer demos Apple 1984 Christmas Demo Vintage Computer-related commercials: Macintosh Quadra HesWare Retro Computing Gift Idea: Intel Outside sticker Auction Picks: Blake: Atari 1200XL set HxC Floppy Emulator in enclosure Carrington: Mimio Digital Whiteboard See also: Hands on: Mimio for the Macintosh Earl: HesWare Microsoft Multiplan For Commodore 64 Paul: Apple beige touch-up paint Excalibur Savvy The Robot Programmer See also: Savvy ad in Byte See also: Investigative thread (Nate Cull, Mastodon, Jan 2018) Quicktake 150, cheap? Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, Blake Patterson, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Not cassettes, not floppies Software distributed in some way other than on cassette or floppy. Topic/Feedback links: Database 1984 (BBC Micro broadcast software) 4 Computer Buffs 1985 (Soldering an optical sensor) An example of the annoying blob (4 Computer Buffs) Author of the decoding software for optical TV transmitter Epson PX-8 Geneva’s software-on-a-chip, carrier The Lucksmiths “The Cassingle Revival” Techmoan on vinyl video The History of BASICODE Secret C64 program hidden on Christian rock album Pete Shelly "ZX Spectrum Code" The Thompson Twins Adventure Game Information Society "300bps N, 8, 1" Retro Computing News: Booting a 5150 from a vinyl record ReStuff Alkemstone VidHD and “Total Replay”: Two Great Tastes That Taste Great Together! Upcoming shows World of Commodore. Sat Dec 5. Virtual. Vintage Computer-related commercials: TIMEX DataLink watch Amiga 500 commercial Retro Computing Gift Idea: Susan Kare prints Auction Picks: Blake: Workstation cards See also: ivanx.com Mac/Lisa Wizardry Carrington: Hellcats Over The Pacific Star Fighter by 3DO Sinistaar for Color Computer III Paul: Lisa 2 Sankyo computer music Interface Age 1978 Timex Data Link 150. Fixer-upper See also: Download software from Timex A different Timex Data Link 150, working Metal Univac ad sign Univac ad poster Cauzin Apple sampler library See also: ANTIC 115 (Jan 11, 2016), Bob Brass and Peter D’Amato (Cauzin Softstrip) See also: Reverse Engineering the Cauzin Softstrip See also: Cauzin Softstrip media kit Quinn: Amiga 500 in box, it go boom? Amiga 500, tastefully upgraded Amiga 1200 complete, but so spendy Amiga 1200 US, aggressively retrobrited See also: The Future Was Here (Jimmy Maher) Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston Topic: RCR Episode 2 Episode 2 of the Retro[ ]computing Roundtable is a decade old. Topic/Feedback links: Episode 2 Windows 1 Turns 25 Target Haunted Computer (eBay) Target Haunted Computer (YouTube) Retro Computing News: Atari announces list of games included with upcoming Atari VCS Official site not working, naturally List can also be found here The C64 Procedurally generated retrocomputer emulators (Hackaday) Procedurally generated emulators, list CocoTalk 185 discussion of the procedurally generated emulators 8-bit Unity new release 8-bit Hub Joeylib Upcoming shows World of Commodore. Sat Dec 5. Virtual. Vintage Computer-related commercials: Commodore MAX machine (Japanese) Pioneer PL-518 turntable commercial 1979 Retro Computing Gift Idea: Floppy shaped battery Auction Picks: Carrington: Vintage Atari 410 Cassette Program Recorder Heart of China for Mac by Dynamix Serpentine for Apple II, sealed Michael: PDP 11/45 front panel Paul: Apple II+ jigsaw puzzle (missing a piece) Apple IIe set (A cautionary tale about buying things for collectors) Apple II Workstation card Apple II Sprite Logo card See also: LCSI Sprite Card (Peter Neubauer's blog) Bunker-Ramo Telequote III terminal See also: Discussion of a Telequote on VCFed forum See also: Bunker-Ramo ad DEC H-500 logic trainer Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Earl Evans (hosting), Paul Hagstrom, Jack Nutting, and Blake Patterson Topic: Decade It's been just days over 10 years since the first episode of this podcast, so we reflect a bit on the podcast, the community, our starts. Topic/Feedback links: Episode 1 Episode 30, live at KansasFest 2012 Live streaming video from Mac Plus ScuzzyGraph Mini-MPI NitrOS-9 Ease of Use (EOU) Project Retro Computing News: Usenet archive UTZOO Online Tapes to PostgreSQL using Python 3.8 Volley for Two (new Commodore 128 game) Inside stacked RAM modules Looking Back on 35 Years as an Amiga User Vintage Computer-related commercial: 1984 BBC Micro Acorn Electron Home PC Advert Retro Computing Gift Idea: Commodore 64 Patent Print Auction Picks: Blake: Three Cray Research Posters: MPGS, Y-MP EL, Y-MP C90 VTech Laser 110 VTech Laser 310 See also: VTech Laser 200 (Wikipedia) Earl: COMPU GLO Neon Dot Matrix Computer Paper Paul: Apple Interactive TV Box See also: AITB (Higher Intellect wiki) Better Working (Spinnaker) Power C for C64 Sony Magic Link development system Apple III disk drive Mac OS X Snow Leopard install DVD HP 2647A terminal See also: HP 2640A (HP Computer Museum) See also: HP 264x terminals (CuriousMarc) Closing notes: Wind-up Gramophones (Techmoan) Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X - link Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Repurposed Tech This time we talk about existing technology repurposed for use with computers. Cassette tapes, CDs, TVs. Though it wound up being kind of more tangent than topic this time. Topic/Feedback links: Think-a-Tron review Precursor (FPGA phone) TEDuino, a Commodore cassette unit replacement Retro Computing News: Sacrifice Zone: IBM’s abandoned country club Bill Herd visits former MOS Technologies factory VCF East VCF East on YouTube VCF East schedule Crazy Blaster: new Amstrad CPC game Joshua Stein live-coding IMAP client on Mac 512Ke in Think C Vintage Computer-related commercial: Clue, Clue II, and Let's Go To The Races VCR games Retro Computing Gift Idea: 10 Print Coffee mug COFFEE mug Auction Picks: Carrington: Robocom Bitstick for Apple II CAD See also: Bitstick write-up See also: Original Robocom CAD-1 setup MacHandwriter pen gestures for classic Macs Hyper Electronics 91 Function Apple Mouse Apple Resource Directory floppy disks Apple Video News #1 VHS tape Apple lunch bag with AM/FM radio Paul: PC Transporter Make your own murder party on the Zinderneuf Sealed Apple brochures Portable 128D iMac DV/SE QuickLink cable organizer Mac DeveloperEd box Old Mac/Lisa disks Closing notes: Algarve Portugal escape rooms Galavant Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X - link Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Earl Evans, Quinn Dunki, Jack Nutting, Michael Mulhern, Blake Patterson, and (briefly) Carrington Vanston Topic: Regrets and unregrets What’s something you regret buying, doing, selling, dumping, investigating, etc. in the context of the retrocomputing hobby AND what’s something that you bought, did, sold, dumped, investigated, etc. that led to an unexpectedly positive outcome? Retro Computing News: Atari 8 bit bot Apple II bot Fujinet 1.0 Fujinet purchase Fujinet purchase (from Poland) Thomas Cherryhomes demonstrates a cool new disk swapping feature of Fujinet (YouTube) Programming for the Colecovision and Adam (forthcoming book) F18A Peter Neubauer's Apple-II/F18A thoughts, including KansasFest 2016 talk Vintage Computer-related commercial: Epson 1984 Commercial Retro Computing Gift Idea: Mini-PET Auction Picks: Blake: (Mostly) TI CC-40 development artifacts: CC-40 Plus prototype TI 64K cartridge development simulator Hexbus 3.5 Microdisk manual CC-40 Hexbus video interface protoype CC-40 Hexbus wafer tape drive prototype Anderson Jacobson acoustic data coupler Earl: Epson QX-10 Michael: CP/M Fortran S-100 MemTech APU 8" disk disk 1979 vintage programming software Vintage 1980 Heathkit Zenith Complete Microcomputing Course w/ Cassette Tapes Paul: CBM 256-80 See also: Commodore B128 See also: Secret Weapons of Commodore Monitor III manual etc. Ohio Scientific Superboard II batcomputer Novation Apple Cat II "Apple II" Versa EZ Port Teleport manual/folder (Apple II game, Mike Abbott) Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X - link Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, Jack Nutting, Carrington Vanston... and (eventually) Michael Mulhern Topic: Second computers What was your second computer? How did lessons learned with your first affect your choice of second? Topic/Feedback links: Cool-Retro-Term C64 mini monitor 3D printed Building a 3270 terminal controller Intel MDS development system (Centre for Computing History) Joe's Intel MDS-800 development system Retro Computing News: Retrocomputing Spray Paints OpenFlops USB floppy drive emulator (GoTek alternative) 8086 Microcode Disassembled Ken Shirriff’s 8086 transistor photograph Vintage Computer-related commercial: IBM 3279 color terminal Retro Computing Gift Idea: M.U.L.E. The Board Game Auction Picks: Carrington: Ultimate 80s desk accessories: 1985 Hallmark computer desk plaque plus tie Computer pencil holder with ‘dirty’ jokes 1980s computer programmer tchotchke 1980s business card holder by same tchotchke maker See also: Adele’s II in Encino, CA (Los Angeles Daily News) Michael: Wifi car backup camera Paul: Brimstone and the terribleness of the world Apple Aristotle menu software Novation CAT Mac 128K bag Alternative Mac 128K bag Mac Portable bag Evolution of Apple iconography Quinn: //c Carrying bags Example 1 missing inside cover Example 2 missing strap Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X - link Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Earl Evans (hosting), Paul Hagstrom, and Blake Patterson Topic: Unexpected Bonuses Along the way as we collect things, strange things turn up in what we get. We talk a bit about unexpected bonuses in amongst our finds. Topic/Feedback links: Charles finds whimsical characters on chips TRS-80 Model I (article, Nuts and Volts, May 2002) Adding Color to the Commodore PET (preview, Nuts and Volts, Sep 2015) Retro Computing News: Total Replay v4.0-alpha 3 Septandy Ample MAME launcher Crash and Burn: The Amiga ST Story The Augmentation of Douglas Englebart (YouTube) The Augmentation of Douglas Englebart (Amazon) Curt Vendel (VintageIsTheNewOld) Curt Vendel (Jason Scott, Twitter thread) Vintage Computer-related commercial: Tandy PC from 1988 Retro Computing Gift Idea: Making Games for the Atari 2600 See also: 8bitworkshop.com Auction Picks: Blake: Olympia EX 100 Typewriter Extension CP/M Computer Word Processor Atari PC4 IBM 9331-011 8" External Floppy Drive See also: IBM 9331-012 5.25 External Floppy Disk Drive - AS/400 (Walmart) Earl: Osborne 1 with monitor Paul: IBM PC/AT Mac LC 475, with ethernet DCA IRMAprint See also: AppleLine and Apple Cluster Controller sales reference guide (on bitsavers.org) See also: AppleLine (on vintagecomputing.com) Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X - link Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Jack Nutting, and Blake Patterson Topic: Terminals For episode 220 (Think: VT-220), we talk about our various experiences with terminals. Topic/Feedback links: VirtualColussus is working on a 3D simulation Intel 8080 ICE development system ZX Spectrum Next 2nd kickstarter Retro Computing News: Game Controller - H.A.L. Labs Gizmo - Cloning the Cloner Super Taxman 2 video Taxman video The Infinity Modules Player: Never Turn Off Your Amiga Again Russell Kirsch, inventor of the pixel, dies in his Portland home at age 91 High Score (Netflix) ESP32 Altair Emulator improvement C74 project Vintage Computer-related commercial: BBC Tomorrow's World Home Computer Terminal 20 Sep 1967 Retro Computing Gift Idea: C-Jump Computer Programming Board Game Auction Picks: Blake: Fairchild Video Entertainment System NEC PC M580 teletex terminal 1986 Maxed out Apple IIGS computer Paul: Apple BASIC Programming manual (printed in Korea) See also: Apple BASIC Programming manual (on archive.org) See also: Apple IIe User Interface Guidelines Where in North Dakota is Carmen Sandiego? See also: WINDICS (on archive.org) See also: Article about WINDICS from gamehistory.org Apple Computer Inc. faux friendmaking bag Dithertizer II PCB only VT-220 fixer-upper Atari Portfolio with all the extras IBM Think Pad Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X - link Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Earl Evans (hosting), Paul Hagstrom, Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Databases For episode 0xdb, we talk about our experiences with dedicated database programs, what some of us learned and didn't learn while studying computer science, employment as consultants, and other marginally related things. Topic/Feedback links: Self-contained tape loader for the ZX Spectrum Mini-PET update Myst documentary kickstarter Portable CP/M iz-cpm on Github Unicomp keyboards The ubiquitous little plotter (e.g., CGP-115) Fixing the plotter gears Retro Computing News: Worms Armageddon updated after 21 years Apple II Augmented Reality Chess Board Windows Task Manager Runs Doom This Week in Retro podcast Durgod Fusion, retro-inspired keyboards Mac OS 8 in Javascript oldweb.today, historical browsery Making a modern TRS-80 Model I clone Write-up on the TRS-80 model I clone (Hackaday) FujiNet Vintage Computer-related commercial: Lotus 123 and Symphony Commercial 1984 Retro Computing Gift Idea: The Altair-duino See also: Demo build of the Altairduino Auction Picks: Carrington: PowerBook 140-180c Car Adapter Soviet BYTE ZX-Spectrum clone BBC Acorn Computer Kit Earl: TRS-80 Model 4P See also: FreHD See also: M3SE Paul: Micromodem II Newton Fax Modem Newton 2100 and many extras Epson PX-8 replacement keyboard Very complete Epson HX-20 set Shopping bag for encouraging social distancing (WordPerfect 8) MPF IP “VisiCalc III”, which requires VisiCalc III See instead: VisiCalc III and training pak Arfon Micro VIC-20 expander See also: Arfon Micro expander announcement (Compute! magazine) See also: Commodore VIC-1020 expansion box Microsoft binder Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X - link Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

KansasFest 2020 Megapodcast Welcome to Retro Open Poly Roundtable Chicken Missile Lines Drop Museum Gruecast. The annual "megapodcast" from KansasFest, this time conducted virtually. Note: Reading the links below could be "spoilers" for the game. Participants: Quinn Dunki (Blondihacks, Open Apple, Retrocomputing Roundtable) Earl Evans (Retrocomputing Roundtable, Next Without For, Retrobits) Ken Gagne (Polygamer, Transporter Lock, Retrocomputing Roundtable) Paul Hagstrom (Retrocomputing Roundtable, Drop III Inches) John Leake (RetroMacCast) Charles Mangin (How II) Rob McMullen (Player/Missile) Blake Patterson (Retrocomputing Roundtable) Kay Savetz (ANTIC: The Atari 8-Bit Podcast, Eaten By A Grue) Kate Szkotnicki (RetroMetal: Old Games on Old Machines) Carrington Vanston (Retrocomputing Roundtable, Eaten By A Grue) Game-related links: KansasFest KansasFest (YouTube channel) National Dairy Council Grab A Byte Ancient Tarot Canadian Tire Complimentary Cassette The Missing Ring Softline Mar/Apr 1984 Magic Knight Rayearth Gertrude's Secrets Conan: Hall of Volta Apple Cider Spider Firebug Old Timers: MUSE Software (KansasFest 1992) Three Mile Island Senseless Violence 1 and 2 Feedback/Discussion: @rcrpodcast on Twitter Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X - link Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download: