Join Ryan and Rich as they talk about upcoming conventions Magfest, VCF get togethers and dumb stuff Rich buys a new fun segment.

Links:

Magfest - https://www.magfest.org/

System Source - https://museum.syssrc.com/

DFW Retro Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/350060128451803

HighShelfCollective - https://www.twitch.tv/highshelfcollective

Amiga Bill - https://www.twitch.tv/highshelfcollective

Rich and Ryan talk about the holidays. The projects we have been working on and Rich has an adventure.

Links:

C16 Unboxing - https://youtu.be/chhW1-4E2MQ

Ryan’s BLOG - http://www.bluewizard.net/blog/

Chris Edwards - https://www.youtube.com/@ChrisEdwardsRestoration

Oscilloscope build - https://hackerboxes.com/products/hackerbox-0064-scope

Germany Computer Museum - https://www.hnf.de/en/home.html

Rich and Ryan train their warriors to battle. How do their warriors do??? Talk a little bit how things work and then let the battles begin!

Links:

Video of the PodCast - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6FOgCfhiwU

Core War Strategies - https://corewar-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/corewar/strategies/

Core War Guide - http://corewars.org/docs/guide.html

Ryan heads to Texas to see what trouble he can get into with Rich. We have plenty to talk about with BGGCon, BBQ and Vintage Computers!

We also have a stop to see some Elephants, hear more about the VW and some great rolls at Cinnaholics.

Links:

BGGcon - https://tabletop.events/conventions/bgg.con-2023

National VideoGame Museum - https://nvmusa.org/

Dallas Zoo - https://www.dallaszoo.com/

Escaply - https://escapely.com/

Rich and Ryan are discussing their respective Commodore adventures along with the info on their upcoming Corewar challenge, Crimecon and a special Retro topic... a VW Bus has joined one of our families!

Links:

CoreWars - https://corewars.org/

Dwarf Warrior - https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Core_War/Dwarf

Techmoan - https://www.youtube.com/@Techmoan

Hackerboxes - https://hackerboxes.com/

CrimeCon - https://www.crimecon.com/CC24

1978 VW Westfalia - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%2778_Volkswagen_Westfalia_(Auto_classique_VAQ_St-Lambert_%2712).jpg

Ryan and Rich are back to the lab with retro computer updates. Ryan is busy in the guts of his projects soldering and replacing old parts with new items. Rich is testing and testing away and loving his little Plus 4. We explore AI in the world of retro computing and its impact in general.

Links:

Mouser Electronics - https://www.mouser.com/

Gencon Thieves - https://www.polygon.com/23860343/gen-con-magic-the-gathering-felony-theft-charges

Rich’s Plus 4 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q97cof0T2Vw

C64 Programming Book - https://archive.org/details/creating-adventures-on-your-commodore-64/mode/2up

Tilt 5 - https://www.tiltfive.com/

Corewar challenge (pMARS!) - http://www.koth.org/pmars/

Links:

Gencon cards - https://gizmodo.com/gencon-2023-convention-card-theft-lorcana-ravensburger-1850710603

Super Robo Rally - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AActnkYyaV4

Escape Room - https://escaperoomusa.com/in/indianapolis/adventures/dark-wyvern-mining

Ryans World - http://www.bluewizard.net/

Links:

Gencon - https://www.gencon.com/

High Shelf Collective - https://www.youtube.com/c/HighShelfGaming

Covid - https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

Lorcana - https://www.disneylorcana.com/en-US

Rich and Ryan review and go over the VCF swap meet and Ryan’s visit to the System Source Museum! Hot takes this episode boxes and old cables :) Plus fun projects living on our workbenches.

Links:

https://vcfed.org/vcf-swap-meet/

https://museum.syssrc.com/

https://www.microcenter.com/

https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/

https://www.gencon.com/

http://www.teamhassenplug.org/

https://truedungeon.com/

Join Ryan and Rich as they discuss their lives and the adventures they go on this week it is all about Retro Computing and a quick introduction.

Links:

VCF website https://vcfed.org/

VCF East https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/

C64 Labs and Panel Links https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=vcf+east+2023

Museum for VCF Location https://www.infoage.org/