Retro Computing Roundtable

RCR Episode 100

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

Host's Topic: Let’s Kickstart Something

There are plenty of modern-day add ons for our beloved retro computers. Virtual disk drives tend to top the list, followed by network devices. But what’s missing? Namely, what modern-day add on do you wish was out there for your favorite micro, but isn’t?

  • Carte Blanche II FPGA card
  • Nishida Radio's UNISDISK Air

    • Retro Computing News:

    • Steven Spielberg’s father, Arnold Spielberg, designed the GE-225 mainframe used to create Dartmouth BASIC
      • Chuck Peddle (hello!) started off on a GE-225
      • Welcome to the great Atari reboot
      • “The Bletchley Girls” book
        • Colossus veteran recalls end of war in Europe
        • Softalk magazine on the Internet Archive
          • Softalk Apple Project
          • Oxford chaps solve 1982 Sinclair music problem
          • ZX Spectrum over at “Lego Ideas”
            • Chris McVeigh
            • Powerpig site
            • Codes That Changed The World, available as a podcast

              • Vintage Computer Commercial:

              • TI-99/4A $100 Rebate commercial

                • Retro Computing Gift Idea:

                • Atari joystick bubble gum tin

                  • Auction Picks:

                  • Earl: Two DEC VAX 11/750's with Disks, Mag Tape, RX01, Ethernet, Software & Spares
                  • Jack: 1977 Tandy/Radio Shack Science Fair Digital Computer
                  • Michael: Fortran for DOS
                  • Paul: VT100 terminal with add-on card
                  • Paul: TRS-80 Model 100 bundle with printer
                  • Paul: Apple M0100 mouse, original color

                    • Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X - link

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