Retro Computing Roundtable

RCR Episode 118

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Panelists: Ken Gagne (hosting), Earl Evans, Paul Hagstrom, Michael Mulhern, Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston

Host's Topic: Are retrocomputing vendors held to different standards?

Retro Computing News:

  • WWIV BBS software is alive and well, and recently updated
    • WWIV BBS
    • Emulating a BBC Micro in Javascript
      • BBC Micro emulator
      • BASIC Tenliners competition
      • KansasFest 2016 keynote announced - Mike Harvey
      • Eighty-One
      • GeekFest 2015 Berlin audio
      • How Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry’s words were freed from 200 old floppy disks
      • What computer did Gene Roddenberry use?
      • How Bob McGwier used a Cray-2 to decode ham radio transmission in Star Trek IV
      • Retrochallenge 2016 halfway done
        • Global Thermonuclear War, a CoCo 2 / 3 game over the Internet!
        • Maze War - Olivetti M10 versus NEC PC-8201A
        • BASIC programming on the Tandy MC-10
        • Atari Game Designer - graphics library for A8 machines
        • Video Game Hall of Fame nominations
          • Nina Smith wants dad's Lode Runner in
          • ‘Commodore Free’ Magazine Issue #90
          • K&A Plus Issue 3
          • Floppy Emu B out, A cheaper
          • John Romero releases a new level for Doom
          • “Hoodlum scientist” Dr. Christopher Evans and The Mighty Micro
          • Deskthority wiki for human interface devices
            • Entries on different Alps switches
            • SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch
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              • Vintage Computer "Commercial" (sort of):

              • Ty Roberts later of Gracenote on the built-for-Bowie Verbasizer

                • Retro Computing Gift Idea:

                • Matias Tactile Pro 3 keyboard
                  • Plotkin on Tactile Pro 3
                  • Unicomp

                    • Auction Picks:

                    • Carrington: Blue Chip D20/10 daisywheel printer
                    • Earl: Rare Seattle Computer Products CPU Module Model 220A Board
                    • Jack: Too many copies of Combat, Defender, and Asteroids for Atari 2600
                    • Ken: Big Tip Book
                    • Michael: Sharp ElsiMate EL-8048 Best of both worlds
                    • Paul: PET 2001-8, shiny.
                      • Cursor/uncrasher for PET
                      • Palm VII
                      • Palm VIIx you can unwrap
                      • Lab-Volt 6502 trainer
                      • Classic Mac cover, handmade

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

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