Retro Computing Roundtable

RCR Episode 122

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

Host's Topic: Y2K

Thoughts on the anticipation leading to the turn of the century.

Retro Computing News:

  • The Games, "Millennium Bug" episode
  • Y2K survival guide with foreword by Leonard Nimoy
  • iOS 1970s nostalgia
  • Charles' Metaphor Computer ML5-1200 photos
    • Metaphor Computer Systems on Wikipedia
    • DrKhumalo on lemon64 forums, Civilization-like game for C64
      • Video
      • VCF Southeast, April 2-3
        • RetroMacCast 399, VCF SE 4.0 Preview with Earl Baugh
        • Floppy Days 55, VCFSE 4 Preview with Earl Baugh
        • Touring the memory technologies of old
        • Atari Swordquest competition covered, Atlas Obscura
        • Halt and Catch Fire, season 2 on Netflix
        • PC Games with ASCII graphics
          • Nyet (Tetris clone)

            • Items of Interest / News:

            • Coleco Chameleon/Retro VGS is dead (again)
            • Google’s AlphaGo beat Korean grandmaster Lee Sedol
              • 4 hour video with commentary of match one
              • British GO Association reports computer vs computer game in 1984
              • Playing Go on a KIM in 1981
              • Quintic (Nibble) Feb 1986, in Stavros Collection, on NIB27B.DSK
              • Jason Scott, on 500th title preserved for the first time by 4am, at archive.org
              • Amiga600 with Vampire600v2
              • OS/A65 and GeckOS/A65. Multitasking OSes for 6502
                • GeckOS/A65
                • Many podcast interviews.
                  • ANTIC 141, Bob Polin, Blue Max
                  • ANTIC 136, David Crane, Activision
                  • ANTIC 133, Bill Lounden, Compuserve/GEnie
                  • ANTIC 132, Jerry Jewell, Sirius Software
                  • ANTIC 130, Dave Pratt, Digital Vision/Computereyes
                  • Open Apple 57, Bill Budge
                  • Drop /// Inches 16, Taylor Pohlman
                  • TRS-80 Trash Talk 2

                    • Vintage Computer Commercial

                    • UNIVAC

                      • Retro Computing Gift Idea:

                      • Tetris 3D cushions

                        • Auction Picks:

                        • Jack: Pocket Pokey custom midi synth
                          • Audio demo of Pocket Pokey Midi Synth
                          • Chipmusic forum post
                          • Michael: Commodores downunder
                            • C64
                            • VIC-20
                            • Paul: DEC Rainbow 100 in pieces:
                              • Rainbow 100 machine
                              • Rainbow 100 keyboard
                              • Rainbow 100 monitor
                              • Playskool Play and Learn Computer
                              • Coleco ADAM set
                              • Big CoCo 3 bundle
                              • Timex-Sinclair bonanza

                                • Feedback/Discussion:

                                • @rcrpodcast on Twitter
                                • Vintage Computer Forum
                                • RCR Podcast on Facebook
                                • Throwback Network
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                                    • Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X - link

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