Retro Computing Roundtable

RCR Episode 128

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

Host's Topic: Surprises

A volunteer at TNMOC found a Lorenz cipher machine keyboard on eBay for £9.50. What has been your most unexpected find on eBay, at garage sale, or even at a flea market?

Retro Computing News:

  • Writing a Game in Assembly for an Old Computer Taught Me Lessons Relevant Today
  • CP/M forever!
    • 8 bit computer from scratch (blog)
    • Microbee “Classic Plus Kit Computer”
    • RC 2014 Z80 computer on Google Groups
    • RC 2014 Z80 computer on Tindie
    • A new retro computing stackexchange site
    • Hacking Archive at TNMOC
    • Beginning of “Apple II first ships” week?
    • Chuck Moore’s FORTH processor designs (CPUShack Museum)
      • Part two
      • GreenArrays chips for sale
      • Factor
      • First digital computer, by country
      • Ferut
      • LEGO models from Chris McVeigh/PowerPig:
        • My Old Desktop (Pre-order)
        • IBM PC
        • Rotary phone
        • DB-19: Resurrecting an obsolete connector
        • Canada b-boy cypher

          • Vintage Computer Commercials (sort of)

          • What's all this?
          • 1985 Car of the Year
          • They're waggling

            • Retro Computing Gift Idea:

            • K.I.T.T. USB Car Charger
              • Instructables write-up on LED scanner for your car

                • Auction Picks:

                • Carrington: Full Throttle for Macintosh
                  • ScummVM
                  • Earl: Digital Server 5000 AlphaServer 1200
                  • Michael: Commodore themed mouse pads:
                    • Datasette
                    • C64
                    • READY
                    • Jack: Atari Falcon
                    • Paul: Apple-1
                      • Apple II
                      • IBM 360 faceplate
                      • Acorn Electron Plus 1 complete in box
                      • Footmouse
                      • Thumbs Up Music Modem keyboard

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

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