Retro Computing Roundtable

RCR Episode 147

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

Host's Topic: Big collections

Big collections -- what are the implications? Saving systems from oblivion? Or, perhaps, removing them from the hands of enthusiasts who might happily use them? How to enjoy a large collection -- viewing, using, showcasing?

Retro Computing News:

  • The Finnish Museum for Games is now open
    • Video tour of the Finnish Museum for Games
    • "Under the Radar" documentary
    • Imaging 8" floppy disks for TRS-80 Model II/16
    • European Vintage Computer Festival 18.0, April 29-30, 2017, in Munich.
      • VCFe 18.0 Schedule (in German)
      • The Making of Apple’s HAL ad
      • Adafruit HAL replica instructions
      • Forth: The Hacker’s Language
      • William Wong: Forth Redesigned
      • William Wong on Rising Star
      • "A Gathering of Magicians" (from "Man Alive", CBC 1984)
      • Donner 3000 restoration
      • Commodore PET restoration
      • Inexhibit.com: Holborn 9100
      • Inexhibit.com: Commodore PET 2001
      • Inexhibit.com: Programma 101
      • The Untold Story of Nolan Bushnell's 1980s Tech Incubator
      • C64 8 Bit Civilizations
      • Finding the magazine that was in Wargames
      • MacWorld UK's macOS emulator roundup
      • Tezza's Windows emulator roundup
      • ZX81stuff.org, ZX-81 archives and emulator
      • Burroughs 220 simulator
      • ENIAC day in Philadelphia (Feb 15)
      • ENIAC article, with link to Java simulator
      • SCELBI app for macOS
      • TI-99/4a page on oldcomputers.net (featuring the sidecars photo)
      • Yale names Grace Hopper College
      • (non-gaming) DOS emulator
      • Clipper Summer '87 unboxing video

        • Vintage Computer Commercial

        • Atari ST - How The Computer Industry Works

          • Retro Computing Gift Idea:

          • Bluetooth Boombox

            • Auction Picks:

            • Carrington: TRS-80 Microcomputer Newsletter Reprints
              • TRS-80 Microcomputer Newsletters 1980
              • TRS-80 Colour Computer 2 case top
              • Earl: DEC letterwriter la-100
              • Michael: Intel 4004 CPU Print
                • 80386ex uncut wafer
                • 80486DX2 CPU die
                • Paul: Intel 486 original CAD layout
                  • Sanyo VM-4509
                  • Time-Life books, Understanding Computers
                  • Etch-a-sketch screenie
                  • TI 99/4a 32K RAM sidecar
                  • Chicagoland Displaywriters

                    • Feedback/Discussion:

                    • @rcrpodcast on Twitter
                    • Vintage Computer Forum
                    • RCR Podcast on Facebook
                    • Throwback Network
                      • Throwback Network on Facebook

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

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