Retro Computing Roundtable

RCR Episode 148

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

Host's Topic: Venturing down the retro upgrade path

How far should we go down the upgrade path toward modernity? If you have a, say, 68030 Mac, would you want to put a third-party 68040 accelerator in it? You would have in 1993. But what is the point today?

Retro Computing News:

  • Vintage computer game code wheels online
  • EEVblog teardown of an OCC-1
  • Could a neuroscientist understand a microprocessor?
  • Future Shocked: reverse engineering the FuturePad controller for the Apple IIgs
  • Kickstarter: "The Commodore Story - Changing the World 8 Bits at a Time."
  • Internal Apple memos on SSAFE
  • Upcoming festival/convention/show roundup:
    • Mar 31-Apr 2: VCF East XII. Wall, NJ
    • Apr 22-23: 26th annual Last Chicago CoCoFest. Lombard, IL
    • Apr 29-30: VCF Southeast 5.0. Roswell, GA
    • Apr 29-May 1: VCF Europa 18.0. Munich, Germany
    • Jun 10-11: Pacific Commodore Expo Northwest. Seattle, WA, LCM+L
    • Jul 18-23: KansasFest. Kansas City, MO (and golden tickets)
    • Jul 29-30: CommVEx v13. Las Vegas, NV
    • Aug 5-6: VCF West XII. Mountain View, CA
    • Dec?: World of Commodore. Toronto, Canada
    • Tony Diaz on Retroblasting
    • Affinity Designer
    • Silicon Valley Revolution (trailer)

      • Vintage Computer Commercial

      • IBM Quietwriter typewriter

        • Retro Computing Gift Idea: Rasberry Pi Zero W

        • Official page
        • Adafruit page
        • Micro Center page

          • Auction Picks:

          • Carrington: Power Macintosh 8500
            • IBM Quietwriter
            • Apple Studio Display (NOS)
            • Earl: Siemens TS100 Teletype Machine
            • Paul: Lisa 1 bezel
              • Lisa 1 (“Twiggy”) drives
              • PDP-8/S
              • Expando-vision
              • Epson HX-20
              • Etherwave adapter

                • Feedback/Discussion:

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                • 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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