Retro Computing Roundtable

RCR Episode 179 - Having no topic didn't help

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September 30, 2018. Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Earl Evans, Michael Mulhern, and Carrington Vanston

Topic: Having no topic didn't help

In an attempt to keep the time under control, we skipped the host topic. Spoiler: It didn't work.

Topic and feedback notes:

  • EEVblog visits the Australian Computer Museum site, part 1
  • EEVblog visits the Australian Computer Museum site, part 2
  • ob. Omnivore link
  • Halfway to telecommuting
  • Restoring a ThinkPad 701 using CF media
  • Jason Scott will come help image big Apple II disk collections
  • S-80 Retro

    • Retro Computing News:

    • Playing today's games in a thousand years
    • Federico Faggin: The Real Silicon Man
    • TRS80 images online by Peter Cetinski
    • Retrobrite with blue LED bulbs?
    • The history of a security hole
    • C64 emulation joins the Internet Archive
    • Emulate ZX Spectrum on emulated Commodore 64 on emulated DOS on emulated Windows on Linux
    • Two-bit history on where VIM came from
    • Two-bit history on what Ada Lovelace’s program actually did

      • Vintage Computer-related Commercials

      • Colossus - The Forbin Project trailer
      • Epson HX-20
      • WarGames trailer

        • Retro Computing Gift Idea:

        • Trifecta of computer nuke movies:
          • Colossus - The Forbin Project
          • WarGames
          • Terminator
          • See also: Apple II Bits blog on the Terminator's 6502 code

            • Auction Picks:

            • Carrington: "Vintage" "Antique" "Intel CPU" Display
              • Apple “Notebook” Floppy Disks
              • Earl: Vintage IBM Model 5140 Convertible Laptop Computer with Printer WORKING!
              • Michael: Computer Peripherals That You Can Build
                • "Hirigana" (really, Katakana) Mac 128/512 Keyboard
                • Paul: Two Xerox 820-IIs
                  • Victor 9000 (probably needs new keyboard pads)
                  • Letter quality GE printer (with Commodore/Atari adapter)
                  • MT-Mac Apple II clone
                  • COSMAC Elf
                  • Analog Joystick adapter
                  • CoCo 1

                    • Closing discussion notes:

                    • Melaleuca deanei

                      • 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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