Retro Computing Roundtable

RCR Episode 181 - Getting and Regretting


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

Topic: Getting and Regretting

What vintage computer did you get... and regret?

Topic and feedback notes:

  • LowEndMac's Road Apples
  • Our Founder
  • Docubyte
  • Macs in Austria need a home
  • Retro Computing News:

    • The Adventures of Captain Midnight: an Early History of Pay TV Scrambling (Paleotronic)
    • Ken Sherriff - Fixing an IBM 1401 printer
    • Paul Allen obituary
    • Virtual BASIC
    • Magic GOTO (for Apple II)
    • Slammer (for Apple II)
    • VIC20 full motion video (192x160 12fps)
    • Jan Derogee's page
    • Internet Archive now does Commodore PET
    • Retrochallenge results
    • Inside NeXT book
    • Vintage Computer Commercials:

      • Apple Macintosh Quadra
      • Palm VII
      • I'm a Mac
      • Retro Computing Gift Idea:

        • Floppy disk clocks
        • Floppy disk note pads
        • Auction Picks:

          • Carrington: Macintosh Quadra 630
          • Michael: Fujitsu FM R-30 FD
          • Paul: Megabucks from your microcomputer
            • See also: Megabucks from your Microcomputer (review)
            • Not actually a TAM
            • "Sinclair ZX Spectrum"
            • Alcatel Telic
            • Apple’s best cable ever
            • Closing discussion notes:

              • Judge John Hodgman talked a little bit about Dark Castle
              • 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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