Retro Computing Roundtable

RCR Episode 189: Revoking end of life status

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

Topic: Revoking end of life status

There have been a few modern updates to operating systems that were long done with development, e.g., ProDOS, GS/OS, DOS 4.1 in the Apple world. And new plugins and things made for old systems. Um. Thoughts?

Topic and feedback notes:

  • Sheep who love Car Talk
  • DOS 4.1 for the Apple II
  • DOS 4.1 announcement
  • ProDOS 8. Covers updates to ProDOS 8. for the Apple II
  • GS/OS System 6.0.4
  • SpartaDOS X
  • NitrOS-9
  • FreeDOS
  • Fixing the IIc Plus Beep
  • Apple IIc Plus accelerator control
  • Book: ZX Spectrum Games Code Club
  • Why 80’s BASIC still matters
  • Altair-duino
  • Commodore PET mini
  • A look at the short-lived 3” compact floppy disk.

    • Retro Computing News:

    • Jim Henson technology films
      • Paperwork Explosion, 1963 film about MT/ST word processor
      • Robot
      • Charlie Magnetico
      • Rowlf the dog meets an IBM typewriter
      • Cookie Monster for IBM
      • AT&T Archives
      • RetroChallenge 2019/03 is underway
      • TimeOut Edit BASIC
        • Call-A.P.P.L.E. announcement of TimeOut Edit BASIC
        • The Atari Accountant
        • Spectrum Addict 2.5 documentary kickstarter
        • The Sparkstone: Tales of Florb
        • Sinclair ZX Spectrum prototype donated to Centre for Computing History
        • Javascript: the good parts

          • Upcoming Shows:

          • Computer Conservation Society lecture series, Manchester and London
          • VCF Pacific Northwest, Living Computers: Museum+Labs, Seattle, WA, Mar 23-24, 2019
          • VCF East, InfoAge Science Center, Wall, NJ, May 3-5, 2019
          • GORF (The Great Oz-stralian Retro-technology Festival), Melbourne, Apr 24-28, 2019
          • WOzFest 12:00, Sydney, Apr 27, 2019
          • QFest 12, Brisbane, Apr 27, 2019
          • CoCoFest, Lombard, IL, May 4-5, 2019
          • KansasFest, Kansas City, MO, Jul 15-21, 2019
          • Fujiama 2019, Lengenfeld, Germany, Aug 26-Sep 4, 2019

            • Vintage Computer-related Commercial:

            • My Talking Computer
            • Lemon Pledge (1966)

              • Retro Computing Gift Idea:

              • Lemon clock kit

                • Auction Picks:

                • Carrington: New ImageWriter colour ribbons
                • Earl: IBM Model 5150 Collection
                • Paul: My Talking Computer
                  • BacPac 100 HD
                  • Teleram Portabubble™/81
                  • DASCO Word Processing catalog
                  • Commodore 264
                  • TI 9900 book

                    • Closing comments:

                    • Nybbles & Bytes

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                      • @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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