Retro Computing Roundtable

RCR Episode 213: Things We Hate(d)

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

Topic: Things we (came to/no longer) hate

Things we used to hate, but maybe no longer do. Or maybe still do. Or maybe didn't used to hate, but now do.

Topic/Feedback links:

  • RetroMacCast interviews Rocky Bergen about papercraft creations
  • Mimic Spartan

    • Retro Computing News:

    • Mini vMac for Nintendo 3DS
    • MacRumors write-up of 3DS Mini vMac
    • ComputerLand and the BC88
    • Al Alcorn explains early color graphics
    • Retrofair 2020
    • Mar Hicks: Scapegoating COBOL
    • Why I Still Use A 34-Year-Old IBM Model M Keyboard
    • Tweeting from the Teletype
    • Volkseigener Betrieb (VEB) Robotron PC 1715 on parade, East Berlin, 1987.
    • 10 pfennig 1987 stamp featuring the Robotron PC 1715
    • Primary Optics, Robert Henke’s Commodore CBM 8032 Based Audio-Visual Art
    • Robert Henke Loop 2015 Keynote: Failure = Success

      • Upcoming shows

      • VCF Southeast 8.0. July 10-12. Atlanta, GA.
      • KansasFest. July 24-25. Online.
      • WozFest SWEET 16. Sat Jul 25. Online.
      • VCF West. August 1-2. Mountain View, CA (Computer History Museum).
      • VCF East. October 10-12, 2020 (rescheduled). InfoAge. Wall, NJ.

        • Vintage Computer-related Commercials:

        • Computerland commercial

          • Retro Computing Gift Idea:

          • Floppy Disk iron-on patches

            • Auction Picks:

            • Carrington: PS/2 Googly Eyed Duck Mouse
              • TRS-80 Model I Briefcase
              • Earl: Pi 1541
              • Paul: TRS-80 Model 16B
                • Bunch of Apple II era manuals of no particular rarity
                • Black Hole Colorforms
                • Power Mac power button replacement
                • Atari Lynx kit case

                  • 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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