Retro Computing Roundtable

RCR Episode 214: As Seen on TV

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

Topic: As Seen on TV

Retro computers, as featured in TV and movies. What shows at the time had computers in them? What shows of today has yesterday's computers in them?

Topic/Feedback links:

  • Rebuilding James Bond’s Apple IIc - A Software Forgery
  • Blake mentions: War Games, The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins, Whiz Kids, 2010: The Year We Make Contact, Electric Dreams, Cloak and Dagger, Weird Science, Knight Rider, Kindergarden Cop, City Slickers, Wayne's World
  • The War Games IMSAI 8080
  • Earl mentions: Terminator - Rise Of The Machines, Star Wreck - In The Pirkinning, UFO, Colossus: The Forbin Project
  • Jack mentions: Manhunt: Unabomber
  • Carrington mentions: Desk Set, Alphaville, World on a Wire, Crosstalk, The Rachel Papers, Evilspeak, Takeover, The KGB, The Computer, and Me, Triumph of the Nerds, Pirates of Silicon Valley, Computer Chess, John Wick series, Magic 2.0: Off to Be the Wizard (Scott Meyer).
  • Paul mentions: Halt & Catch Fire, Stranger Things, The Americans, The Goldbergs, Young Sheldon, Schooled, Blindspot, Devs, The IT Crowd, Lost, Preacher, Timeless, Mr. Robot
  • Spectrum Next unboxing video
  • New C64 printed circuit boards
  • Camelot dungeon game, on Cyber1 (PLATO)

    • Retro Computing News:

    • Bill Metcalfe, BBS game developer, passed away
    • Apple and Steve Jobs' Biggest Mistakes Ep 1 - The Macintosh
    • GraphicConverter now opens Apple II formats
    • ATR Image Explorer
    • The Long View - Macintosh Y2020
    • Moritz & Alexander (2019). Vintage electronics for trusted radiation measurements and verified dismantlement of nuclear weapons. PLOS ONE.
    • Bubbles Whiting—Using Punch Cards
    • 1970s Unbuilt Kit Computers
    • Sylvain Lefebvre made a DooM-chip
    • Brief Engadget write-up of DooM-chip

      • 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:

        • Are you keeping up with the Commodore?

          • Retro Computing Gift Idea:

          • UpCart Plus for C64

            • Auction Picks:

            • Blake: Mindset Computer System
              • See also: Mindset Computer (Bytecellar)
              • Exatron Stringy Floppy Disk Drive Wafer media
              • Carrington: AOL t-shirt
                • My Other Computer Is An Apple II (sticker)
                • My Other Computer Is A Commodore 64 (sticker)
                • My Other Tablet Is A Newton (sticker)
                • Radio Shack CGP-115 4-pen printer
                • Spare paper rolls for CGP-115
                • Earl: MAINDEC-11-DZMMC-A-PB (PDP-8 paper tape)
                  • Commodore Computer Gold Rim Shot Glass
                  • NeXT shot glass
                  • Paul: Applesurance diagnostic disk controller
                    • See also: Apple II The Review, Spring 1986 (p. 18)
                    • See also: Stephen Buggie presentation (KansasFest 1996)
                    • Personal Software VisiStuff
                    • Tandy 1000 EX
                    • DEC PDP etc. stuff
                    • Martek Electronics Apple II external keyboard
                    • See also: Compute! (Feb 1989)
                    • See also: Computist (#74)

                      • Closing words links:

                      • Clipper Summer 87 unboxing
                      • Home Computers: 100 Icons that Defined a Digital Generation (book, CNN Style)

                        • Feedback/Discussion:

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                        • Vintage Computer Forum
                        • RCR Podcast on Facebook
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                          • Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X - link

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