Retro Computing Roundtable

RCR Episode 217: Architecture shifts

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Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Blake Patterson, and Carrington Vanston

Topic: Architecture shifts

Apple announced that it will be shifting its processor architecture from Intel to ARM. This has happened before, not just at Apple, but, well, mostly Apple or Apple-adjacent. We try to think of some other examples as well.

Topic/Feedback links:

  • New Golden Age for Computer Architecture
  • Communications of the ACM
  • John Cocke (Wikipedia)
  • Dimension 68000 ad (auction)
  • Dimension 68000 review (Creative Computing)
  • InfoWorld: "Jack of All Trades, But Master Of None" (Dimension 68000)
  • Dimension 68000 review (YouTube)
  • Altair 8800 in Unity
  • Swipecard retro game loader
  • RetroSwiper (GitHub)
  • 68K coprocessor for Apple II being revived
  • 68K coprocessor design for Apple II

    • Retro Computing News:

    • TI Silent 700 Model 703
    • Miniature IBM 1401 Datacentre
    • 6502b (@miniatua) on Instagram
    • Virtual Colossus
    • Mini PET
    • Finding an Old Friend

      • Vintage Computer-related commercials (or, well, chunk of audio):

      • IBM promotional film (from about 1970)

        • Retro Computing Gift Idea:

        • Colour Maximite 2
        • See also: 8-bit Guy demo of Colour Maximite 2

          • Auction Picks:

          • Blake: Apple-1
            • Targa graphics card
            • Olympus America DS-1 / 300-01 Floppy Disc Computing Device Video
            • Inside NeXT book
            • See also: Blake's NeXT photo (in book)
            • Carrington: MacWeek cloth bag
              • The Gutenberg for Apple II and III
              • Cyborg for Apple II (NOS)
              • Paul: Popular Electronics, Jan 1975
                • SX-64s and a reminder of our mortality
                • Assembled Altair-duino
                • ERE I AM JH. Macnifier
                • See also: Macnifier ad
                • xu1541 nano
                • See also: Applesauce
                • PX-8, MU64
                • Personal Portable Computer, model 16BC
                • Apple II+ in its box
                • See also: A Labor of Labels (blog post about Apple II serial numbers)

                  • 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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