Retro Computing Roundtable

RCR Episode 249: 2020 also

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Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Earl Evans, Michael Mulhern, and Blake Patterson

Topic: 2020 also

We enter the third year of 2020. Yet another New Year’s, yet another opportunity to make the New Year’s resolution joke.

Topic/Feedback links:

  • Mega II project (single chip Apple II)
  • Mega II project progress
  • Acorn – a world in pixels (extended edition)
  • HP 9845 part 2 (Beige-o-Vision)
  • See also: HP 9845 part 1 (Beige-o-Vision)
  • Nichrome project

    • Retro Computing News:

    • Appreciating the physicality of floppies
    • How many Commodore 64s were sold, really?
    • The Forgotten History of the Blinking Cursor
    • See also: Blinking cursor turns 54, hardly anyone notices
    • See also: Retrocomputing forum thread re: blinking cursor
    • Yellowstone is a go
    • Virtual BBC Micro
    • Virtual BBC Micro description
    • See also: Zero Page

      • Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:

      • Are you keeping up with the Commodore
      • Prime Computer

        • Retro Computing Gift Idea:

        • Beagle Bros floppy warnings mug
        • See also: Penguin’s version
        • “ours were better” reddit thread

          • Auction Picks:

          • Blake:
            • Philips Videopac G7400 Game Console
            • See also: Philips Videopac G7400
            • See also: Magnavox Odyssey 2
            • See also: Magnavox Odyssey
            • See also: National Museum of American History Exhibit – Places of Invention
            • Matra Alice 8000 PROTOTYPE ULTRA RARE Number 24
            • See also: Matra Alice 8000 (Rare and Old Computers)
            • See also: Matra Alice 8000 (AtariAge thread)
            • Earl:
              • 6 Vintage BASIC Coding Form Pads 40 plus pages each
              • Digital DEC STARION 960 Intel Pentium 166MHz 16MB RAM Vintage Computer
              • Michael:
                • ADB Black Vintage Rare Macintosh TV M2706 computer
                • Paul:
                  • PR1ME Computer ashtray
                  • Pumpkin spice Silent 700
                  • See also: Regular Silent 700
                  • ImageWriter II with sheet feeder

                    • Closing discussion links:

                    • Pits of Death
                    • ScanTailor Advanced OS X

                      • 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

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