Retro Computing Roundtable

RCR Episode 253: Prebricked drives

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

Topic: Prebricked drives

Episode 253 relates to 1953. Core memory begins its long dominance of the RAM space, the IBM 701 is introduced. A year that was kind of between things, so as one might expect the conversation keeps sliding into a discussion of beverages.

Topic/Feedback links:

  • Magnetic core memory
  • Advent of Computing, episode 77
  • The Thinking Machine (1961)
  • IBM 701
  • Williams tube
  • Jeffries tube
  • Exploring the Amiga series, assembly language programming
  • Brief tour of the PDP-11
  • Top 20 C64 games from 2011-2021
  • Commodore 64 turns 40

    • Retro Computing News:

    • SystemSix desk calendar
    • SWTPC 6800 rescued (Adrian’s Digital Basement)
    • Jobs for the boys?
    • The ultimate multics project
    • A quarter century of Unix. Peter Sallas. 1994 Addison-Wesley
    • The evolution of the Unix time sharing system
    • Compatible time sharing system
    • Incompatible time sharing system
    • Easter Egg found in Windows 1.0.
    • Mariupol Computer Museum in Ukraine
    • Club it8bit
    • A Brick for Some Bytes: My First Hard Drive (Byte Cellar)
    • One of the Biggest Frauds in Tech History – The Miniscribe Brick Fiasco (Tech Time Traveler)

      • Vintage Computer(-related) commercials etc.:

      • Tab

        • Retro Computing Gift Idea:

        • The Art of Point and Click Adventure Games

          • Auction Picks:

          • Carrington:
            • MCM/70
            • About the MCM/70
            • Earl:
              • IBM Core Memory
              • See also: Core memory shield for Arduino
              • Michael:
                • RCA Selectron 256bit
                • See also: Selectron tube
                • Paul:
                  • QuickLetter
                  • Murder Party
                  • CA Simply Tax 1993
                  • eMate pin

                    • 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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