Retro Computing Roundtable

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

Topic: 1972

1972 brought us C (good enough for us), Pong, Magnavox Odyssey, and more.

Topic/Feedback links:

  • Dennis Ritchie on the development of C (ACM SIGPLAN Notices, March 1993)
  • Pong released (Wikipedia)
  • Atari founded (Wikipeda)
  • A history of Syzygy/Atari (Michael Current)
  • Magnavox Odyssey (Wikipedia)

    • Retro Computing News:

    • Computer science pioneer Niklaus Wirth dies aged 89 (Developer Tech)
    • Thinking Back on Turbo Pascal as it Turns 40 (Bytecellar)
    • Dave Dunfield source code (including ImageDisk) (Classiccmp announcement)
    • Dave Dunfield source code (including ImageDisk)
    • Replacement Injection Molded Inner Bezel for Apple iMac G3 (MacEffects Kickstarter)

      • Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:

      • Super Pong
      • Magnavox Odyssey promo video

        • Retro Computing Gift Idea:

        • Squarepainter painted pixel art

          • Auction Picks:

          • Blake
            • IBM 5561-P Model 40 (auction long gone)
              • See also: IBM JX (Wikipedia)
              • Amiga A1060 sidecar for the Amiga 1000 (different auction)
                • See also: Amiga Sidecar (Wikipedia)
                • Carrington:
                  • RAMWorks III + VGA extender (different auction)
                  • Paul:
                    • Archives I stickers
                      • Archives II stickers (auction long gone)
                      • Archives III stickers
                      • Definite stickers
                      • See also: Archives Inc (Wikipedia)
                      • See also: Archives Business Computer, Archives Inc., Davenport, Iowa 1979-1983 (YouTube documentary)
                      • See also: Mention in On Computing 1980
                      • Apple III in box (auction long gone)
                      • Atari PC3 (different auction)
                      • Duo 2300c (different auction)
                        • DuoDock
                        • Apple floppy box
                          • See also: Apple gift catalog
                          • A+Disk-Disk=A

                            • A2Stream file:

                            • a2stream file for this episode: http://lo-fi.rcrpodcast.com/rcr272.a2stream

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                                • Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X
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