Retro Computing Roundtable

RCR Episode 285: You’ll Have Mail

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

Topic: 1985

The year of the Amiga arrives, NeXT is founded, the first .com site appears, Quantum Computer Services begins its journey toward becoming AOL.

Topic/Feedback links:

  • Commodore Amiga 
  • Installing FS-UAE on Mac 
  • Amiga Forever
  • Ample
  • NeXT 
  • symbolics.com
  • symbolics.com museum
  • Symbolics
  • Aldus PageMaker
  • Apple LaserWriter 
  • Enterprise
  • Super Mario Bros
  • Microsoft Windows 1.0
  • Quantum Computer Services founded, which became AOL 
  • GameLine
  • GameLine (eBay)
  • Atari Compendium: Longevity (mentions Supercharger)
  • Arcadia/Starpath Supercharger (eBay)
  • A modern news story on AOL

    • Retro Computing News:

    • The First Perfect Computer (upgrading an Amiga 1000)
    • INIT HELLO
    • Computer Museum at System Source
    • National Electronics Museum
    • Bloop Museum
    • CuriousMarc visits System Source
    • Usagi Electric visits System Source
    • Usagi Electric gets a Bendix G15 to run the first half of a test program
    • DigiBarn
    • The SuperFo Harlequin 128
    • The Leningrad-1
    • Original Soviet key cap kit

      • Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:

      • America Online
      • Enterprise 128
      • Super Mario 2

        • Retro Computing Gift Idea:

        • Commodore4ever VertiPort

          • Auction Picks:

          • Blake:
            • Vintage Olympia EX 100 Typewriter Extension CP/M Computer Word Processor Systel
            • Paul:
              • The PC-8001 They Didn’t Want You To See. Picture number 6 will shock you.
              • Mario Bros 2 ripped burned floppy disk
                • The 202 Alliance
                • Mario Bros (202) on Internet Archive, hit Esc while “202 Alliance” is being painted
                • Real pirates buy Apple Cats
                • The Curse
                • Apple catalogs (including last one with Apple //e)

                  • Closing notes:

                  • Rasberry Pi MIDI hat
                  • Stronghold

                    • Other ways to experience this episode:

                    • a2stream file for this episode: http://lo-fi.rcrpodcast.com/rcr285.a2stream
                    • YouTube episode 285

                      • Feedback/Discussion:

                      • [email protected]
                      • [email protected] on Mastodon
                      • rcrpodcast.com on bluesky
                      • Vintage Computer Forum
                      • RCR Podcast on Facebook

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

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