Retro Computing Roundtable

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September 07, 2019RCR Episode 198: Older but better?
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Earl Evans, and Carrington Vanston
Topic: Older but better?

What obsolete technology or device do you wish was actually still in use today?
Topic and feedback notes:
IBM 5150 Papercraft design

The Amen Break
Retro Computing News:
A Conversation with my 35-year-old Chatbot
RetroManCave - Exploring the MiSTer & DE-10 Nano FPGA
MOnSter 6502
Writing a Lunar Lander Game For An Actual Lunar Lander
Atari Computer Camp documentary
Atari Computer Camp documentary (trailer)
Easter Egg found in 1977 Channel F game
An Illustrated History of Easter Eggs
Upcoming Shows/Gatherings:
Fujiama 2019, Lengenfeld, Germany, Aug 26-Sep 4, 2019

Tandy Assembly 2019. Springfield, OH. Sept 27-29, 2019

Retrogathering. Västerås, Sweden. Sept 28, 2019
Vintage Computer-adjacent Commercials:
Tunnel Runner

Atari camp on Today show, July 1982
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Karateka Enamel Pins
Auction Picks:
Carrington: dBASE WristWatch
Macintosh Performa LC476

“Radio Shack Turns Me Off” boycott button

See also: Radio Shack 1979 female-lead strike in Barrie, Ontario

Earl: Motorola Micro Systems CDM 1000
Exorset 100

Paul: Equitrac AlphaCopy
See also: Ad for Equitrac AlphaCopy

Kevin’s BeBox

Crystal Quest had a box

NEC PC-8300. Maybe I won’t buy this one

Closing comments:
History of Computing Timeline

GopherCon wasn’t about Gopher

Phlogs are a thing

Gopher Proxy
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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July 29, 2019RCR Episode 197: Ancient languages and modern usage
Panelists: Earl Evans (hosting), Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston
Topic: Ancient languages and modern usage
What "old" programming language will you still be using this year?
Topic and feedback notes:
What "old" programming language will you still be using this year?
Retro Computing News:
][-Vision: streaming video and audio for the Apple II
NetDisk and the Archive.org Disk Browser
Total Replay
The The C64 site
THEC64 — Coming December 2019 (video promo)
Turing on the new 50 GBP note
The underappreciated power of the Apollo Guidance Computer
Upcoming Shows/Gatherings:
VCF West. Mountain View, CA. Aug 3-4, 2019

Fujiama 2019, Lengenfeld, Germany, Aug 26-Sep 4, 2019

Tandy Assembly 2019. Springfield, OH. Sept 27-29, 2019

Retrogathering. Västerås, Sweden. Sept 28, 2019
Vintage Computer-adjacent Commercial:
Sony Audio Tapes
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Sony Boombox
Auction Picks:
Carrington: Digital VK-100 GIGI Graphics Terminal
Apple IIe in Clear Case

Apple Data Language 8.5" Reel

Earl: Microsoft FORTRAN Compiler MS DOS Version 3.20 programming software

Closing comments:
Why rappers love Grey Poupon
Feedback/Discussion:
@rcrpodcast on Twitter

Vintage Computer Forum

RCR Podcast on Facebook

Throwback Network

Throwback Network on Facebook
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July 28, 2019RCR Episode 196: Chicken Missile KansasFest Megapodcast: I Don't Know What This Is
This is the annual group "megapodcast" recorded at KansasFest, from July 2019. The event draws quite a few podcasters, so we all sit in a room and talk for an hour.
The KansasFest event itself is an annual gathering of Apple II enthusiasts, along with some others, for almost a week of "retrocomputing camp." It is held at Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri, where everyone lives in a dorm room, socializes in common areas, goes to presentations held in the basement, participates in various events, works on projects of their own or observes projects others are doing.
We discuss this year's event itself, then play a game where each podcaster closes their eyes and tries to guess what object has been handed to them. Perfect for podcast listeners, who also can't see the objects. And we spend more time thinking about being stuck alone on desert islands.
There were three microphones in the middle of a room (though we really only used the audio from one of them), and the audio quality is what you would expect from a microphone in the middle of a room full of talking and laughing people.
The participants were (clockwise from Kevin):
Kevin Savetz (ANTIC: The Atari 8-bit Podcast, Eaten By A Grue)

Chris Torrence (Assembly Lines)

Charles Mangin (How II)

Mike Whalen (Retro Reads Podcast)

Brian Wiser (podcast pending)

Joe Strosnider (Joe's Computer Museum)

Jason Scott (Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It)

Ken Gagne (Retrocomputing Roundtable, PolyGamer, Transporter Lock)

Paul Hagstrom (Retrocomputing Roundtable, Drop III Inches)
The "Chicken Missile" name no longer makes sense this year, since neither of those words appear in any of this year's participants' podcast titles. But like it made sense before. Come on.
Feedback/Discussion:
@rcrpodcast on Twitter

Vintage Computer Forum

RCR Podcast on Facebook

Throwback Network

Throwback Network on Facebook
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July 28, 2019RCR Episode 195: Desert Island Computer
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Michael Mulhern, Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston
Topic: Desert island computer
If you had to use a single retro computer exclusively for a full year as your only computer at home, what would you choose?
Topic and feedback notes:
IBM Semi-Automatic Ground Environment

Stardot forum for Acorn and BBC Micros

Graphically Speaking (enhanced edition)

Procedural planetary exploration across the decades

ZX-HD
Retro Computing News:
Restored Apollo Mission Control Center reopens for public viewing
Restoring the Apollo Mission Control Center (Houston We Have a Podcast, episode 96)
50 Years on the Moon: The Evolution of Lunar Lander Games
Project Egress
Video about Project Egress, with Adam Savage
MIT Museum "Moon Shots".
Copy protection in the 80s, showcased by classic game Dungeon Master
Video describing copy protection in Dungeon Master (Modern Vintage Gamer)
10 (or more???) Apple 1s to be at VCF West
30th anniversary note to Prince of Persia fans
A Photo History of Frog Design
Frog Design virtual gallery
Keep it Simple: The Early Design Years of Apple (Hartmut Esslinger, 2014)
Upcoming Shows/Gatherings:
KansasFest, Kansas City, MO, Jul 15-21, 2019

VCF West. Mountain View, CA. Aug 3-4, 2019

Fujiama 2019, Lengenfeld, Germany, Aug 26-Sep 4, 2019

Tandy Assembly 2019. Springfield, OH. Sept 27-29, 2019
Vintage Computer Commercial:
IBM SAGE
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Bletchley Park prints
Auction Picks:
Carrington: Apple Modem 1200
CH Products Mach IV+ Mac joystick

Apple IIGS for the Servicing Technician

Apple IIe and IIc+ for the Servicing Technician

SAGE II computer

Apple February 1983 logo print on vellum

Michael: 1982 Dungeons of Daggorath
Amiga 500/2000 VXL30 Accelerator 68030

Paul: Vintage computer dont no if works
PET 2001

TRS-80 Model 4P

NEC PC-8300 that I might have already bought

Visual Almanac

Apple II accessories box

VT100 manual

Closing comments:
Darkstar Unhinged by Snacking On Software is available for pre-order

Darkstar Unhinged gameplay video
Feedback/Discussion:
@rcrpodcast on Twitter

Vintage Computer Forum

RCR Podcast on Facebook

Throwback Network

Throwback Network on Facebook
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July 01, 2019RCR Episode 194: Challenges of the more recently obsolete
Panelists: Earl Evans (hosting), Paul Hagstrom, Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston
Topic: Challenges of the more recently obsolete. A bunch of older computers can almost interact with the modern environments, but not quite. For example eMates, old iMacs, etc. have wireless capabilities but require network protocols that are increasingly unsupported. What kinds of things have you tried to work with these more recently obsolete computers, what has worked, what hasn't?
Topic and feedback notes:
WiFi connection for Newton 2x00 and eMate 300

Writing with the Alphasmart Dana

Netatalk

A2server

Memofest Recaps

Exapunks

Computing Britain podcast series

vintagecomputer.ca
Retro Computing News:
This TRS-80
CP/Mish, an open-source reimplementation/clone of CP/M 2.2
Cool demo of coding on a late-model Z80 laptop
New Hampshire has now installed the BASIC historical marker
The origin of the blink tag
Video stream of the 8-bit symphony
Main site for the 8-bit symphony
Upcoming Shows/Gatherings:
KansasFest, Kansas City, MO, Jul 15-21, 2019

VCF West. Mountain View, CA. Aug 3-4, 2019

Fujiama 2019, Lengenfeld, Germany, Aug 26-Sep 4, 2019

Tandy Assembly 2019. Springfield, OH. Sept 27-29, 2019
Vintage Computer Commercial:
Atari Space Invaders 1980 TV commercial
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Vintage Tech Stickers
Auction Picks:
Carrington: Franklin Ace 500
SD DuoDisk Floppy Disk Drive Emulator

Earl: Vintage Intel C8702A (1702) EPROM Gold Ceramic Case

Paul: Most recent Apple Workstation card sold on eBay that I could find, none currently listed
Alphasmart Dana Wireless

Very nice PX-8 set with a lot of stuff including the disk drive

PX-8 software set

3D printed PX-8/PX-4 ROM cradles

Rockwell AIM-65 in an EMP-proof case

Closing comments:
Mechanical Binary Counter

The Base.cs Podcast

TinyFPGA
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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June 17, 2019RCR Episode 193: Uncollecting
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Earl Evans, Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston
Topic: Uncollecting
If you have to cut down (for whatever reason), how would you do it? Where would you start? Narrow focus on brands, models? Give away, sell?
Topic and feedback notes:
The Mysterious and Strange Origin of the Floppy Disk

The countdown clock on the WOPR was run by an Apple II
Retro Computing News:
HelloEdit
Checkpoint: An unreleased game from Infocom
Checkpoint source
SDrive-Max for Atari 8bits.
SDrive-Max project page
SDrive-Max project page on GitHub
A place to buy a built SDrive-Max
SDrive-Max video demo

Wear gloves when repairing old synthesizers
Hackaday link about the synthesizer repair
Apple IIslice keyboard by John Leake
Unijoysticle II - Adapter to use Bluetooth controls / joystick in Commodore, Amiga and Atari
See also: video demo of the Unijoystickle II
See also: AP40 Bluetooth controller

Upcoming Shows/Gatherings:
KansasFest, Kansas City, MO, Jul 15-21, 2019

VCF West. Mountain View, CA. Aug 3-4, 2019

Fujiama 2019, Lengenfeld, Germany, Aug 26-Sep 4, 2019

Tandy Assembly 2019. Springfield, OH. Sept 27-29, 2019
Vintage Computer Commercial:
Color Computer 3

Apple PowerBook Duo
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Retro Computer Comforter
Auction Picks:
Carrington: 25 ZX Spectrum game cassettes
New Old Computer

2008 MacBook Air

Earl: Vintage Working IBM Model M 1393464 Clicky Mechanical Keyboard 1989 Made in USA

Paul: Mountain of Thunder Mountains. One title. MasterType’s Figures + Formulas (Apple II)
These aren’t old enough to be interesting yet are they? Clamshell iBook SE

IBM multiple-card layout form pad

CDC mini computer

Ethernet microdock

Large Sord lot (SORD M223 Mark II) for pick up only near KCMO

See also: SORD

An Amdek Color-II looking out of place atop an IBM 5150

Novation 300 coupler

Feedback/Discussion:
@rcrpodcast on Twitter

Vintage Computer Forum

RCR Podcast on Facebook

Throwback Network

Throwback Network on Facebook
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June 02, 2019RCR Episode 192: Clearly, capacitors capacitate
Panelists: Earl Evans (hosting), Paul Hagstrom, Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston
Topic: Clearly, capacitors capacitate
It's episode 0xC0. We talk about feedback.
Topic and feedback notes:
Sundog Resurrection Project

One of Blake's capacitors failed

Exidy Sorcerer II

Fixing a TRS-80 Model 100 LCD issue

Newly manufactured PC-1 LCDs are in

Video of the installation of a new PC-1 LCD

The Chiptune story

Hoover LINX
Retro Computing News:
Jason Scott uploads Infocom game source code to GitHub
Infocom game source code on GitHub
Learning ZIL by Steve Meretzky
Game On: Kevin Savetz interviews Steve Meretzky
Eaten By A Grue, the Infocom Podcast
Chris Torrence reviews the VidHD
More info on the VidHD
Kickstarter: Before Macintosh: The Apple Lisa
Kickstarter: Nox Archaist
Did a vigilante ROM leaker go too far to “preserve” a lost Atari ROM?
Looking at old classified ads
Upcoming Shows/Gatherings:
WOzFest 12:00, Sydney, May 25, 2019

QFest 12, Brisbane, May 25, 2019

KansasFest, Kansas City, MO, Jul 15-21, 2019

VCF West. Mountain View, CA. Aug 3-4, 2019

Fujiama 2019, Lengenfeld, Germany, Aug 26-Sep 4, 2019
Vintage Computer Commercial:
ComputerLand Commercial - 1/29/1981
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Drink Different ice cube mold
Auction Picks:
Carrington: Radio Shack Mathmile rotating computer
Tower Mechanical Pocket Calculator

See also: We Are Legion (We are Bob)

Earl: IBM 5120 / 5110-3 Computer with 5103 Printer

Paul: Pursuit of the Graf Spee
See also: The Digital Antiquarian, on SSI

See also: 0.1% of all the copies there ever were

LCD clock

68000 card for Apple II

Closing comments:
Epson still makes dot matrix printers
Feedback/Discussion:
@rcrpodcast on Twitter

Vintage Computer Forum

RCR Podcast on Facebook

Throwback Network

Throwback Network on Facebook
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April 22, 2019RCR Episode 191: Re: recapping
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Earl Evans, Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston
Topic: Re: recapping
How dangerous is it to keep our heads in the sand about failing capacitors on our vintage computers? How hard is it to fix them? Do we all need to learn how to do this?
Topic and feedback notes:
Let's talk about capacitor failure (ByteCellar)

Experiences with capacitor failure (Hackaday)

ReativeMicro universal PSU kit for Apple II/III

MacCaps

Building the System/360 nearly destroyed IBM.

TekGear's Twiddler

Remembrance agent

Wearable computing, remembrance agent and privacy

Hashtag Softg

July 1984 issue of A+ magazine (article about Douglas Englebart and the mouse)
Retro Computing News:
Teardown of a 50 Year Old Modem
Neon816 MiniTX Retro System
Retroshield for Arduino Mega
Emulating an Altair 8800 on an Apple II
Building a homebrew video game console
BASIC 10Liners 2019 results
IMSAI 8080 papercraft
Upcoming Shows/Gatherings:
Computer Conservation Society lecture series, Manchester and London

VCF Southeast, Roswell, GA, April 27-28

VCF East, InfoAge Science Center, Wall, NJ, May 3-5, 2019

GORF (The Great Oz-stralian Retro-technology Festival), Melbourne, Apr 24-28, 2019

CoCoFest, Lombard, IL, May 4-5, 2019

WOzFest 12:00, Sydney, May 25, 2019

QFest 12, Brisbane, May 25, 2019

KansasFest, Kansas City, MO, Jul 15-21, 2019

Fujiama 2019, Lengenfeld, Germany, Aug 26-Sep 4, 2019
Vintage Computer-related Commercials:
Apple II (1979)

Windows 95 Crowd Control (Macintosh)
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Apple IIGS Cap
Auction Picks:
Carrington: Trio of vintage Apples: SE, LC475, and IIc
BENQ BL702A Monitor for Apple IIgs

Earl: PDP-8/S, serial number 0

Paul: Magic floppy endensificator
General Magic DataRover 840

Tulip System 1

HX-20 with ribbons, BASIC, case

Softgraf

JR 01 computer kit

Thunder Mountain software collection

ZX-80 kit

Compaticard I

Windows 95 Sucks Less

Paul: Kaypro II showed up on Miracle Workers. Oh I saw Kevin too at the People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction meeting.
Closing comments:
Miracle Workers show

People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction
Feedback/Discussion:
@rcrpodcast on Twitter

Vintage Computer Forum

RCR Podcast on Facebook

Throwback Network

Throwback Network on Facebook
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March 24, 2019RCR Episode 190: Forward-looking Tech of the 60s-70s-80s
Panelists: Earl Evans (hosting), Paul Hagstrom, and Jack Nutting
Topic: Most innovative / forward-looking technology in the 60s/70s/80s
Mostly, an excuse to talk about Douglas Englebart's "mother of all demos." But other topics are welcome too.
Topic and feedback notes:
The Mother of All Demos, Douglas Englebart (1968)

Retrobits Podcast episode reviewing What the Dormouse Said (covering events of the era)

Lisa slideshow

Merlin in a browser (and links to other IXO things)

Byte 1982 article on IXO telecomputer

Paul's Retrochallenge 2014 WW on IXO

AmigaOS 3.1.4

Kano (Raspberry Pi-based programming kits for kids)

Ad for the Portbubble terminal

X-keys XK-16 Stick

Pac-Man: The untold story of how we really played the game

HN discussion on arcade cabinet restoration
Retro Computing News:
Kickstarter: Transparent toaster Mac case
Beto O'Rourke's history with Cult of the Dead Cow
Twitter thread from author with further details
Creating new LCD displays for repairs
8-bit symphony
Anti-M (pre-boot for protected Apple II disks)
Upcoming Shows:
Computer Conservation Society lecture series, Manchester and London

VCF Pacific Northwest, Living Computers: Museum+Labs, Seattle, WA, Mar 23-24, 2019

VCF East, InfoAge Science Center, Wall, NJ, May 3-5, 2019

GORF (The Great Oz-stralian Retro-technology Festival), Melbourne, Apr 24-28, 2019

CoCoFest, Lombard, IL, May 4-5, 2019

WOzFest 12:00, Sydney, May 25, 2019

QFest 12, Brisbane, May 25, 2019

KansasFest, Kansas City, MO, Jul 15-21, 2019

Fujiama 2019, Lengenfeld, Germany, Aug 26-Sep 4, 2019
Vintage Computer-related Commercial:
IBM 5100 (1977)
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
1977 Pillow
Auction Picks:
Earl: Vintage Burroughs B 9974-5 Disk Pack

Jack: eMate 300 with all its stuff

Paul: IBM Microsoft Adventure
New Old Computer

See also: Electronika KR-03

See also: @Foone discussing one on Twitter

ORA RedGuard Data Protection

Osborne car adapter

Maxell 10-minute cassette

Quazon Quik-Link 300

CP+ Telecoupler

Closing comments:
Scooping the Soviets
Feedback/Discussion:
@rcrpodcast on Twitter

Vintage Computer Forum

RCR Podcast on Facebook

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March 11, 2019RCR Episode 189: Revoking end of life status
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Earl Evans, and Carrington Vanston
Topic: Revoking end of life status
There have been a few modern updates to operating systems that were long done with development, e.g., ProDOS, GS/OS, DOS 4.1 in the Apple world. And new plugins and things made for old systems. Um. Thoughts?
Topic and feedback notes:
Sheep who love Car Talk

DOS 4.1 for the Apple II

DOS 4.1 announcement

ProDOS 8. Covers updates to ProDOS 8. for the Apple II

GS/OS System 6.0.4

SpartaDOS X

NitrOS-9

FreeDOS

Fixing the IIc Plus Beep

Apple IIc Plus accelerator control

Book: ZX Spectrum Games Code Club

Why 80’s BASIC still matters

Altair-duino

Commodore PET mini

A look at the short-lived 3” compact floppy disk.
Retro Computing News:
Jim Henson technology films
Paperwork Explosion, 1963 film about MT/ST word processor

Robot

Charlie Magnetico

Rowlf the dog meets an IBM typewriter

Cookie Monster for IBM

AT&T Archives
RetroChallenge 2019/03 is underway
TimeOut Edit BASIC
Call-A.P.P.L.E. announcement of TimeOut Edit BASIC
The Atari Accountant
Spectrum Addict 2.5 documentary kickstarter
The Sparkstone: Tales of Florb
Sinclair ZX Spectrum prototype donated to Centre for Computing History
Javascript: the good parts
Upcoming Shows:
Computer Conservation Society lecture series, Manchester and London

VCF Pacific Northwest, Living Computers: Museum+Labs, Seattle, WA, Mar 23-24, 2019

VCF East, InfoAge Science Center, Wall, NJ, May 3-5, 2019

GORF (The Great Oz-stralian Retro-technology Festival), Melbourne, Apr 24-28, 2019

WOzFest 12:00, Sydney, Apr 27, 2019

QFest 12, Brisbane, Apr 27, 2019

CoCoFest, Lombard, IL, May 4-5, 2019

KansasFest, Kansas City, MO, Jul 15-21, 2019

Fujiama 2019, Lengenfeld, Germany, Aug 26-Sep 4, 2019
Vintage Computer-related Commercial:
My Talking Computer

Lemon Pledge (1966)
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Lemon clock kit
Auction Picks:
Carrington: New ImageWriter colour ribbons

Earl: IBM Model 5150 Collection

Paul: My Talking Computer
BacPac 100 HD

Teleram Portabubble™/81

DASCO Word Processing catalog

Commodore 264

TI 9900 book

Closing comments:
Nybbles & Bytes
Feedback/Discussion:
@rcrpodcast on Twitter

Vintage Computer Forum

RCR Podcast on Facebook

Throwback Network

Throwback Network on Facebook
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