Retro Computing Roundtable

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September 24, 2017RCR Episode 159 - Retro Gaming Evolution
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Mark Lemmert, Michael Mulhern, and Carrington Vanston
Host's Topic: Retro Gaming Evolution
What changes are there in game development with old hardware in a new context? Use modern hardware enhancements? Modern advancements in computer science, user interface, programming environments? To what extent is there still something left to squeeze out of these machines?
Retro Computing News:
Nox Archaist Kickstarter

Nox Archaist main page, 6502workshop

Open Apple 74 (featuring Mark Lemmert, Nox Archaist)

Open Apple 70 (featuring Mark Lemmert, Nox Archaist)

Assembly Lines 54 (featuring Mark Lemmert, Nox Archaist)

Unknown Realm

TRS-80 Video Player

Retro Roundup

Ken's blog entry describing Retro Roundup launch

Transporter Lock Star Trek: Discovery podcast (Ken Gagne and Sabriel Mastin)

Vintage is the New Old

44 years of Computer Weekly donated to TNMOC

Computer Weekly (modern site)

Ken Shirriff dives into fake RAM

Play SG-1000 and Colecovision games on Apple IIe

CP/M Turbo 7 card for Apple II

PC-RETRO reproduction IBM 5150 motherboard

Easy6502 interactive tutorial site

Using 6502 Assembly Language (Randy Hyde) (pdf)
Vintage Computer Commercial
Colecovision. Sorry, Atari
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Altair-duino kit
Auction Picks:
Carrington: Infocom Witness for DEC Rainbow

Michael: Apple IIc Mouse
See also: Kevin Costner uses a Lisa mouse

Compton's CD ROM

Leonardo - The Inventor CD ROM

Tandy RC Van

Paul: Northstar Horizon, box
Sony Series 35 Model 10

Dancing Demon

“The Information Revolution” 16mm 1982 documentary

Quadram Quadlink

Closing notes:
RetroChallenge RC2017/10
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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September 03, 2017RCR Episode 158 - The Retropocalypse
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Earl Evans, Ken Gagne, Jack Nutting, and Steven Weyhrich
Host's Topic: The Retropocalypse
What might drive computing to go back "off-line"---massive infrastructure or privacy/secturity disaster? What kind of advantages are there to the limited/isolated machines of the olden-days? Is there a difference between obsolete and just retro? Might data/privacy disasters (even if not structural) lead to new uses of older tech?
Feedback notes
AmigaOne A1222 preview

Captain's Quarters BBS

WiFi232

Syncterm
Retro Computing News:
Atari is releasing Tempest 4000, made by Jeff Minter

Tempest 4000 preview

Alan Turing's lost papers discovered

Zork deep dive and carrying too many things

The enduring legacy of Zork

Zork on the Computer History wiki

Saving Every Apple Video

Unofficial Apple Archive

Tezza’s Adventures with an 8" disk drive
Vintage Computer Commercial
DEC takes us from past to future
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
1958 PAPAC-00 paper computer

A built (not really working) PAPAC-00

Digi-Comp II

CHM PDP-1 restoration team (includes Peter Samson, creator of SADSAC II mentioned on pages prior to description of PAPAC-00)
Auction Picks:
Earl: SIDEWAYS for IBM PC

Ken: Atari 2600 games

Steve: Unitron Apple II clone
See also: Unitron page on applelogic.org

Low serial number Apple II

Paul: Kaypro 2000
IMSAI 8080 in a desk

Handheld paper tape punch

Two Epson PF-10 disk drives

Apple-1 (Schoolsky Apple-1) auction

See also: David Larsen's Apple-1 (Schoolsky Apple-1)

Closing notes:
Minecraft Apple IIe (to download)
Feedback/Discussion:
@rcrpodcast on Twitter

Vintage Computer Forum

RCR Podcast on Facebook

Throwback Network
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August 20, 2017RCR Episode 157 - eBay and retrocomputing
Panelists: Jack Nutting (hosting), Earl Evans, and Paul Hagstrom
Host's Topic: eBay and retrocomputing
“Atari 800 - RARE - $1,000 - L@@K!!1!”. Why do such listings exist? They are becoming more and more common. Does anyone ever accidentally buy from these outrageous listings? Memorabilia - especially recent-ish (90s, 2000s). Sometimes the vintage section of eBay is absolutely cram-packed with this stuff. Does anyone buy it? Is there value to having these items listed, or is it just yard sale stuff cluttering up the category? (Super common with Apple stuff.) “Not tested” - why not? Some items may indeed be difficult to test, but in other cases, it would be simply “hook it to the TV”. Do we assume that the alleged “cannot test it...” items are broken? Books - often overpriced on eBay. Should always check to see if the used Internet bookstores (including Amazon) have a lower price. Total junk - 4X internal CD-ROM units. Why? Among all the noise, decrease of actual interesting stuff that isn’t selling for 5x the price it should go for.
Feedback notes
Ricki's palmtops and retrotech blog

The Arcade Experience (Centre of Computing History, Sept 2)

Converting the 6510 as a replacement for the 8501

Adobe Audition

Audacity
Retro Computing News:
The Virtual Museum of Computing (with many 3D Blender models)

Alan Kay on Steve Jobs' visit to Xerox PARC (Quora)

Putting CoCo3 BASIC programs on an autoloading cartridge

Earl's experience at VCF West
MOnSter 6502

Xerox Alto restoration video blog (Marc Verdiell)

Neohabitat

Amiga A-EON X5000

Hypercard on the Internet Archive

RetroGathering, Sep 30, Västerås, Sweden
Vintage Computer Commercial
Sun Microsystems 1997
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Antikythera Mechanism pendant
Auction Picks:
Earl: Commodore PET 2001

Paul: SuperPET
Heathkit ET6800

Microace kit

See also: Kodetroll's first computer

Apple Interactive Television Box

Palm IIIxe and Landware keyboard

Closing notes:
Changing the "ROM" in the Mac IIe card

Halt and Catch Fire
Feedback/Discussion:
@rcrpodcast on Twitter

Vintage Computer Forum

RCR Podcast on Facebook

Throwback Network
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August 20, 2017RCR Episode 156 - Assembly Chicken PolyANTICast Roundtable episode 1
This is the annual group "megapodcast" recorded at KansasFest, from July 2017. The event draws quite a few podcasters, so we all sit in a room and talk for an hour.
This year's podcast involves the obligatory discussion of the KansasFest event itself (which 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 the event itself, play a version of "Celebrity" with figures from geek culture or computing history, and generally have a grand time.
This was one microphone in the middle of a room, so the audio quality is what you would expect from one microphone in the middle of a room. Also, this same audio appeared on the Open Apple podcast feed, so if you heard it there already, you are excused from listening to it again (unless you want to).
The participants were (clockwise from Quinn):
Quinn Dunki (Open Apple)

Paul Hagstrom (Retrocomputing Roundtable, Drop III Inches)

John Leake (Retro MacCast)

Chris Torrence (Assembly Lines)

Kevin Savetz (ANTIC, Eaten By A Grue)

Ken Gagne (Retrocomputing Roundtable, PolyGamer)

Charles Mangin (How II)

Carrington Vanston (Retrocomputing Roundtable, Eaten By A Grue)

Michael Mulhern (Retrocomputing Roundtable)
Feedback/Discussion:
@rcrpodcast on Twitter

Vintage Computer Forum

RCR Podcast on Facebook

Throwback Network
Throwback Network on Facebook

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July 30, 2017RCR Episode 155 - Getting done
Panelists: Earl Evans (hosting), Paul Hagstrom, Michael Mulhern, Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston
Host's Topic: Getting done
Projects - so easy to start, so difficult to complete! What techniques have you found to cross the finish line? What stands in your way? Should we adopt a more businesslike approach to our hobby endeavors - would that take the fun out of it, or add to the fun when the final result appears?
Feedback notes
RWAP ZX81 keyboard membrane replacements

Moleman 4 movie

The Convex C220 arrives at the Vaxbarn
Retro Computing News:
Radiohead hides vintage computer game in OK Computer reissue

VCF West

Ready Player One preview
Ready Player One first look photo

Microsoft Paint is gone
No it's not

Impressive MS Paint art

Magnetic Scrolls source tapes recovered

Class Apples, the world's first all Apple II music based album
8 Bit Weapon

Apple II DMS Music and DMS Drummer

The forgotten world of teletype games (Benj Edwards)

The NASA computer in the basement

Modern day Gopher history
The Rise and Fall of the Gopher protocol

See also RCR episode 135

OverbiteFF Firefox plugin for Gopher protocol

Apple II Festival France 2017, Aug 3-6

VCF Pacific Northwest, Feb 10-11 (2018), Seattle, WA at LCM+L.
Vintage Computer Commercial
Sperry Computer Ad 1978
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
2038: The Final Countdown shirt
Auction Picks:
Carrington: 1976 MOS KIM-1 Computer System

Earl: VINTAGE 1985 MICROSOFT FORTRAN COMPILER W/DISCS, MANUALS, & PLEXIGLASS CASE

Michael: Clear/Prototype Mouse
IBM Card Punch, but not quite what you’d think

Paul: Silent Service T-shirt
Sub Battle hat

Datamost T-shirt

HP 5036A Microprocessor Lab (8085)

TeleType 43 terminal

Closing notes:
RetroMacCast 444 (MacAttic tour)

Mpls City Pages story on Oregon Trail origins

Philip Bouchard (Jan 2016), You Have Died of Dysentery (book)

See also: How I managed to design the most successful educational computer game of all time

Feedback/Discussion:
@rcrpodcast on Twitter

Vintage Computer Forum

RCR Podcast on Facebook

Throwback Network
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June 25, 2017RCR Episode 154 - News news news
Host's Topic: News news news
So much news since the previous episode, the topic is: more news.
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Michael Mulhern, and Earl Evans
Feedback notes
Modifying Microsoft Flight Simulator 4 to run on three immersive monitors

64bites: Commodore 64 BASIC/Assembly video tutorials

Love Notes to Newton documentary (indiegogo, campaign finished)
RetroMacCast interview with Noah Leon about it

FASTchip //e (beta) reviewed at FinApple
a2heaven, where FASTchip //e will be available

Apple II Colecovision/VDP-1000 card from Ian Kim
CP/M Turbo 7, support for VDP-1000 card
Retro Computing News:
Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48k Composite Mod

Ted Nelson Junk Mail Cartons
How to support the scanning of Ted Nelson's "junk mail"

DEC records open for research at CHM

TNMOC 3D virtual tour opens

The Design of Colossus

After 2000 declsification of ‘General Report on Tunny’

Micro Adventure books online

100+ emulators written in Javascript

Emscripten
Vintage Computer Commercial
Sinclair C5
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Big Enter key
Auction Picks:
Earl: Microsoft SoftCard for Apple II

Michael: ZX-81
Apple yo-yo

Tennis Cup 2 for Amiga

Paul: 1977 WCCF shirt
COSMAC Super Elf (Quest)

ZX-81 unbuilt kit

Memopak HRG
See also: Memopak HRG

Memopak Z80 Assembler
See also: Memopak Z80 Assembler

MAST MiniMegs 1MB expansion for A500

Motorola EXORciser big setup
See also: Motorola EXORciser

Closing notes:
Justin Trudeau remembers Dark Castle fondly
and Wizardry

via the Internet Archive in The Atlantic

Feedback/Discussion:
@rcrpodcast on Twitter

Vintage Computer Forum

RCR Podcast on Facebook

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May 28, 2017RCR Episode 153 - Random Access Memories
Host's Topic: Random Access Memories
RAM limitations. Early on in home/personal computing, we were faced with very real RAM constraints. Not like today’s RAM measured in GBs and added in freely, only really affecting disk reliance. What do you remember about bumping into RAM limits, planning programs around them, finding failures, expanding, etc.
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Michael Mulhern, Kevin Savetz, and Carrington Vanston
Feedback notes
Real life TRON on an Apple IIGS

Synths in TV and Film

OSIweb.org

Forum discussion of the OSI reproduction boards

Github with gerber files for OSI boards

RCR Episode 142

Musée Bolo
Retro Computing News:
The Treasure of Lumos by Jaime Grilo

Radio Shack auction
TRS-80 things (catalogs, books, pins, art)

Bust of Charles Tandy

Older style Radio Shack sign

RCR Podcast episode 28 (Jun 2, 2012)

David Greelish interview (MacObserver, "Background Mode")

Charles Babbage left a program in Turin

Atari 800XEL mini-ATX project

ÉclaireXL Atari 8-bit FPGA project

Giant giddy giraffes gallop gently; GIF turns 30.

TurboBASIC XL source code

RC 2017/04 Results are in

CoCoBASIC Atom syntax highlighting plugin (writeup)
Plugin page

Vintage Computer Commercial
Compuserve (1987?)
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
My First Laptop plush playset
Auction Picks:
Carrington: Thoroughbred Horse Race Analyzer Computer
Hints, Maps, and Solutions to Computer Adventure Games

Datamost Argos for the Apple II

Kevin: Pied Piper Communicator One
Commodore Plus/4

Michael: VZ300 setup
Galaga 9x32mm pin badges

Paul: ZX Evolution
Fischertechnik robot kit for PC

Elektronika BK-0010 including manuals, PSU, and conspiracy theory

Softalk for the IBM PC
See also: Softalk for the IBM PC on Yesterbits site

Softalk 1983
See also: Softalk on the Internet Archive

Closing notes:
Eaten By A Grue podcast

ANTIC podcast, interviews

WiFi232

After Dark 3.2 Flying Toaster song

Feedback/Discussion:
@rcrpodcast on Twitter

Vintage Computer Forum

RCR Podcast on Facebook

Throwback Network
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May 14, 2017RCR Episode 152 - Future nostalgists
Host's Topic: Future nostalgists
We're nostalgic for our formative computing years now, but lots of that old cool stuff got discarded or broken or traded along the way. D'oh! If only we'd been thinking of now then. But the kids of today will be our age at some point. Are we doing any better for their generation? What will they want back? Or, maybe easier: What do we wish our parents or former selves had hung onto?
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Michael Mulhern, and Jack Nutting
Feedback notes
Mike Willegal demos his SCELBI-8B reproduction

A ZX81 Keyboard Adventure

Scott's RC2017/4 "Andy Project"

MIT Flea

Stockholm nördloppis

Awesome Space

Home-built computers web ring

Mike Harrison's (mikeselectricstuff) BBC Micro video
Retro Computing News:
8-bit workshop, now with more platforms!
Making 8-bit Arcade Games in C (book, Steven Hugg)

History of the machines in 8-bit workshop

55,000 Reasons to love FORTRAN

WiFi232

Steve Furber Interview - Centre for Computing History
Steve Furber on Wikipedia

Debugging Applesoft code from Airwolf

Tandy Assembly. October 7-8 in Chillicothe, OH.
Vintage Computer Commercial
Hayes marketing from 1984
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Mouse Mats (Rhayader Computers)
Auction Picks:
Jack: Atari wallet

Michael: ETI 631 keyboard and 632 VDU
LCD Projection Panel

Computer Plus Modular 200 (Australian made PDP-11)

Paul: BYTE Spectrum clone
Don Lancaster classics USB v1.03

TRS-80 Model III, red

ZX80.5

OSI Superboard II set
See also: Briel Computers Superboard III:

Closing notes:
Citizens of Tech episode 69 on retrocomputing

WOzFest recap/galleries

Feedback/Discussion:
@rcrpodcast on Twitter

Vintage Computer Forum

RCR Podcast on Facebook

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April 23, 2017RCR Episode 151
Panelists: Jack Nutting (hosting), Earl Evans, Paul Hagstrom, and Michael Mulhern
Host's Topic: Is this important?
Is this old stuff objectively important, or is it just nostalgia?
Feedback notes
Living Computer Musem + Labs' permanent Apple exhibit

Break Out: How the Apple II launched the gaming revolution (David Craddock)

Breakout: How Atari 8-bit computers defined a generation (Jamie Lendino)

Lambda 8300 (El Museo de los 8 bits)

Lambda 8300 (Old-Computers.com)

Symbolics Lisp Machine rendering (reddit thread)

Instagram video of rendering

Symbolics Inc. Facebook page
Retro Computing News:
Armiga
Armiga review with giveaway

Early Mac emulation comes to the Internet Archive

PDP-10 enthusiasts resurrect ancient MIT operating system
ITS on Github

Lisa2.com served by a Lisa 2?

Experience Usenet as it was in 1987
YouTube demo of olduse.net

HUMONGOUS CP/M Software Archives

ZX Spectrum Next (Kickstarter)
ZX Spectrum ad (instrumental) (YouTube)

Shadow of the Beast

edladdin.com (Atari-compatible arcade controllers). Listen to the end of the episode for a discount code!
Vintage Computer Commercial
TRS-80 Model I
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Command prompt T-shirt
Auction Picks:
Earl: TRS-80 Model I system

Michael: Fractal Design Painter 2.0 Promo Rusty Tin
Apple promotional calculator

Paul: Seagate hard drive platters
6502 trainer

Music of PDP 1-X
See also: Selection of recordings from PDP-1X record (YouTube)

Radio Shack MC-10 in box

MC-10 16k expansion

IBM Word Proof

Feedback/Discussion:
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April 02, 2017RCR Episode 150
Panelists: Earl Evans (hosting), Paul Hagstrom, Michael Mulhern, and Jack Nutting
Host's Topic: Spring cleaning
Do you remove the accumulated goop? How do you remove the accumulated goop?
Topic/feedback links:
How II 0x06: Cleaning Vintage Plastic Parts

Your Computer

Emulating DOS, for running legacy applications
DOSBox

vDOS

vDosPlus

PCem

Building miniature CP-500 (Brazilian TRS-80 clone), translated at VITNO

CP-500 miniature project page (in Portuguese)
Retro Computing News:
Breakout: How Atari 8-Bit Computers Defined a Generation (book, by Jamie Lendino)

RabbitEngineering miniatures on etsy

Chasing the first arcade easter egg

Guru Meditation's Commodore preview for VCF East'

Sharp80 TRS-80 emulator

SDLTRS TRS-80 emulator

Upcoming festival/convention/show roundup, next few:
Apr 22-23: 26th annual Last Chicago CoCoFest. Lombard, IL

Apr 29-30: VCF Southeast 5.0. Roswell, GA

Apr 29-May 1: VCR Europa. Munich, Germany

Apr 29: WOzFest PR#6. Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Vintage Computer Commercial
IBM Personal Computer
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Miniature “PeeCee” 5150
Auction Picks:
Earl: Northstar Horizon

Jack: Sun SPARCStation 5

Michael: Atari pin
Apple Pin

Mixed set

Univac Pin

Paul: Bill Diel vinyl single
Heathkit ETW-3400A

Heathkit ETA-3400

TRS-80 Model 16 128K memory board

JLPGA Powerbook and bag

IBM Microsoft Adventure

SOL-20

Closing notes:
Vintage Gaming And More, Atari 2600 composite video mod

RetroChallenge 2017/04 is GO! Late entries are allowed

KansasFest 2017, limit 100.
Feedback/Discussion:
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How many episodes does Retro Computing Roundtable have?

The podcast currently has 194 episodes available.