Retro Computing Roundtable

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April 24, 2016RCR Episode 125
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), and Michael Mulhern
Host's Topic: A veritable plethora
Continuing to wonder about modern recreations as ever more appear on the scene. Are we cheating? Should we just get over it? Does this mean more people are coming? How do you choose which Apple IIGS RAM card to get?
Retro Computing News:
Floppy Emu
The End of Things (DB-19 connector)
Apollo 11 program alarms
Neil Armstrong, the 1201 alarm, and greatness personified
IBM 2321 Data Cell
Mike Willegal's LUNAR in SCELBAL
David H. Ahl's LUNAR
StackExchange Retrocomputing site
"From Mainframes to Smartphones" book
"Abacus to smartphone" book
Bill Landreth and the Inner Circle, today
Tynemouth Software, retro machines as USB keyboards
TheFutureWas8Bit's C64 SD2IEC from recycled plastic
DragonBox Pyra handheld
The 64 computer and handheld console, Indiegogo campaign
The 64 on Facebook
Dick Smith Electronics, closing in 1 week
Programming the Micro-KIM tutorial
WOzFest ///
Vintage Computer "Commercial" (sort of):
Acorn Electron
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Apple /// case for iPhone 6(s)(plus)
The original painting on etsy
Auction Picks:
Michael: Dick Smith VZ200
Paul: NEC PC-8201A, box and all
Acorn Electron, plus 3, plus 1
Laffer Utilities
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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1h 17min
April 10, 2016RCR Episode 124
Panelists: Earl Evans (hosting), Paul Hagstrom, Michael Mulhern, and Jack Nutting
Host's Topic: Lunar landistry
SpaceX successfully blasted off a rocket, which they’ve done before - but this time, the rocket’s stage one came back down and landed itself safely! In celebration of their accomplishment, we wanted to look back on the game Lunar Lander, and its various incarnations.
Forty Years of Lunar Lander
Lunar Lander variants on Mobygames
Retro Computing News:
Digibarn newsletter reboot
Voice of America video re: Apple turns 40
Levity Zone 46: Woz at Digibarn
Levity Zone 47: Apple 30th panel
YouTube portions of Apple 30th panel
Inside Spacebar! at mass:werk
Google60
Connor Krukosky presents at SHARE ("Here’s what happens when an 18 year old buys a mainframe")
Connor's presentation on YouTube
8bit Generation movie
Retroist interviews National Videogame Museum co-founder Joe Santulli
8-bit Weapon interviewed about their creative process
Art of Atari
USA Today Article on Art of Atari
VIC-20 book kickstarter, 2 weeks and a ways to go
Britain’s first mass-produced commercial computer
Bletchley Park podcast
Ultimem VIC-20 expansion card
Retro Innovations store link
PolyMold Moldable Plastic
Sugru
Inc. magazine, January 1982
Software Arts wrote the first best-seller (Inc.com)
The birth of an industry (Inc.com)
Vintage Computer "Commercial" (sort of):
The Eagle Has Landed
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Fascinations Apollo Lunar Module 3D Model Kit
Fascinations site
Auction Picks:
Earl: Commodore Amiga 1200
Jack: Atari 8-bit Lunar Lander
Michael: When retro computers collide
Before you print it, you have to scan it
Thunderscan story on folklore.org
Paul: eProbe set
Laser expansion box
Byte Cellar article on the Laser expansion box
A-MAx II Plus Mac emulator for Amiga 2000
A-Max information page
HP 85 set
Whole Internet Calendar for 1997/2031
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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1h 22min
March 27, 2016RCR Episode 123
Panelists: Michael Mulhern (hosting), Earl Evans, and Paul Hagstrom
Host's Topic: Easter Eggs
Hidden developer lists. Slipping it past management. Have you ever added an Easter Egg to a program?
First EE?
WAIT 6502 on a PET
Other MS fingerprints/Easter Eggs
Search Google for "do a barrel roll" using Chrome or Firefox
Excel 97: Flight Simulator
Commodore 128: SYS 32800,123,45,6 dev team, peace message
Micro pictures in the silicon
Mac SE “stolen from Apple Computer” (G 4188a4) and dev team slideshow (G41d89a)
65816 WDM opcode
Karateka (Apple II) back side of floppy plays upside-down
Retro Computing News:
Margaret Hamilton and coding the Apollo Guidance Computer
A Canadianized ZX Spectrum
Web8201 website is back
Club 100
LaddieAlpha TPDD emulator
DLPlus TPDD emulator
ConnectTo, integrating older Macs to modern networks
MacIPgw - MacIP server VirtualBox machine
SIDFX, 2 SIDs in every C64
RetroStyle - Spacewar Fleet Action
See also: Eliza
FPGA co-processor for the BBC Micro
Ken and Roberta Williams interview from 1994
Softline 1982 interviews Alick Diabczenko of Sierra Software
Photo of Retro-Ball hardware from eBay
Ken Williams on Apple II hi-res graphics in the same issue
On-Line ad, in the same issue
A less rosy overview of the company’s history from Jimmy Maher
Laine Nooney’s research blog, Broderbund and Sierra On-Line
Vintage Computer "Commercial" (sort of):
BBC Micro "Daphne"
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Computer Chocolate
Auction Picks:
Earl: XT-CF-Lite v4 for Vintage PCs
Michael: If you’re going to listen to your retro computer, give your ears some retro style:
1960s - PIONEER STEREO HEADPHONES MODEL SE-2P
1970s - Hosiden DH-150Z-S headphones
1980s - Realistic NOVA 14 Headphones
Paul: Color Computer 2 kits
IBM 101 Monochrome Mazes
101 Monochrome Mazes - why not color?
ITT Xtra
Bondi Blue iMac with box etc
Freeze Frame for C64
Feedback/Discussion:
@rcrpodcast on Twitter
Vintage Computer Forum
RCR Podcast on Facebook
Throwback Network
Throwback Network on Facebook
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1h 23min
March 13, 2016RCR Episode 122
Panelists: Jack Nutting (hosting), Paul Hagstrom, and Michael Mulhern
Host's Topic: Y2K
Thoughts on the anticipation leading to the turn of the century.
Retro Computing News:
The Games, "Millennium Bug" episode
Y2K survival guide with foreword by Leonard Nimoy
iOS 1970s nostalgia
Charles' Metaphor Computer ML5-1200 photos
Metaphor Computer Systems on Wikipedia
DrKhumalo on lemon64 forums, Civilization-like game for C64
Video
VCF Southeast, April 2-3
RetroMacCast 399, VCF SE 4.0 Preview with Earl Baugh
Floppy Days 55, VCFSE 4 Preview with Earl Baugh
Touring the memory technologies of old
Atari Swordquest competition covered, Atlas Obscura
Halt and Catch Fire, season 2 on Netflix
PC Games with ASCII graphics
Nyet (Tetris clone)
Items of Interest / News:
Coleco Chameleon/Retro VGS is dead (again)
Google’s AlphaGo beat Korean grandmaster Lee Sedol
4 hour video with commentary of match one
British GO Association reports computer vs computer game in 1984
Playing Go on a KIM in 1981
Quintic (Nibble) Feb 1986, in Stavros Collection, on NIB27B.DSK
Jason Scott, on 500th title preserved for the first time by 4am, at archive.org
Amiga600 with Vampire600v2
OS/A65 and GeckOS/A65. Multitasking OSes for 6502
GeckOS/A65
Many podcast interviews.
ANTIC 141, Bob Polin, Blue Max
ANTIC 136, David Crane, Activision
ANTIC 133, Bill Lounden, Compuserve/GEnie
ANTIC 132, Jerry Jewell, Sirius Software
ANTIC 130, Dave Pratt, Digital Vision/Computereyes
Open Apple 57, Bill Budge
Drop /// Inches 16, Taylor Pohlman
TRS-80 Trash Talk 2
Vintage Computer Commercial
UNIVAC
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Tetris 3D cushions
Auction Picks:
Jack: Pocket Pokey custom midi synth
Audio demo of Pocket Pokey Midi Synth
Chipmusic forum post
Michael: Commodores downunder
C64
VIC-20
Paul: DEC Rainbow 100 in pieces:
Rainbow 100 machine
Rainbow 100 keyboard
Rainbow 100 monitor
Playskool Play and Learn Computer
Coleco ADAM set
Big CoCo 3 bundle
Timex-Sinclair bonanza
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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1h 10min
February 28, 2016RCR Episode 121
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Jack Nutting, and Michael Mulhern
Host's Topic: Making money
What's the first program you got paid to write?
Retro Computing News:
Retrocomputing site on StackExchange
Bonami Spelcomputermuseum
Dick Smith Electronics to close
Dick Smith Super-80
TRS-80 Trash Talk podcast
FreHD
M3SE
MISE
The Conversation with Alex Malley - Nolan Bushnell
news.com.au report on interview
BrainRush
FCC documents show Raspberry Pi 3 containing WiFi and Bluetooth
Bugbook Museum to move to Computer Museum of America
Apple-1 arrives
Selling an Apple-1 in 1996
VCF SE 4.0 April 2-3, 2016
Vintage Computer Forum, new home
Vintage Computer "Commercial" (sort of):
Radio Shack Tandy 102
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
NeXT Raspberry Pi 2 case
Auction Picks:
Jack: Amiga/AtariST PS2 mouse adaptor
Michael: More than just a clackity click keyboard
Trackball
See also: Typewriter conversion kit
Paul: Another TI 99/4
Sidecar disk controller
Disk drive
See also: Marvelous photo of TI 99/4 setup
Feedback/Discussion:
@rcrpodcast on Twitter
Vintage Computer Forum
RCR Podcast on Facebook
Throwback Network
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1h 11min
February 14, 2016RCR Episode 120
Panelists: Earl Evans (hosting), Ken Gagne, Paul Hagstrom, and Michael Mulhern
Host's Topic: We Heart Retrocomputing
It’s Valentine’s Day! So, we heart retrocomputing? First love, current love, secret love? As a side note, does Carrington secretly long for a Commodore 64?
Retro Computing News:
CHM, 60th anniversary of the birth of Silicon Valley
KansasFest 2016 registration is now open
Babbage Difference Engine moving from CHM to Seattle
Carston Tonn-Petersen's AIM-65+++ with Forth
Sinclair might-have-beens: Loki, LC3, Pandora
Secret Weapons of Commodore
Amstrad cross-development on Windows or Linux using Docker container
CPC Wiki forums
docker-amstrad-crossdev on github
Free books from Usborne
OS/2 Blue Lion - modern upgrade for OS/2
Blue Lion
The Malware Museum on archive.org
Malware Museum write-up at ars technica
Malware Museum write-up at BBC news
Retrochallenge Winter Warmup Winners
Woz gets mad
Win95 in web browser (Andrea Faulds)
Write-up at PCWorld
Write-up on TheNextWeb
Internet Archive does Windows 3.1
IA blog post introducing Win 3.x collection
Vintage Computer Commercial:
Amstrad 464 Computer
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Retro Computer Code Scarf
Auction Picks:
Earl: Terminal w/ keyboard - Direct 831
Michael: Creepy Programming book
Paul: Commodore S-video cable for SX-64 etc.
DK'Tronics keyboard for Sinclair ZX Spectrum
info about DK'Tronics keyboard at WorldOfSpectrum
TI 99/4 (sold immediately)
SYM-1 in box
Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X - link
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1h 20min
January 31, 2016RCR Episode 119
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston
Host's Topic: Retrocomputing TMI
It seems like the retrocomputing hobby is gaining traction. Hooray! Except now it’s so easy to scan things, post things, take videos—information is coming in at a rate that’s too hard to manage. How do you keep up?
Retro Computing News:
BCS videos posted by CHM
Memoirs of a Spectrum Addict trailer
John Calhoun releases source code to his classic Macintosh shareware games
Continuum 1.04 download and source
Macross 6502, an assembler for people who hate assembly language
Macross on github
Marvin Minsky obituary
Minskytron at masswerk.at
Most useless machine at Web of Stories
Bill Fernandez: Apple employee #4, on Triangulation
The Ultimate Oldschool PC Font Pack
VCF East Exhibitor Registration opens
VCF East XI, April 15-17, 2016
25th annual “Last” Chicago CoCoFest (event April 23-24, 2016)
PoC||GTFO
FlippyBit for Atari VCS source
Quinn Dunki decelerates the IIc Plus on Blondihacks
Vintage Computer "Commercial" (sort of):
Um.
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Amiga boing beachball
Perry Bible Fellowship, Beach Closing
Auction Picks:
Carrington: Back panel cover for Mac Color Classic "Mystic"
John Dvorak (then contributing editor with PC magazine) demonstrates how easy the modular IBM PS/2 is to take apart, on Computer Chronicles
Jack: True Vintage 80s ATARI Puffer Vest Nylon
Paul: Tandy 6000
VIC-Relay
Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X - link
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1h 9min
January 17, 2016RCR Episode 118
Panelists: Ken Gagne (hosting), Earl Evans, Paul Hagstrom, Michael Mulhern, Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston
Host's Topic: Are retrocomputing vendors held to different standards?
Retro Computing News:
WWIV BBS software is alive and well, and recently updated
WWIV BBS
Emulating a BBC Micro in Javascript
BBC Micro emulator
BASIC Tenliners competition
KansasFest 2016 keynote announced - Mike Harvey
Eighty-One
GeekFest 2015 Berlin audio
How Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry’s words were freed from 200 old floppy disks
What computer did Gene Roddenberry use?
How Bob McGwier used a Cray-2 to decode ham radio transmission in Star Trek IV
Retrochallenge 2016 halfway done
Global Thermonuclear War, a CoCo 2 / 3 game over the Internet!
Maze War - Olivetti M10 versus NEC PC-8201A
BASIC programming on the Tandy MC-10
Atari Game Designer - graphics library for A8 machines
Video Game Hall of Fame nominations
Nina Smith wants dad's Lode Runner in
‘Commodore Free’ Magazine Issue #90
K&A Plus Issue 3
Floppy Emu B out, A cheaper
John Romero releases a new level for Doom
“Hoodlum scientist” Dr. Christopher Evans and The Mighty Micro
Deskthority wiki for human interface devices
Entries on different Alps switches
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch
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Vintage Computer "Commercial" (sort of):
Ty Roberts later of Gracenote on the built-for-Bowie Verbasizer
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Matias Tactile Pro 3 keyboard
Plotkin on Tactile Pro 3
Unicomp
Auction Picks:
Carrington: Blue Chip D20/10 daisywheel printer
Earl: Rare Seattle Computer Products CPU Module Model 220A Board
Jack: Too many copies of Combat, Defender, and Asteroids for Atari 2600
Ken: Big Tip Book
Michael: Sharp ElsiMate EL-8048 Best of both worlds
Paul: PET 2001-8, shiny.
Cursor/uncrasher for PET
Palm VII
Palm VIIx you can unwrap
Lab-Volt 6502 trainer
Classic Mac cover, handmade
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1h 34min
January 03, 2016RCR Episode 117
Panelists: Michael Mulhern (hosting), Ken Gagne, Paul Hagstrom, and Jack Nutting
Host's Topic: Would you make a irreversible upgrade/mod to one of your retro computers?
Anything from adding a 3.5mm audio jack, “dremeling” a hole or slot in the case to feed a cable through. Cutting a trace, or adding a jumper or any other change that although could be “reversed”, but not to original condition . . . . How far would you go upgrading a retro machine?
Retro Computing News:
Range of new RPN calculators modelled on classic HPs
RetroChallenge is back with the “Winter Warmup 2016”
Many VCF East 5, 6, and 9.1 videos up!
RetroVGS is now a Coleco console
Put a Vampire in your Amiga 600
Kipper2K Amiga Hardware Page
Vector retrogaming, with an oscilloscope
Jimmy Maher's Digital Antiquarian e-book
Adding composite video to a Sinclair ZX81
Original web browser on emulated NeXTstep 1.0 (on oldweb.today)
Vintage Computer Commercial:
Sinclair Calculators
Sharp ELSI-80
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Orange Pi
Auction Picks:
Jack: Incredible Musical Keyboard for C64
Michael: Interestime Computer
Paul: Beautiful TI CC40 set, with history
3D printed eject gear
3D printed Supercard Pro case
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1h 13min
December 20, 2015RCR Episode 116
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Earl Evans, and Michael Mulhern
Host's Topic: 2016, Here We Come
What are your big retro plans for 2016? Writing something, building something, fixing something, selling something?
Retro Computing News:
MIST FPGA
Pictures from World of Commodore 2015
Pictures from World of Commodore 2015
EDSAC Update - Two new videos
BBC News article on the EDSAC Project
(Largely complete) Star Raiders II released
Star Raiders source code
S100 Z80-based single board computer
The Internet Archive Telethon
Internet Archive donations
Teensy-based 6502 Logic analyzer
Teensy logic analyzer highlighted on Hackaday
Jingle Disk comparison
Vintage Computer Commercial:
IBM PCjr
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Tesla Watch
Auction Picks:
Earl: Z80 Microprocessor Kit
PDP 8/I
Michael: C64 Diagnostic Dead Test Cartridge
Paul: BASIS 108
Something
Mac Color Classic, ready for Mystic Upgrade
Dark Forces (Mac)
Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X - link
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1h 11min

FAQs about Retro Computing Roundtable:

How many episodes does Retro Computing Roundtable have?

The podcast currently has 190 episodes available.