Retro Computing Roundtable

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Retro Computing Roundtable episodes:

July 31, 2021 RCR Episode 238: Commodore 1541GS
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, Earl Evans, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Commodore 1541GS We continue yet again a conversation about computers as they arrived in schools, but also spend some time marveling at a Commodore 1541 drive that also produces music and video. Topic/Feedback Links: Handheld 64 (Gameboy-sized C64, Hackaday) PCBs to build your … Continue reading RCR Episode 238: Commodore 1541GS →
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2h 1min
July 30, 2021 RCR Episode 237: 18-bit Space Computers
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, and Carrington Vanston Topic: 18-bit Space Computers We continue a conversation about computers in school, but also mention an 18-bit space computer along the way. Topic/Feedback Links: Crosscountry Canada Quazar’s history of the Sam Coupé ICON computer (old-computers.com) ICON computer (wikipedia) Reddit thread about ICON Growin’ Up 80s, talking … Continue reading RCR Episode 237: 18-bit Space Computers →
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2h 12min
June 08, 2021 RCR Episode 236: Lasers Smoking in the PET Room
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Michael Mulhern, Jack Nutting, Blake Patterson, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Lasers Smoking in the PET Room We start a conversation about computers in school. For many of us, computers were only just becoming available in our school years, so we consider the access this provided (limited though it often was). Topic/Feedback … Continue reading RCR Episode 236: Lasers Smoking in the PET Room →
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2h 29min
May 29, 2021 RCR Episode 235: Playing in the MUD
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Earl Evans, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Playing in the MUD Multi User Dungeons brought a social aspect to computer RPGs, some with opportunities to do creative world building. We talk a bit about our experiences with these, and some about their background. Topic/Feedback Links: LambdaMOO at 50 Years of Text Games … Continue reading RCR Episode 235: Playing in the MUD →
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1h 38min
May 20, 2021 RCR Episode 234: This sandwich tastes suspiciously like a ZX Spectrum
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Blake Patterson, and Carrington Vanston Topic: This sandwich tastes suspiciously like a ZX Spectrum Another topic-free episode, this one discussing the smuggling of Spectrums, satirical adventure games, BBS simulations, IBM clocks, CoCo paint programs, and various other tangents. Retro Computing News: Full Motion, Double High-Res Video Playback on the Apple IIe … Continue reading RCR Episode 234: This sandwich tastes suspiciously like a ZX Spectrum →
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1h 35min
May 17, 2021 RCR Episode 233: Retro Development
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Retro Development Writing new software on old computers. How is it different now, would you go back to how it was done then? What did you use then? Topic/Feedback Links: Arcade Machine (Broderbund, Atari & Apple) Graphics Magician (Penguin, Apple, C64, Atari) Nox Archaist SKALD … Continue reading RCR Episode 233: Retro Development →
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1h 59min
May 15, 2021RCR Episode 232: Period Peripherals
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston
Topic: Period Peripherals
When you use retro computers, do you also use retro peripherals? That is, do you stick with appropriately vintage keyboards, monitors, and mice? Does mixing and matching vintage computers with new peripherals ruin the experience or aesthetic? Or do the (supposed) benefits of modern keyboards and displays outweigh the heresy?
Retro Computing News:
B-Roll footage from inside a 1982 Sears store
Halt and Catch Fire Syllabus
Vintage Computer commercial:
Mattel Electronics Baseball
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Throwboy shirts
Auction Picks:
Carrington: The Chip Shop Basicode tape
See also: Example broadcast of The Chip Shop’s "takeaway service"

Paul: Broken Baseball
Mac security brackets

Learn WordPerfect VHS tapes

New TRS-80 game

eMate-inspired RPi case

eMate 300

Closing notes:
TRS-8-Bit
Feedback/Discussion:
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Vintage Computer Forum

RCR Podcast on Facebook

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Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X
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May 14, 2021RCR Episode 231: Something, Something, Retrocompute
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Jack Nutting, and Blake Patterson
Topic: Something, Something, Retrocompute
No topic this time, really, just various news items and eBay auctions. Accelerators, printers, a new Atari 2600 game, Microsoft history, a strangely familiar host's gift idea.
Retro Computing News:
A2turbo Card
Mockingboard-T (Mockingboard clone with tube amp)
Audacity Games (Circus Convoy, for Atari 2600)
Circus Convoy trailer
Plex launches Arcade with Atari games
Yellowstone 3.5 Inch Drive Support!
Vintage Computer commercial:
IBM AS/400
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Atari 130XE spiral notebook
Auction Picks:
Blake: Practical Peripherals SwitchPort //c
iMac Timex alarm clock

Video: iMac Timex alarm clock

Paul: GTE XT300 (link now dead)
See also: Computerworld Ad for GTE XT300

See also: Retro scan of the week, Feb 25 2007

See also: The DAK Catalog

Forethought PowerPoint manual

See also: Version Museum

See also: GUIdebook Gallery

Feedback/Discussion:
@rcrpodcast on Twitter

Vintage Computer Forum

RCR Podcast on Facebook

Throwback Network

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Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X
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May 12, 2021RCR Episode 230: Video Out, Volume One: A-Ap
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Earl Evans, and Blake Patterson
Topic: Video Out, Volume One: A-Ap
Techniques for getting video out of an old computer. Particularly, it turns out, if it is an Amiga. Part one of several, no doubt.
Topic/Feedback links:
Testing, cleaning and tuning up a small IBM VGA monitor
CoCoVGA
RetroTINK
ZX-HD
PLAdvanced+ PLA replacement
JCM III encoder
LEGO NES
Retro Rewind
99% Invisible episode on the last moments of The Sims Online
Atari monitor with a disk drive in it
The Amiga Show
Retro Computing News:
Amiga A1100
Build A Brand New ZX Spectrum From New Parts
Building a new C64 in 2020
Altair 8800 Built from New Equipment in 2018
BMC64 and family, VICE on bare metal RasPi
Vintage Computer commercial:
Commodore 128 1985 commercial
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Retrocomputing masks
Auction Picks:
Blake: Old Apple Macintosh Lot And IBM
TI Hexbus PCM Prototype Card

Earl: California Computer Systems (CCS) S-100 Computer

Paul: SuperPET
Apple II circuit board making kit

Brøderbund Arcade Machine

Homemade IIe Card cable

Flip N File

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
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April 20, 2021RCR Episode 229: Catching up
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, Jack Nutting, Blake Patterson, and Carrington Vanston
Topic: Catching Up
It's 2021! There are many of us this time, so we just talk about some stuff.
Topic/Feedback links:
Micro Phobia (Martin Honeysett)
Apricot F1
Thomas Cherryhomes and Kay Savetz bounce a ball across the internet using FujiNet
Reviewing the Omega Home Computer, homebrew MSX2
Sergey Kiselev's projects (including the Omega Home Computer)
Retro Computing News:
Amiga Parceiro
Blake's Parceiro
MISE
M3SE
Cricket!
Once Upon Atari (book by Howard Scott Warshaw)
Nibble-magazine dot com
Classic AmigaOS Programming: An Introduction (E. Th. van den Oosterkamp) (Amazon)
Action Amiga : Computer Graphics Animation and Video Production Manual (John Warren Oakes) (AbeBooks)
AmigaDOS (Mark Burgess) (AbeBooks)
Amiga ROM Kernel Reference Manual (AbeBooks)
Atari VCS (The Younger)
So the Atari VCS is Finally Here (Spawn Wave, YouTube)
You can sideload an OS, does that make the Atari VCS worth buying? (Spawn Wave, YouTube)
Activision, Atari, Absolute: How Video Game Companies Once Gamed the Alphabet for Publicity
NYTimes “Impractical rise” article
"Upcoming" shows
WozFest 18. Sat Mar 20. Noon, Sydney.
Vintage Computer commercial:
Atari 1200XL "The Convincer""
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Hyperkin Ranger gamepad for Atari 2600 etc.
Auction Picks:
Blake: Macintosh II RISC 88000 Processor board
Exatron Stringy Floppy Disk Drive Wafer - Lot of 40

DIMENSION 68000 disks

Carrington: Keycap remover
MJI Hobbi-Stick Joystick

Paul: Apple II keyboard repeaterrr
Apple //c with C-Vue and LaserWriter

Seiko UC-2200

See also: Seiko UC-2000 The Dawn of Wearable Computers

Apple II reference manual (red book)

IBM 5161 Expansion Unit

Quinn: Commodore Amiga Book for Beginners
Compute!'s Beginner Guide to the Amiga

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
Show audio files hosted by CyberEars
Listen/Download:
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FAQs about Retro Computing Roundtable:

How many episodes does Retro Computing Roundtable have?

The podcast currently has 193 episodes available.