Retro Computing Roundtable

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December 31, 2019RCR Episode 205: Nostalgia, Inc.
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston
Topic: Nostalgia, Inc.
Some brands/companies generate nostalgia and warm fuzzy feelings even
apart from any specific products they created.
Things you see on eBay, and always pause over.
Or things for which you just have a benevolent attitude.
Who were the good companies?
Topic and Feedback links:
NewerTech
Gorilla Banana Printer ad
Centech
FlashFloppy
External adapter for Amiga and Gotek drive
Kit version of external adapter for Amiga and Gotek drive
Lot of 5,694 PC CD DVD Computer games
Age of Gaming YouTube channel
CB2 micro kit
Retro Computing News:
The ZedRipper: a 16-core, 83 MHz Z80 computer
Ben Heck’s new Atari 2600 Junior Single Chip Portable
Retro Recipes: Amiga movie magic
Titanic Amiga hard disk images
Auction for the physical Titanic Amiga items
Macintosh System Tools disk with Steve Jobs signature sells for $84,000
Was expected to sell for $7,500
SillyVenture 2019 on YouTube
Sillyventure 2K19 official site
Timex-Sinclair 2068 complete but for the manual
TS2068 Yahoo group disintegrates
Archiveteam page
Will damage the ability to transfer UK phone numbers.
Verizon blocking archivists from preserving Yahoo Groups content
Upcoming Shows/Gatherings:
VCF Pacific Northwest. March 21-22, Seattle. Living Computer Museum + Labs.

The 29th Annual "Last" Chicago CoCoFest. April 18-19, 2020. Elk Grove Village, IL

VCF East. April 24-26, 2020. InfoAge. Wall, NJ..
Vintage Computer-related Commercials:
TI Professional computer

Atari XL setup
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego handheld game
Auction Picks:
Carrington: Computer Lib
The Electric Pencil for TRS-80

The L.E.A.D. 2.5 Word Processor

Paul: Apple graphics tablet complete
Direct 825 terminal

See also: RCR Episode 20, featuring the Direct 831 terminal

See also: Computerworld Dec 13 1982 about 831 and 800 line

VCR Companion

See also: VCR Companion manual

See also: VCR Companion 4am crack

MacPlay board games gift box

TI Portable Professional Computer

See also: TI Professional computers

Kenbak-1 replica

Xetec Expander 4

Grounded anti-radiation filter

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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December 25, 2019RCR Episode 204: Truly Timeless Games
Panelists: Earl Evans (hosting), Paul Hagstrom, Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston
Topic: Which old games are truly timeless?
What might a kid of today (truly) enjoy? What games hold up?
Topic and Feedback links:
Apl2bits: Which Apple II Games are Timeless?
Zylon Defenders
RetroManCave: Software on Vinyl
Bytecellar post: How I got started in vintage computing
Octojam 6
Making a new Adam power supply
Turbo Rascal Syntax error, ";" expected but "BEGIN". C64 development environment.
Retro Computing News:
Co Co Co! Merry Christmas!
FujiNet
FujiNet code on Github
Strange origin of a 1990s computer game font
Prince of Persia on A8
Non-HTTPS sites for testing vintage computer connections
Upcoming Shows/Gatherings:
VCF Pacific Northwest. March 21-22, Seattle. Living Computer Museum + Labs.

The 29th Annual "Last" Chicago CoCoFest. April 18-19, 2020. Elk Grove Village, IL

VCF East. April 24-26, 2020. InfoAge. Wall, NJ..
Vintage Computer-related Commercials:
Scrooge meets PCjr

Apple IIc vs. IBM PCjr

IBM PCjr response
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Dust cover for C64
Auction Picks:
Carrington: Sperry-Univac technician’s case
EnBASIC Authoring System

"Wood Grain" Apple II

Earl: IBM 3476 Infowindow Monitor,1395660 keyboard

Paul: IBM PCjr
Stumpy //c monitor

Apple //c MultiPack

IBM printer stand

17 minutes of the Empire Strikes Back on Super 8

TS-2068 update

See also: TS-2068 update on the Internet Archive

Urgent C64 case

Amiga DCTV

See also (Carrington's contribution, thanks Carrington): Canadian Version

Sinclair ZX-81 kit

See also: Zebra Systems Timex-Sinclair page

Minstrel Issue 3

Closing comments:
Atari: A Visual History
Feedback/Discussion:
@rcrpodcast on Twitter

Vintage Computer Forum

RCR Podcast on Facebook

Throwback Network

Throwback Network on Facebook
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November 24, 2019RCR Episode 203: Jack, the Wimpy Time Travel Genie
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Earl Evans, and Carrington Vanston
Topic: Jack, the Wimpy Time Travel Genie
You get to command a wimpy time travel genie, who can be sent back in time, once, to advise your former self about something (retrocomputing related) to buy or not buy. What do you instruct this genie to do?
Topic and Feedback links:
John Romero interviewed on Dev Game Club podcast
Retro Computing News:
A Love Letter to My Website
CoCo port of The Oregon Trail
TRS-80 Color Computer (CoCo) Facebook page
RetroGameDev
RetroGameDev Patreon
Canonical list of vintage and obsolete Apple computers
TRS-80 Model III Papercraft
Lisa 1 Papercraft
Zaxxon for the TRS-80 Model I
Upcoming Shows/Gatherings:
WOzFest 14.25045 MHz. Sat Nov 23, 2019. Sydney.

VCF Pacific Northwest. March 21-22, Seattle. Living Computer Museum + Labs.

VCF East. April 24-26, 2020. InfoAge. Wall, NJ..
Vintage Computer-related Commercials:
Oregon Trail parody trailer

US Robotics 56K modem commercial
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Space Invaders board game
Space Invaders board game Kickstarter details
Auction Picks:
Carrington: Apple 1
Mountain Computer Expansion Chassis for Apple II

Worst SE/30 ad ever

Earl: Black Case Atari 800 Computer
Atari Joytyper 400

Paul: Amiga 500/1200 Gotek Extension board
TG Select-A-Port

Sharp PC-1250A and CE-125

IIc bag

Potentially cheap Audrey

Potentially cheap Adam

US Robotics Visual Nostalgia Trigger

Feedback/Discussion:
@rcrpodcast on Twitter

Vintage Computer Forum

RCR Podcast on Facebook

Throwback Network

Throwback Network on Facebook
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November 16, 2019RCR Episode 202: To mod or not to mod
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Earl Evans, Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston
Topic: To mod or not to mod
To mod, or not to mod, vintage hardware. People downvote videos where people do a non-reversible mods. Should you care? Should you do such mods? How about Retrobrite? Video hacks? Etc.
Topic and Feedback links:
Pro(c) Atari Magazine
AtariAge 8-bit high score club
T2point1 Sega Menacer light gun replacement
Retro Computing News:
SpellWielder, new game for Apple II
Team 6502
Acorn DOOM
NuType mechanical keyboard for MacBook
35-year-old C64 program hidden on a vinyl LP as an easter egg
XKCD Emulation
KansasFest 2014 - Mark Pilgrim - Emulator detection
Upcoming Shows/Gatherings:
WOzFest 14.25045 MHz. Sat Nov 23, 2019. Sydney.

VCF Pacific Northwest. March 21-22, Seattle. Living Computer Museum + Labs.

VCF East. April 24-26, 2020. InfoAge. Wall, NJ.
Vintage Computer-related Commercials:
Radio Shack CueCat

BBC Micro Electron
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
MOS 6502 tote bag
Auction Picks:
Carrington: Macintosh SE with stand
New (maybe) Macintosh Quadra 650

Original CueCat Reader (from WIRED)

MITS Altair 680 case

MITS Altair 680 case with switches and lights

Museum Graphic: Gavilan Computer

Gavilan Computer ML5

See also: What Ever Happened to the Gavilan Computer?

IBM Mainframe Control Panel

Earl: Commodore 64 keyboard (colored GREEN) from DS Retro Garage

Paul: Four Apple-related magazines
Apple II system specification

See also: Pascal Spoke Here shirt ad

Contact 5 sample

Apple II Business Graphics

Instant infestation (many mice)

LogoWriter, probably for the IBM PC

Apple MIDI interface

DEC Pro 350

A large lot of yellow things

Closing comments:
Calamityware

The RetoReads podcast

Downcast

Plex
Feedback/Discussion:
@rcrpodcast on Twitter

Vintage Computer Forum

RCR Podcast on Facebook

Throwback Network

Throwback Network on Facebook
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November 15, 2019RCR Episode 201: Computer Store Memories
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston
Topic: Computer store memories
What memories do you have of computers stores of the past? Places to browse, to hang out, to get new information? How has all of this changed?
Topic and feedback notes:
Paul's TV database about page
Retro Computing News:
Video Games Then and Now
The Air Force has finally stopped using 8-inch floppies to store the nuclear launch codes
Paul's tweet about 8" disks
The Earliest Unix code: An Anniversary Source Code Release
Apple II machines are still ticking at the heart of the Lenin Museum in Russia
Upcoming Shows/Gatherings:
WOzFest 14.25045 MHz. Sat Nov 23, 2019. Sydney.

VCF Pacific Northwest. March 21-22, Seattle. Living Computer Museum + Labs.

VCF East. April 24-26, 2020. InfoAge. Wall, NJ..
Vintage Computer-related Commercial:
ThinkPad 701

Doom II
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Vintage Computer Cufflinks
Auction Picks:
Carrington: Sharp MZ-811
Silhouette Trackball in box

Kodak Displaymaker

Could've had it for $10

LGR of Kodak Displaymaker

Paul: VIC-1211M super expander
Quadport IEC bus

Apple Network Server

Cassette A-Letter

Atari Portfolio

Epson HX-20 in case

ThinkPad 701C

See also: Video of ThinkPad 701C keyboard

Closing comments:
Obscure Atari 8-bit Halloween games
Feedback/Discussion:
@rcrpodcast on Twitter

Vintage Computer Forum

RCR Podcast on Facebook

Throwback Network

Throwback Network on Facebook
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November 02, 2019RCR Episode 200: Bicentepisodial review
Panelists: Earl Evans (hosting), Bill Degnan, David Greelish, Paul Hagstrom, Michael Mulhern, and Jack Nutting
Topic: Bicentepisodial review
This is episode 200 of a podcast whose first episode was almost exactly 9 years ago (October 23, 2010). A lot has changed since then, but also not much has changed since then. But we are now almost a decade wiser (and, yes, maybe we’ll do another milestone episode in a year, when the podcast itself becomes, by some definitions, "retro"). So, this might be an opportune time to look back on what has happened in the past nine years in the retrocomputing endeavor. How has your own relationship to it changed personally? What advances have had the most impact? What does it portend for the future?
Topic and feedback notes:
RCR epiosde 001
Retro Computing News:
Big Mess O Wires - Floppy Emu
Retro Innovations, Glitchworks, XT-IDE
What was the first computer?
Atanasoff–Berry Computer
Adam Rosen obituary
Cult of Mac remembers Adam Rosen
Still talking about the ABC vs ENIAC, 199 episodes later
8-Bit Guy and Commander X16: (Part 1)
8-Bit Guy and Commander X16: (Part 2)
RetroChallenge RC2019/10
CHIP-8
Vintage Computer-related Commercials:
Honey Nut Cheerios / TI 99/4a

Apple Lisa (1983)
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
AdaBox subscription
Auction Picks:
Bill: CFFA3000 for Apple II computer

David: Apple Lisa 2/10

Earl: Commodore Bildschirmtext BTX Decoder Cartridge

Michael: MOS KIM-1

Paul: Exatron stringy floppy for TRS-80
MBX expansion system from TI 99/4a

Closing comments:
Kennett Classic

Before Macintosh - The Apple Lisa documentary
Feedback/Discussion:
@rcrpodcast on Twitter

Vintage Computer Forum

RCR Podcast on Facebook

Throwback Network

Throwback Network on Facebook
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September 25, 2019RCR Episode 199: Vintage Computer Upgrades
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston
Topic: Vintage Computer Upgrades
What upgrades have you have done to vintage computers, then or recently?
Topic and feedback notes:
ITAPPMONROBOT

Atari Projects book

Atari Projects

Epic Apple II versus Commodore 64 Chess Match

Colossus 4 Chess Tournament results (Dec. 2000)
Retro Computing News:
Back To Borregas Ave: Finding Atari's Lost World Headquarters
Paged-out, new online magazine
Clear Apple II plus Kickstarter
Wombat ADB-to-USB adapter
Cases for the Atari SDrive-Max
Hidden messages in Amiga games
33-year-old easter egg in Gumball
Darklord (Apple II) developer messages
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-related Commercials:
TRS-80 Computer 1978

ZX Spectrum +2 James Bond edition
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Atari joystick controller pendant
Auction Picks:
Carrington: Hot Wheels Apple VW Bus
Radio Shack Introduces the World of Computing

Radio Shack Executive Decision Maker

1977 Radio Shack Managers’ Catalog

Radio Shack Electronic TV Scoreboard Game

Paul: Commodore calculator
SOL-10?

See also: SOL-20 on oldcomputers.net

Osborne 1 with external screen

Net board

Spectrum emulator for TS 2068

ZX Spectrum James Bond action pack

Closing comments:
Computer Stupidities
Feedback/Discussion:
@rcrpodcast on Twitter

Vintage Computer Forum

RCR Podcast on Facebook

Throwback Network

Throwback Network on Facebook
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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
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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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