Retro Computing Roundtable

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May 26, 2025RCR Episode 284: Hammer time
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, Blake Patterson, and Kay Savetz
Topic: 1984
Apple introduced the Macintosh and Apple //c in 1984, IBM introduced the PCjr, HP introduced the LaserJet, and FidoNet began distributing mail.
Topic/Feedback links:
Apple //c
IBM PCjr
Christmas 1984: The Great Apple //c vs. PCjr Battle
Macintosh
The 1984 Superbowl ad (YT)
The 1984 Superbowl ad
FidoNet
fidonet.org
FidoNews
Subtext (classic Mac BBS with FidoNet support)
HP LaserJet
LaserJet in HP’s own Virtual museum (warning: QuickTime 5 required)
CHM discusses Lisa source code with Bill Atkinson
Retro Computing News:
SyncTerm
Playing with toy interfaces – Rich Gold, Mattel Toys
Video Game History Foundation Library opens
Storing data on cassette with a modem
KCS modem
Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:
Apple //c
IBM PCjr
Macintosh
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Tiny TV
Auction Picks:
Blake:
Atari SC1224 Vintage Color Monitor (specifically, red)
RDKL Inc’s YT video about this collection
Kay:
Vintage The Microperipheral Corporation Computer Speech Synthesizer?
No, almost certainly a Sofcast Shuttle Communicator
Interview with Michael Darland, Microperipheral Corporation and Sofcasting
Paul:
AnDATAco front panel
AnDATAco
Speech recognition processor for Hero 1 and Apple II
New overpriced belts
ITT 2020
US ZX-81 (auction long gone)
Timexsinclair.com on ZX-81
Closing notes:
Super Impulse Space Invaders (eBay search)
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1h 52min
May 23, 2025RCR Episode 283: A STRANGE GAME
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Kay Savetz, and Carrington Vanston
Topic: 1983
In 1983, Apple gave us Lisa, the ImageWriter, and the Apple //e. Atari gave us the XL line, Microsoft gave us (Multi-Tool) Word, Lotus gave us 1-2-3, David Lightman gave us wardialing. The era of it being always DNS began.
Topic/Feedback links:
Apple Lisa
Apple ImageWriter
iOMEGA Bernoulli Box
Demo of Bernoulli Box A220
Bernoulli Box brochure
PCMag review of the Bernoulli Box
MIDI
ANTIC interview 447: Robert Moore and Paul Rother (Hybrid Arts MIDIMate)
ANTIC interview 448: Frank Foster (Hybrid Arts MIDIMate)
Microsoft Multi-Tool Word
Multi-Tool Word in Infoworld May 30, 1983
Microsoft Word in PC World Nov 1983
Lotus 1-2-3
TRS-80 Model 100
Apple //e
Atari 1200XL
DNS
It’s always DNS
MSX
WarGames
The WarGames IMSAI etc.
History Lesson
Retro Computing News:
Z80-sans
50 years of Oregon Trail
Angry Robots! New puzzle game for 68K Macs
Bill Atkinson accidentally doxxed Douglas Adams on The Computer Chronicles
FlatMac (Hackaday)
FlatMac build video
Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:
Lotus 1-2-3 rocks
Atari XL home computer
TRS-80 Model 100
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Brew Atari
Auction Picks:
Carrington:
Portal (different auction)
Kay:
TELEVIDEO 990 Terminal 63 Units (in a field!)
TEC Micro-Tec Model 70 X CRT VDT Terminal
Paul:
Keep your vintage computers from looking crappy by using dust covers
Symantec Bedrock
Bedrock (framework)
Inside NeXT 2024 edition
This Apple-1 tape does not look authentic to me
Bernoulli Box 10+10
Closing notes:
ANTIC interview: Robert Leyland: AtariArtist, KoalaPainter, Murder on the Zinderneuf, The Dragon’s Eye
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1h 23min
May 23, 2025RCR Episode 282: End of Line
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, Michael Mulhern, and Kay Savetz
Topic: 1982
In 1982, Commodore launched the Commodore 64, GCE launched the Vectrex, Brøderbund launched a rescue helicopter. Computers reached TV, and Flynn drove a light cycle.
Topic/Feedback links:
Commodore 64
MAX Machine in Japan (Ultimax elsewhere), formerly VICKEY
Spawned RUN magazine, but people failed to follow this advice in droves
Tron
Apple III
Choplifter
Choplifter: The Complete History (YouTube, Slopes Game Room
Pitfall!
Classic game postmortem GDC 2011
Vectrex
The Computer Programme (10 part BBC series) first broadcast in January 1982
The Computer Programme BBC archives
Bits & Bytes
Computer Chronicles IBMS PS/2 (1987)
Minitel
NABU
The Sketch Show, Secretary, series 1 episode 2
The Sketch Show
Retro Computing News:
AltStore
Mini vMac4ios
Action Retro installs Mini vMac4ios
The Commodore Thermostat (Commodore History, YT)
Commodore Thermostat on eBay
A 9958 in your C64
The V9958 is a bad design. No, really (Andy Hu, YT)
http://bsky.app
Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:
Timex/Sinclair 1000
Tron sweepstakes
Vectrex
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Atari joystick decanter set
Atari 2600+
Atari 400 mini
Atari 7800+
Plaion
ANTIC interview 439: Making modern Atari hardware
Auction Picks:
Michael:
Four APC magazines
Paul:
MAX Machine
On Mercari via buyee
On Mercari via Zenmarket
Apple II+ from Pirates of Silicon Valley
QX-16 (not QX-10 as labeled) (auction long gone)
Epson QX-10
Softside 1983, Relaaax issue (auction long gone)
Softside 1983 Relaaax on IA
Closing notes:
ANTIC interview 446 Mary Eisenhart (Microtimes magazine)
ANTIC Mary Eisenhart interview, video version
Homeputerium 10 line programming contest
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1h 44min
January 26, 2025RCR Episode 281: The IBM PC and its sticks of ennui
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, and Blake Patterson
Topic: 1981
In 1981, we started communicating with AT commands and Kermit. Timex/Sinclair released the 1000/ZX-81. We got the BBC Micro and the ABC 800. IBM introduced the PC, for business, no fun allowed. And MS-DOS. And more.
Topic/Feedback links:
Sony 3.5 drive
Quick, hide in this closet! (folklore.org)
IBM PC
“Atari” design
MS-DOS
Osborne 1
Xerox Star
IPv4
Kermit
kermitproject.org
C-Kermit 10.0 beta 11 released in early August
Hayes Smartmodem 300
Hayes AT command set
Sinclair ZX81
Timex/Sinclair 1000
BBC Micro
ABC 800
Donkey Kong
E-mu Emulator
Retro Computing News:
Thomas Kurtz obituary (Legacy.com)
Dartmouth BASIC at 50
CHM in memoriam Thomas Kurtz
San Francisco Muni will stop using floppy disks Any Day Now
Atari ST Notebook (it was real)
The Pentium as a Navajo weaving (Nat Gallery of Art)
Ward Christensen passed away
CBBS for winter contact in the Chicago computer hobbyists’ group. Feb 1978, written up in Byte Nov 1978
Ward Christensen obituary (NYT)
Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:
Magnavox TV with built-in Odyssey
Super Pong
HayesStack
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Floppy disk cookie cutters.
Auction Picks:
Blake:
RARE DCS Industries Slot Box for Tandy EX HX 1000 A SX TX SL TL SL/2 TL/2 RL RLX
Paul:
3D printed TI cartridge tray.
Warez wear.
Omnitronix cassette interface
NeXT Cube.
Programma 101 (sold at $4000, 2 bids)
Closing notes:
Estate Sale (wound up with Super Pong, not much else).
Streams:
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2h 6min
December 30, 2024RCR Episode 280: Cheap home computers
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, and Carrington Vanston
Topic: 1980
In 1980, Commodore introduced the VIC-20, Sinclair introduced the ZX80, Tandy introduced the Color Computer, and HP tried to breed a computer out of calculators. Also other things happened. Which we discuss!
Topic/Feedback links:
VIC-20
Sinclair ZX80
See also: MicroAce (timexsinclair.com)
HP-85
See also: Tandy PC-4
Tandy Color Computer
Intel 8087
Pac-Man
Epson MX-80
Retro Computing News:
Apple’s best keyboard reimagined (YouTube)
Update on the Business IIGS (original auction gone, but: Incider Jan 1989 cover)
Daily news from a dot matrix printer
APFram. APFram
Atari Portfolio
It was all Boris Vallejo
Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:
Pac-Man Cereal
VIC-20
Timex/Sinclair 1000
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Inflatable Pac-Man costume
Auction Picks:
Carrington:
The Usurper, one of the last text adventures
The Odyssey, one of the worst named adventure games
Paul:
Apple-Cat II with expansion box
Starring the Computer: Vacation (1983)
Apple IIGS upgrade (finished at $720, 11 bids)
Blank floppies (finished at $111.50, 9 bids)
Because we all want to be able to say “And over here, this is my Grundy NewBrain” (bought now at $850)
See also: Grundy NewBrain
Timex/Sinclair 1000 with box (finished at $15, 1 bid)
Because we all want to be able to say “And over here, this is my Jupiter Ace”
See also: Jupiter Ace
A moment of silence for the keyboards that have been parted out
OCC-2 (bought now at $499)
See also: OCC-2
16K RAM chips sans RAM
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2h 12min
December 27, 2024RCR Episode 279: A spree de Calc
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, and Carrington Vanston
Topic: 1979
In 1979, VisiCalc’s rampage began, and models 400, 800 (Atari), II (TRS-80), and 4 (TI 99) arrived.
Topic/Feedback links:
Wordstar
VisiCalc
TI 99/4
Intellivision
Asteroids
Atari 400/800
MUD1
StarMud review
TRS-80 Model II
Motorola 68000
Compu$erve
CB Simulator
Robert Williams becomes first human killed by a robot
Retro Computing News:
Unicode 16.0 adds more Symbols for Legacy Computing
Existing Unicode symbols for Legacy Computing
Unicode symbols for Legacy Computing working group document
Unscii font
Grace Hopper lectures archived and released
Warhol’s lost Amiga art, found
Wallops: a modern IRC client for classic Mac OS
Famous Computer Cafe
Computerland audio commercials (with gaps for filling in local deals)
Mol (Baldur’s Gate demake for TRS-80 Model 100 and ZX Spectrum)
Dungeons & Dragons Systems Reference Document
RadioShack catalog archive
Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:
Radio Shack
Intellivision
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Insert Coin keychain
See also: iBot G3
Auction Picks:
Carrington:
Mockingboard in box (Auction gone, but here’s a similar WorthPoint image)
InvisiCalc
Scanned at MOCAGH
Paul:
Business IIGS (original auction gone, but: Incider Jan 1989 cover)
Amdek Color-I (original auction ended, here is similar one)
ZuluSCSI
See also: http://zuluscsi.com/
TI 99/4a replacement power supply
ZX81/TS1000 keyboard replacement
SE / SE/30 replacement power supply
Video for installing the SE/SE/30 replacement PSU (YouTube)
SIO2PC USB-C
See also: Set up RespeQT for SIO2PC (Atariprojects.org)
A2Stream file:
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2h 9min
November 18, 2024RCR Episode 278: Words and Lasers
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting) and Carrington Vanston
Topic: 1978
In 1978, we got WordStar and LaserDisc. Not VisiCalc.
Topic/Feedback links:
Wordstar (Wikipedia)
VisiCalc (Wikipedia) almost!
Laserdisc
Exidy Sorceror lot discussed in episode 182, November 2018
DEC VAX (Wikipedia) again?
Retro Computing News:
Grace Hopper lecture found but can’t be released
Living Computer Museum will start auctioning things
Gen One (Christie’s)
Legends of Adventure: The Story of Sierra On-Line
Unboxing an Apple-1 (YouTube)
Apple-1 number 18
Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:
Wordstar commercial (Computerland)
Lotus 123 running alongside your good applications
Coleco Adam scholarship
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
SC131
SC131 (YouTube)
Auction Picks:
Carrington:
X*Press X*Change
Apple Bunny key repeater
Dancing Baby screensaver
Paul:
Math Sequences
Fix your Apple Plotter (auction long gone)
FujiNet for Adam (different auction, and also ended)
Atari power cube
Apple //c power cube (mozzwald)
Another Atari power cube (mozzwlad)
NABU RomWBW option card (auction long gone, but see below)
NABU forums post about the RomWBW option card
Newton 2000/20001 internal USB-C connectivity board (auction long gone, but see below)
Newtonsales
Model 100/102 ROM
Model 200 ROM
Atari 2600 power adapter
Model 100 set
July 1978 Disk II notes
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1h 41min
October 06, 2024RCR Episode 277: Trinity
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, and Carrington Vanston
Topic: 1977
In 1977, XMODEM, VAX, and FAT arrived. And the Atari VCS (2600). And the TRS-80 Model 1, Commodore PET, and Apple II.
Topic/Feedback links:
Atari 2600 (Wikipedia)
Atari 2600 Pac-Man (Wikipedia)
Tod Frye discusses Pac-Man 8K homebrew (YouTube)
TRS-80 Model 1 (Wikipedia)
TRS-80 Model 1 (trs-80.org)
Commodore PET (Wikipedia)
Commodore PET (commodore.ca)
Apple II (Wikipedia)
XMODEM (WIkipedia)
FAT (Wikipedia)
DEC VAX (Wikipedia)
UNIVAC (Wikipedia)
Retro Computing News:
Electromechanical Lunar Lander
Tim Hunkin (YouTube channel)
Apple II emulator on the CoCo3 (GitHub)
Apple II emulator on the CoCo3 (YouTube)
Michael Mahon’s Burroughs 220 emulator (KansasFest 2016 presentation)
Michael Mahon’s Burroughs 220 emulator
Choplifter reverse engineered
Using fountain pens with pen plotters
The Graphics Scientist
Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:
Atari 2600 Pac-Man
TRS-80
VIC 20 vs Atari and Intellivision
The Choplifter
Pac-Man and other MB board games
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Ben Eater’s World’s Worst Video Card
World’s Worst Video Card (YouTube, part 1)
Auction Picks:
Carrington:
Defender ENTEX
Defender MB (auction long gone)
Popeye
Pooyan
Turbo
Turtles
Board games based on 8-bit arcades (boardgamegeek.com)
Paul:
TRS-80 model 1 set
PET 2001
Home security sticker (HERO robot)
Western Union Telefax receiver
Bull Questar 200
Bull Questar
Groupe Bull
List of Groupe Bull products
Micral: First personal computer using a microprocessor
Micral at MO5
“A talk with the father of computing” (Wired)
Computer Museum Catalog of Personal Computers
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2h 18min
September 27, 2024RCR Episode 276: Press P to proceed
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Blake Patterson, and Carrington Vanston
Topic: 1976
In 1976, Bill Gates wrote a letter, and the Queen sent an e-mail. Two 1s (Apple- and Cray-) appeared on the scene.
Topic/Feedback links:
Zilog Z80 (Wikipedia)
CP/M (Wikipedia)
Incidental mention: Kaypro 2000
An Open Letter to Hobbyists (Wikipedia)
Apple-1 (WIkipedia)
Cray-1 (Wikipedia)
The Queen sent an email
5.25″ Floppy Disk (computerhistory)
Public Key Cryptography
Retro Computing News:
Riven (Digital Antiquarian)
RealMyst
Atari 2600 Myst Demake
Atari 2600 Myst Demake Longplay (YouTube)
Atari (not really) acquires Intellivision (not really)
ICQ is shutting down
USB-C power for the Apple //c
JQuickTake
Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:
Space games:Intellivision vs. Atari
Apple QuickTake
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Core16 Interactive Core Memory Kit
Auction Picks:
Blake:
NeXT NU I/O Sound box in 3d Printed Case
Carrington:
New ALPS mechanical keyboards for Apple IIe
Paul:
Apple CTW titles (auction long gone)
See instead: Compute! magazine review (1983)
Lo and Behold & Ringmaster (auction long gone)
A2Stream file:
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1h 29min
August 04, 2024RCR Episode 275: Bill and Paul’s Excellent Interpreter
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, Michael Mulhern, and Blake Patterson
Topic: 1975
In 1975 we got the Altair 8800, Micro-Soft.
Topic/Feedback links:
MITS Altair 8800 (Wikipedia)
History of Microsoft (Wikipedia)
6502 (Wikipedia)
Retro Computing News:
A1222+ “Tabor” Now Available for Purchase
KansasFest 2024 registration opens
Z80 EOL announcment
Z80 EOL (hackster.io)
Z80 EOL (techspot.com)
Sega AI
BASIC turned 60
Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:
Apple IIc
Netpliance i-opener
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Zilog Z80 (mouser)
Auction Picks:
Blake:
BackSID
Paul:
Penguin Map Pack
Lode Runner board game
Magnet for the super-fans
MITS Computer Notes v1n1
Apple //c patent
i-opener
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1h 37min

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