Retro Computing Roundtable

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April 11, 2024RCR Episode 271: TOMLINSON@BBNA
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, and Carrington Vanston
Topic: 1971
1971 brought us Computer Space, the Intel 4004, the Kenbak-1, and Email.
Topic/Feedback links:
Computer Space
It’s the year 2022, let’s play Computer Space (YouTube)
Intel 4004
Kenbak-1 (“arguably the first personal computer”)
Ray Tomlinson of BBN sent the first email message in 1971
Retro Computing News:
John Romero and John Carmack reunion live on Twitch, Dec 10, 2023 (Twitch)
Apple Time Warp podcast – Nasir Gebelli interview (part 1 of 3)
MECC 6502 Simulator (YouTube)
MECC 6502 disk simulator working disk image (Brutal Deluxe MECC archive)
Ayaneo AM01 retro style mini PC
Ayaneo AM01 retro style mini PC announcement video (YouTube)
Ayaneo AM01 retro style mini PC (Indiegogo campaign)
Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:
Newton commercials
See some dinosaurs
Atari XE ad
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Dust covers!
VITNO on Etsy (several options)
Fabric Atari cover (eBay)
Transparent Atari cover (eBay)
Retro computer comforter (prior gift idea)
Auction Picks:
Carrington:
JLPGA PowerBook 170 (different auction)
Paul:
MacIvory card (auction long gone)
Graphics Magician for Mac (auction long gone, program on Macintosh Garden)
Pocket computers (different auction)
See also: Forever 1500
See also: Pockemul
See also: Invasion Force
See also: Sharp PC-1500 ad from Japan (YouTube)
Turn anything into a 6100/60av (auction long gone)
Mac OS 8.5 in-store demo (different auction)
Newton faxmodem (different auction)
Mouse cables
SIMON SAYS PRINT “HELLO” (different auction)
A2Stream file:
a2stream file for this episode: http://lo-fi.rcrpodcast.com/rcr271.a2stream
Feedback/Discussion:
[email protected] on Mastodon
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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1h 43min
April 07, 2024RCR Episode 270: Time Zero
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, Earl Evans, and Carrington Vanston
Topic: 1970
In 1970, (Unix) time and Life began. Also, Pascal was “published,” Forth was first used by other programmers, Shakey the robot shook, DRAM appeared.
Topic/Feedback links:
Recollections about the development of Pascal (Niklaus Wirth)
The evolution of Forth (forth.com)
Shakey the Robot (YouTube)
75 years of innovation: Shakey the Robot (SRI)
conways game of life (Google search)
Martin Gardner’s Scientific American article (Scientific American, Oct 1970)
DRAM (Wikipedia)
Aquarius+ (GitHub)
Aquarius+ (AtariAge)
The current state of the Aquarius computer (YouTube, VCF West 2023)
Retro Computing News:
UTM
Adrian Black becomes a full-time retro content creator
WiFi Retromodem V3
ThinkPad 701C
Restoring the 701C butterfly laptop (YouTube)
IBM ThinkPad 701C “butterfly” keyboard (YouTube)
Tezza Stewart is back! (YouTube)
Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:
US Robotics (1997)
US Robotics X2 (with Woz)
Hayes: Say Yes to the Future
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
EOR #$FF (David Youd)
EOR #$FF on archive.org
Auction Picks:
Carrington:
Toaster Mac cotton dust cover
C64 canvas dust cover
Embarrassed by your Amstrad?
Earl:
C64/V20 keyboard cover
Paul:
Tandy 200 with a black screen
Apple Interactive Television Box (original auction gone now, different one)
iMac VGA-revealing cover
See also: iMac G3 description (mac27.net)
Computer Napoleonics (SSI)
See also: Computer Napoleonics (Paul’s, on archive.org)
BBC Micro, US version, sort of
See also: BBC Micro B US (Chris’ Acorns, Computing History)
AC-3 in its box (Radio Shack acoustic coupler)
The Controller in its box
A2Stream file:
a2stream file for this episode: http://lo-fi.rcrpodcast.com/rcr270.a2stream
Feedback/Discussion:
[email protected] on Mastodon
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RCR Podcast on Facebook
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Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X
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2h 2min
January 07, 2024RCR Episode 269: Considered harmful
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, and Carrington Vanston
Topic: 1968-1969
In 1968 and 1969, we had SHRDLU, the Mother of All Demos, Go To being considered harmful, and Unix.
Topic/Feedback links:
SHRDLU
SHRDLU in action (YouTube)
Terry Winograd’s PhD thesis.
How SHRDLU got its name.
Douglas Englebart’s Mother of All Demos (YouTube)
Douglas Englebart’s Mother of All Demos (Wikipedia)
Edgar Dijkstra: Go To Statement Considered Harmful
David Tribble: Go To Statement Considered Harmful, a retrospective
UNIX timeline
Ritchie: The Evolution of the Unix Time-sharing System
Retro Computing News:
Open AC-1 kit
Wizardry modern remake
Deathlord Relorded
The Making of Karateka
World’s longest-running PCjr
Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:
Aquarius
Doom 2
Ordimini
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Doom Guy: Life in First Person (John Romero)
Auction Picks:
Carrington:
Wings out of Shadow
Mission on Thunderhead
iMac G4 in Toronto
Paul:
Apple IIGS ADB keyboard
Sealed Knight of Diamonds folder
Amnesia
See also: Amnesia Remembered (John Aycock)
See also: Amnesia manuscript
Canon X-07
See also: Canon X-07 (oldmachinery)
Ordinathan
See also: Ordinathan (YouTube)
Mouse nest
Aquarius
Digi-Comp I
Mindset
See also: Mindset
A2Stream file:
a2stream file for this episode: http://lo-fi.rcrpodcast.com/rcr269.a2stream
Feedback/Discussion:
[email protected] on Mastodon
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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2h 7min
January 07, 2024RCR Episode 268: KansasFest/A24eVR megapodcast
Various podcasters who attended the KansasFest 2023 or virtual A24eVR event relate their experiences and thoughts, in the annual “megapodcast” tradition.
Participants:
Paul Hagstrom
Retrocomputing Roundtable
Drop /// Inches
Ron
Ron’s Computer Videos
Kat (LadyAiluros)
Retro Metal
Javier Rivera
Retro Repair Roundtable
Chris Torrence
Assembly Lines
Josh
48KRAM on Twitch
Ken Gagne
Juiced.GS
A2Central.com
Open Apple
A2Stream file:
a2stream file for this episode: http://lo-fi.rcrpodcast.com/rcr268.a2stream
Feedback/Discussion:
[email protected] on Mastodon
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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1h 38min
December 04, 2023RCR Episode 267: Turtles all the way down
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, Earl Evans, and Blake Patterson
Topic: 1967
1967 gave us Logo and the floppy disk, so we talk about that, and then many other things.
Topic/Feedback links:
Logo (Wikipedia)
LogoWriter tape 1 (The Daily Papert)
LogoWriter tape 1 (Vimeo)
Logo Week (ByteCellar)
TurtleSpaces
JSLogo
History of the Floppy Disk (Wikipedia)
Ejecting a floppy in space
Retro Computing News:
Chevy V8 engine replica built using LEGO & Apple II
Port of Space Taxi to the Atari 8-bit systems (VITNO)
Space Taxi (Wikipedia)
Myst demake
PETSCII BBS Builder
GEM ported to a Dana word processor
Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:
C64 between too expensive and too small
3M disks
C64 job interview
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Turtle USB mouse
Auction Picks:
Blake:
IBM 7362149 83 Key Beamspring Keyboard For 5251 Display Station
See also: Beam spring (Deskthority)
Earl:
Commodore IEEE-488 Interface Cartridge for Commodore 64
Paul:
Memotech ZX81 keyboard
IIGS and Lego TC Logo setup
How to build a working digital computer out of paper clips
See also: How to build a working digital computer out of paper clips (archive.org)
Vintage tech that looks like Homer Simpson:
Exhibit A (Commodore 1541 drive)
Exhibit B (Power Mac 7100/80)
Exhibit B2 (Quadra 650)
The Controller
Pairs well with VisiCalc (Your Blood Pressure cassette)
Pie-Man from Bearware
See also: QVision Apple II Review 1983 video
See also: Bearware (MOCAGH)
A2Stream file:
a2stream file for this episode: http://lo-fi.rcrpodcast.com/rcr267.a2stream
Feedback/Discussion:
[email protected] on Mastodon
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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2h 13min
August 11, 2023RCR Episode 266: The Apple II Age
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, Blake Patterson, with guest Laine Nooney
Topics: 1966, and The Apple II Age
Two topics this time: First, some things from 1966, and then, a discussion with Laine Nooney on their newly published book The Apple II Age: How the Computer Became Personal.
Topic/Feedback links:
The Apple II Age: How the Computer Became Personal (University of Chicago Press, 2023, Laine Nooney)
Laine Nooney
Don’t Copy That Floppy: The untold history of Apple II software piracy (Excerpt from the book)
Carterfone
Hush-a-Phone (1921) (eBay)
ELIZA—A Computer Program For the Study of Natural Language Communication Between Man and Machine, Joseph Weizenbaum, Communications of the ACL, 1966.
Apollo Guidance Computer (Wikipedia)
BIT-C-128 Video DAC
Retro Computing News:
A2VGA – Pico IIe Card
Appril2
CrossRunner (a new IIGS emulator)
Jordan Mechner, Replay
Deep dive into a Sol-20
New 386 DOS PCs in 2023?
Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:
Danny Ross presents Timex/Sinclair 1500 and 2068 at Boston Computer Society, October 26, 1983
Apple IIGS commercial
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Opis 192 Cable C Candlestick phone
Upcoming (or recent) gatherings:
VCF Midwest (Sep 9-10, 2023, Elmhurst, IL)
Tandy Assembly (Sep 29-Oct 1, 2023, Springfield, OH)
Auction Picks:
Blake:
Timex/Sinclair 1500
Another Timex/Sinclair 1500
Paul:
Seiko SmartPad
See also: Seiko SmartPad2
See also: SmartPad2 in action
MacroMind-Paracomp MacRecorder Sound Studio Pro
Breakout II
A2Stream file:
a2stream file for this episode: http://lo-fi.rcrpodcast.com/rcr266.a2stream
Feedback/Discussion:
[email protected] on Mastodon
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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2h 17min
May 19, 2023RCR Episode 265: Poolside computing arrives
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, Blake Patterson, and Carrington Vanston
Topic: Poolside computing arrives
We look back on a few highlights of 1965, including the Programma 101, the PDP-8, Moore’s Law. We talk analog computers, Visual BASIC, sticky mice, and more.
Topic/Feedback links:
Moore’s Law (Wikipedia)
Moore’s Law (NYT)
PDP-8
The incredible story of the first PC, from 1965
Olivetti Programma 101: Memory of the Future
Olivetti Programma 101 (Wikipedia)
Project TACT
A history of Visual BASIC
The Xerox Alto turns 50
Retro Computing News:
Jacob Ziv
Infinite Mac
A history of Visual BASIC
Globus analog spaceflight computer
Technology Connections video on stereo records
Puyo Puyo
1979 video of father watching son program an Apple II
Followup interview with same father and son today
A2Central reboot
Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:
Visual BASIC launch
Triumph of the Nerds part 1
Olivetti Programma 101: Memory of the Future
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
The UNIX pipe card game
Upcoming (or recent) gatherings:
VCF East (Apr 14-16, 2023, Wall, NJ)
CoCoFest (Apr 22-23, 2023, Chicago area, IL)
Indy Classic Computer and Video Game Expo (Apr 29-30, 2023, Indianapolis)
VCF Southwest (June 23-25, 2023, Dallas area, TX)
KansasFest 2023 (July 18-23, Kansas City, MO; July 29-30, online)
VCF Southeast (July 28-30, 2023, Atlanta, GA)
VCF West (Aug 4-5, 2023, Mountain View, CA)
VCF Midwest (Sep 9-10, 2023, Elmhurst, IL)
Tandy Assembly (Sep 29-Oct 1, 2023, Springfield, OH)
Auction Picks:
Blake:
Newtech Model 6 Music Card Reproduction (S-100 bus)
Carrington:
Mostek Bytewide button
I’ve Got Mnemonic Plague button
I Confessed to Cringely button
Paul:
Your Computer
Sanyo MBC-550
IBM System/360 RPG Programming
Sticky mouse
Quinn:
Commodore 1901
See also: Commodore monitors by model
A2Stream file:
a2stream file for this episode: http://lo-fi.rcrpodcast.com/rcr265.a2stream
Feedback/Discussion:
[email protected] on Mastodon
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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2h 4min
February 27, 2023RCR Episode 264: Double bucky, you’re the one
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, and Carrington Vanston
Topic: Double bucky, you’re the one
We look back on a few highlights of 1964, including the double bucky, SABRE, and BASIC.
Topic/Feedback links:
The term “double bucky” is coined
The double bucky song
BASIC is introduced (successor to DARSIMCO and DOPE)
IBM introduces SABRE
CDC 6600 supercomputer
ASR-33
PicoMite
ChatGPT on an Apple IIGS
Retro.directory
What is retro.directory? (YouTube)
Retro Computing News:
Tetris: the movie
NABU: Network adapter from nabu.ca
NABU: Marduk emulator
NABU ROMs from nabunetwork.com
MouSTer
Hoard of retro fonts
Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:
Adobe Illustrator 88
Nintendo Tetris
Sabre
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
M0110 triple-mode keyboard
YouTube demo
VTech LS916 retro handset
Physically appears to fit
See also RCR episode 41
Auction Picks:
Carrington:
Macintosh SE: zero drives is better than one
Paul:
Make your II+ respectful again
Aspirational drive badges
Sabre flip-zone
Lisa 2
See also: replacement Lisa motherboards
Apple III Plus prototype
@World modem for the Pippin
A2Stream file:
a2stream file for this episode: http://lo-fi.rcrpodcast.com/rcr264.a2stream
Feedback/Discussion:
@rcrpodcast on Twitter
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Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X
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1h 36min
February 19, 2023RCR Episode 263: The year of the gopher
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, Earl Evans, Michael Mulhern, and Carrington Vanston
Topic: The year of the gopher
We begin 2023 with a shift to new hosting providers, that require encrypted communication. How/should we access the modern web from old computers?
Topic/Feedback links:
Building a new C64 (Retro Recipes)
LinuxJedi’s GoFloppy
Gameboy Tetris ported to the Apple II
Retro Computing News:
Chuck E. Cheese still uses floppy disks in 2023
PC Magazine discontinuing their digital edition
Computer Museum uses GreaseWeazle to help exonerate Maryland Man (cctalk)
Lisa Source code available (press release, CHM)
Lisa: Apple’s most influential failure (CHM)
Happy 40th birthday, Lisa (CHM)
Before Macintosh: The Apple Lisa
New timepiece for a classic mac – part 1
Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:
I adore my 64
PIZZA with mushrooms and a mouse
Scotch brand electrical tape
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Shargeek 35W GaN retro charger
Auction Picks:
Carrington:
Mac86 co-processor for the Macintosh SE
Black Macintosh TV that is neither a Macintosh TV nor black
Sinclair One Per Desk
See also: Tezza’s Telecom Computerphone
Earl:
HP-85 computer, 16K memory module
Paul:
Sharp CE-153 software board
Final Cartridge III
See also: Final Cartridge III+
A2Stream file:
a2stream file for this episode: http://lo-fi.rcrpodcast.com/rcr263.a2stream
Closing notes:
Dorm, text adventure release candidate and packaging
PunyJam #3
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1h 50min
December 25, 2022RCR Episode 262: 60 years between Bell 103 and today” s InterNet
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, Earl Evans, and Michael Mulhern
Topic: 60 years between Bell 103 and today” s InterNet
In 1962, the world gained Spacewar! and the Bell 103 modem.
Topic/Feedback links:
Spacewar at masswerk.at
Spacewar!
History of Spacewar!
Computer Space
Bell 103
NCR CRAM
NCR CRAM product brochure.
BBC archive, speaking with Douglas Adams about the HHGTTG game
A few Apple II clones
Microsci Havac, review, Creative Computer Oct 1984
A Computer Called LEO (book, Georgina Ferry)
NitrOS9 Ease of Use project
8 bit Shack
Linus Akesson 15 years of scene spirit
Going online in the early 90s part 2, Goto10 substack
Retro Computing News:
Adrian finds a white ceramic 6502 in his digital basement
Modular display for retro systems
NABU (York University)
NABU retroNET
Leo Binkowski, games programmer for NABU, on the local news in 1984
NABU auction
Adrian’s Digital Basement’s NABU
DJ Sures’ playlist of NABU hacking
IBM 5150 Christmas ornament that plays DOOM
IBM 5150 Christmas ornament that plays DOOM (Hackaday)
Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:
“Pack up your troubles (pack up your family)” – Seattle World’s Fair 1962
MS-DOS 5 Upgrade rap
Bell Data-Phone
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
4X magnifying glass with stand
See also: One of these on Paul’s OCC1
Auction Picks:
Earl:
Amiga 500 Keyboard
Michael:
FORTRAN 5
Paul:
Old Apple II with Disk II number 61
A very thin book
IBM postcard from 1962 Seattle World’s Fair
Crayperweight
Craysler mug
OCC1 for $50 BIN
OCC1 glare guard
Microsoft muMath 80
See also: MuMath 80 in the Microsoft catalog
See also: MuMath 80 review in BYTE
See also: MuMath 80 review in Creative Computing
Suncom Joy Sensor
See also: Joy Sensor review in Video and Computer Gaming Illustrated
See also: Suncom Aerobic Joystick ad
Best keypad layout (Micromodule 85)
A2Stream file:
a2stream file for this episode: http://yesterbits.com/media/a2s/rcr262.a2stream
Feedback/Discussion:
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Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X
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1h 52min

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