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First the floppy and now the optical, can disks survive? The Texas Instruments TI99, did it ever stand a chance? Can arcade Commando be improved with the Commodore 64 SID tune? All this and more in your weekly retro computing round up.
00:00 - Show Opening
01:47 - Are Disks Immortal?
Story Link: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/new-jersey-prisoner-laments-reliance-on-floppy-disks-for-appeals-documents-which-limits-file-size-to-1-44-mb-prisoners-allowed-20-floppy-disks-in-cell-but-usb-flash-sticks-are-banned
SD Floppy Disk Concept: https://www.techradar.com/pro/this-creative-concept-reinvents-the-1-44mb-floppy-disk-as-a-modern-storage-device-a-holder-for-todays-sd-cards-packing-terabytes-of-storage
End Of LG Blu Ray:https://youtu.be/HTNCYrLEezA?si=tBAKAUAkLyfc8OSw
16:32 - The Rise and Fall of Texas Instruments’ TI/99
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlLQ_YifDl8
Additional Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0Jtv8hvau4
Online TI99 Emulator: https://js99er.net/#/
36:22 - Housekeeping - News links found below
41:46 - Making The Arcade Port Better By Using SID Music
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewyzM-H286U
51:04 - Community Question of the Week
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This Week in Retro is a weekly roundup of the hottest stories from the world of retro gaming and computing, voted on by you, the listener! Hosted by Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.
News In Brief Links:
UK Loves Retro: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/25/straight_outta_1996_why_were/
Vic-20 ISA: https://hackaday.com/2025/08/26/vic-20-gets-isa-slot-networking/
IRC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UbKenFipjo
Evoids: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3140290/Evoids/
Amiga No CPU Challenge: https://github.com/askeksa/NoCpuChallenge
Byte Visual Archive: https://byte.tsundoku.io/
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First the floppy and now the optical, can disks survive? The Texas Instruments TI99, did it ever stand a chance? Can arcade Commando be improved with the Commodore 64 SID tune? All this and more in your weekly retro computing round up.
00:00 - Show Opening
01:47 - Are Disks Immortal?
Story Link: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/new-jersey-prisoner-laments-reliance-on-floppy-disks-for-appeals-documents-which-limits-file-size-to-1-44-mb-prisoners-allowed-20-floppy-disks-in-cell-but-usb-flash-sticks-are-banned
SD Floppy Disk Concept: https://www.techradar.com/pro/this-creative-concept-reinvents-the-1-44mb-floppy-disk-as-a-modern-storage-device-a-holder-for-todays-sd-cards-packing-terabytes-of-storage
End Of LG Blu Ray:https://youtu.be/HTNCYrLEezA?si=tBAKAUAkLyfc8OSw
16:32 - The Rise and Fall of Texas Instruments’ TI/99
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlLQ_YifDl8
Additional Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0Jtv8hvau4
Online TI99 Emulator: https://js99er.net/#/
36:22 - Housekeeping - News links found below
41:46 - Making The Arcade Port Better By Using SID Music
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewyzM-H286U
51:04 - Community Question of the Week
🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing!
https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro
🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/
Follow your hosts!
Bluesky:
https://bsky.app/profile/davevelociraptor.bsky.social
https://bsky.app/profile/jasoncompton.bsky.social
Youtube:
Chris - https://www.youtube.com/@005AGIMA
Jason - https://www.youtube.com/@jpcompton
Audio Podcast:
https://retroadventurers.podbean.com/
Subscribe to the audio version of the show!
📻 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-retro/id1526487568?uo=4
📻 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2OPQ3cADaB92E9SpRdTe5y
📻 Podbean: https://twir.podbean.com
📻 Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/en/show/5734337
📻 RSS: https://feed.podbean.com/TWIR/feed.xml
📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThisWeekinRetro
This Week in Retro is a weekly roundup of the hottest stories from the world of retro gaming and computing, voted on by you, the listener! Hosted by Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.
News In Brief Links:
UK Loves Retro: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/25/straight_outta_1996_why_were/
Vic-20 ISA: https://hackaday.com/2025/08/26/vic-20-gets-isa-slot-networking/
IRC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UbKenFipjo
Evoids: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3140290/Evoids/
Amiga No CPU Challenge: https://github.com/askeksa/NoCpuChallenge
Byte Visual Archive: https://byte.tsundoku.io/
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