The Retrobits Podcast

Welcome to Show 046! This week's Topic: Live from the C4 Expo in Cincinnati, Ohio!

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Need more retrocomputing listening goodness? Well, then, head over to the Boring Beige Box!Issue #25 of Retrogaming Times - hot off the presses!Commvex v2 is coming up in July, and - it's Vegas, Baby! And, the World of Commodore 2006 is this December in Toronto! Alas, so much retrocomputing, so little time...Have a look at The Cincinnati Commodore Computer Club website for more information on the group that brought you the C4 Expo...

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- Earl

Welcome to Show 045! This week's Topic: The IBM PC Junior!

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The Apple Game Server - load software onto your Apple II with just a serial connection to your PC!The Cincinnati Commodore Computer Club is having their C4 Expo on June 3rd and 4th, 2006. Better hurry and make those reservations!SymbOS, a multitasking operating system for the Amstrad CPC, goes 1.0! Check it out at http://www.symbos.de/.Want to do Commodore emulation on a Macintosh? ThinkCommodore will show you how.Wikipedia covers the IBM PC Jr...And for super extensive coverage of the Junior, check out Mike's PC Jr page.Of course, Old Computers Dot Com covers the Junior as well, good info, good links.

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Our Theme Song is "Sweet" from the "Re-Think" album by Galigan.

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- Earl

Welcome to Show 044! This week's Topic: Retro Assortment (Variety Show)!

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Do kids still program? Join in on this discussion forum topic at the PETSCII Forums, and let us know!Speaking of which, here's a programming environment designed for kids - the Kids Programming Language.The Commodore16.com site revived my excitement for one of my favorite computers, the Commodore 16.What do you do with that old, non-functional Commodore CBM 3032? Well, turn it into the coolest PC case ever invented, of course!CompactFlash for the Apple II - Flash memory is not just for the new stuff, folks!Also, CompactFlash and IDE drives for your Commodore 64? Believe it! Check out the ide64.org site for more details.For fun music and retrocomputing goodness, nothing beats the C64 remixes and SID tunes on The C64 Takeaway!

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Our Theme Song is "Sweet" from the "Re-Think" album by Galigan.

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- Earl

Welcome to Show 043! This week's Topic: The Floppy Disk Drive!

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Do you know what types of computers these are? If so, please drop a line to the e-mail address below - we'd like to find out!Wikipedia - did I mention to check them out? And this week, have a look at their page on the Floppy Disk.

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Our Theme Song is "Sweet" from the "Re-Think" album by Galigan.

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- Earl

Welcome to Show 042! This week's Topic: The TRS-80 Model I microcomputer!

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Do you know what types of computers these are? If so, please drop a line to the e-mail address below - we'd like to find out!Here's Peter Jenning's site, with info on his creation Microchess, and also great history on VisiCalc.Want to know more about Microchess? Well, go straight to the source. The source code, that is, on 6502.org.Digibarn has some good info on Microchess as well!Enhance the enjoyment of your Amiga emulation with AmiKit, a large bundling of shareware and freeware packages.Curious about Southwest Technical Products, one of the early computer kit makers? The swtpc.com site has so much info, you'll never read it all!Ira Goldklang's TRS-80 Revived website is an absolute gold mine for TRS-80 enthusiasts.Want to play with a virtual TRS-80 Model I, III or IV? Well, check out Matthew Reed's TRS32 emulator!Never forget old-computers.com or Wikipedia when it's time to research that favorite vintage computer.

Hey, I never said what TRS stood for! It's Tandy Radio Shack. Yep. Not "Trash-80", you funny folks.

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Our Theme Song is "Sweet" from the "Re-Think" album by Galigan.

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- Earl

Welcome to Show 041! This week's Topic: The Logo programming language!

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The Arpanet documentary on Google Video is back! This is retro about retro. Sweet!Another retrocomputing podcast! Check out the Boring Beige Box, it's a great listen!Wikipedia to the rescue again - here's their article on the Logo Programming Language.There are magazine reviews of Logo for the Commodore and Atari at the Atari Magazines site - here, and here.

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Our Theme Song is "Sweet" from the "Re-Think" album by Galigan.

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- Earl

Welcome to Show 040! This week's Topic: My Classic Mac Adventure!

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A PICAXE - what's that? It's a microcontroller - a programmable single-chip processor with cool inputs and outputs. Have a look!Information on the Macintosh SE/30 from old-computers.com.Watch out for classic Macintosh CRTs - if you open your Mac Plus, SE, SE/30, etc. up, there are high voltages! Luckily, there are ways to discharge the CRT before it gets you.

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Our Theme Song is "Sweet" from the "Re-Think" album by Galigan.

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- Earl

Hi! I'm celebrating the Easter holiday with my family today, and taking a one-week spring break from the podcast. But stay tuned, as I'll be back next week with more retrocomputing goodness.

I'd like to take the opportunity to thank all of you who listen to Retrobits. It's a lot of fun to connect with so many people who have an interest in the bits and bytes of ye olde.

In the meantime, jump on over to the forum (link below) and join in! See you soon, and have a GREAT week.

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Our Theme Song is "Sweet" from the "Re-Think" album by Galigan.

Thanks for listening!

- Earl

Welcome to Show 039! This week's Topic: Random Access (A Variety Show).

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Check out the home page for The Woz himself! Great information and links, plus answers to frequently asked questions!Man, the videos just keep on coming. Here's one from the 1984 Apple Shareholder's Meeting. This video is hosted on the Mac Essentials site (note, mostly German language). See Sculley and Jobs on the same stage, and hear about their exciting new milestone product, the Macintosh!Happy 30th anniversary, Apple! Have a listen to episode 48 of the This Week In Tech podcast, as many early Apple employees, including The Woz, chat about Apple's formative days.The DigiBarn Computer Museum site. Wow! This is great stuff. I wish I had a barn for my microcomputer collection.A PICAXE - what's that? It's a microcontroller - a programmable single-chip processor with cool inputs and outputs. Have a look!

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Our Theme Song is "Sweet" from the "Re-Think" album by Galigan.

Thanks for listening!

- Earl

Welcome to Show 038! This week's Topic - you guessed it: The Apple III personal computer!

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The Amstrad CPC 6128, reborn in new hardware, and with a cool new OS? Oh yeah! That's some modern day fun!Keep those (Atari) XL's/XE's humming, with these fine utilities...Oscar's Vintage Computer Collection has some great stuff on CP/M computers, including one of my favorites, the Epson PX-8!Here's the Apple III page on Wikipedia......and the Apple III pages on Washington Apple Pi's website, a great resource!

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Our Theme Song is "Sweet" from the "Re-Think" album by Galigan.

Thanks for listening!

- Earl