The Retrobits Podcast

The only problem with troubleshooting is that sometimes trouble shoots back.

Welcome to Show 092! This week's topic: A Close Encounter - The CompuColor II!

Direct link to the Retrobits Podcast Forum (until the URL is repaired)...Gamasutra's History Of Zork can be found here...And, an alternate history of Zork, written by Tim Anderson and Stu Galley, from The New Zork Times, 1985!Jason Scott, creator of the BBS Documentary, is making a documentary, called "Get Lamp" on text-based interactive fiction games...Here are links with information on the CompuColor II from Old-computers.com, Computer Closet, and a history of the family of companies related to the CompuColor!

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

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- Earl

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"...you might like to come to a gathering of people with likeminded interests. Exchange information, swap ideas, talk shop, help work on a project, whatever..." - excerpt from the original Homebrew Computer Club newsletter, March 15, 1975

Welcome to Show 091! This week's topic: The Users Group!

Direct link to the Retrobits Podcast Forum (until the URL is repaired)...Here's info on the Vintage Computer Festival Midwest 3.0, coming up July 14th and Sunday, July 15th!

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For online discussions on Retrobits Podcast topics, check out the Retrobits Podcast forum on the PETSCII Forums page!

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

Thanks for listening!

- Earl

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Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window. -Steve Wozniak

Welcome to Show 090! This week's topic: Random Bits (a variety show)!

Direct link to the Retrobits Podcast Forum (until the URL is repaired)...ADTPro (Apple Disk Transfer Pro) goes 1.0! Read about it here!Need a USB-based solution for connecting your 8-bit Atari system to your PC? They've got just the thing at AtariMax...Only a few lucky people were original owners of a Kenbak-1, recognized by many as the first personal computer. But the Kenbak Kit is a faithful reproduction. More info on the Kenbak-1 can be found at the Kenbak-1.net site, and at the Vintage Computers website.Briel Computers has introduced the MicroKIM, a functional clone of the KIM-1 single board computer!If building a clone of the Cosmac ELF is your cup of tea, Spare Time Gizmos would be happy to help...Anxious to do a little C programming for the Commodore 64? Check out the new programming libraries introduced by Glenn Holmer for the Power C compiler...Couldn't make it to the Vintage Computer Festival East 4.0? Neither could I, but I can look at the pictures...

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For online discussions on Retrobits Podcast topics, check out the Retrobits Podcast forum on the PETSCII Forums page!

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

Thanks for listening!

- Earl

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I keep hitting the "Home" key, but I'm still not home.

Welcome to Show 089! This week's topic: A Book Review - "iWoz"

If you're having trouble getting to the PETSCII Forums (including the Retrobits Forum), here's an alternate link...SNOBOL? Yep, back when we used Fortran and loved it, SNOBOL was moving strings ahead, getting us ready for more sophisticated string processing in languages and tools to come. Have a look at the SNOBOL4 site for some more info!

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For online discussions on Retrobits Podcast topics, check out the Retrobits Podcast forum on the PETSCII Forums page!

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

Thanks for listening!

- Earl

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Is it the espresso or OS/2 Warp Connect?(from a 1995 IBM marketing ad...)

Welcome to Show 088! This week's topic: My OS/2 Adventure!

Can you find retrocomputing items on the Freecycle mailing list? You can, I did! Plus, it looks to be a very good resource in general! Changing the world, one gift at a time...The history of OS/2 is long and respectable. Have a look!

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For online discussions on Retrobits Podcast topics, check out the Retrobits Podcast forum on the PETSCII Forums page!

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

Thanks for listening!

- Earl

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A floppy saved is a floppy earned.

Welcome to Show 087! This week's topic: Retro Project Time!

Steve Wozniak - always a treat to see him speak. Here's a recent presentation by the Woz himself, on YouTube.Want to see the insides of an ASR 33 teletype? I thought you did! Digibarn has just the video for you.

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For online discussions on Retrobits Podcast topics, check out the Retrobits Podcast forum on the PETSCII Forums page!

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

Thanks for listening!

- Earl

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10 Characters Per Second - Terminal Velocity.

Welcome to Show 086! This week's topic: My Favorite Terminals!

Zork, on a cell phone? Yep, check it out here...Erik Klein's Vintage Computers site - a great resource, and be sure to check out the forums!Wikipedia's page on the ASR33 terminal (be sure to check out the bigger picture that they link to...)Another good info resource on the ASR33, on the PDP8.net site!The DECwriter II LA36 - now that's my kind of printing terminal. Here's some DECwriter II info on the columbia.edu site...A really nice picture of the DECwriter on the tonh.net site!Yet more info and some recollections of the DECwriter on the everything2.com site...The VT100? Historic, for sure. Here's some history on the vt100.net site!You can also find very nice VT writeups here, and here.

Be sure to send any comments, questions or feedback to [email protected].

For online discussions on Retrobits Podcast topics, check out the Retrobits Podcast forum on the PETSCII Forums page!

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

Thanks for listening!

- Earl

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Warning: OHS Error at line 10 (Operator Head Space)

Welcome to Show 085! This week's topic: PC Support Memories!

Check out the RetroMacCast, a great show where great old Macs live again!

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For online discussions on Retrobits Podcast topics, check out the Retrobits Podcast forum on the PETSCII Forums page!

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

Thanks for listening!

- Earl

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Welcome to Show 084! This week's topic: A Book Review: Basic APPLE BASIC!

Gaby's Homepage for CP/M and Computer History - a source for information on CP/M and more!A remake of Colossus - The Forbin Project? Really? Will the humans get to win this time?

Be sure to send any comments, questions or feedback to [email protected].

For online discussions on Retrobits Podcast topics, check out the Retrobits Podcast forum on the PETSCII Forums page!

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

Thanks for listening!

- Earl

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Welcome to Show 083! This week's topic: WordStar!

Star Voyager - an NES game that looks like, hmmm, Star Raiders? See for yourself...Here's are some TI 99/4 videos, including a programming video presentation for the aspiring 99er!Want some help getting your Lisa Emulator up and running? Have a look at this step by step guide...if you need StuffIt Expander, check here...WordStar.org has some interesting history and other resources for modern WordStar users!

Be sure to send any comments, questions or feedback to [email protected].

For online discussions on Retrobits Podcast topics, check out the Retrobits Podcast forum on the PETSCII Forums page!

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

Thanks for listening!

- Earl

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 License.