RCR Episode #12

Panelists: David Greelish (host), Earl Evans and Carrington Vanston.

Topics:

• The First Seattle Retro-Computing Society meeting, Seattle, WA, June 25, 2011
• SDCard HxC Floppy Emulator available!
• Toronto Video Game Armageddon
• Retrochallenge 2011 Summer Challenge
• STUDY SAYS TECHNOLOGY COULD TRANSFORM SOCIETY, New York Times, Published: June 14, 1982
• Classic Computing Cctalk discussion list
• Christian Liendo
• KansasFest 2011 session list
• "Viva Amiga" - The Documentary Film
• California Extreme vintage video game/pinball expo
• Machine Project Apple II concert (was on June 25th)
• Space Invaders watch
• Profile / Widget Emulator Board for Apple Lisa & Apple III
• http://www.vintagemicros.com/catalog/index.php
• IIgs MicroDrive IDE Controller - 128MB CF $135.00
• Adam Savage on NewsHour, Discussing Maker Movement

Retro Computing Auction Picks:

• Carrington -18.75MHz Transwarp GS (Apple IIgs accelerator)
• Earl - Wyse WY-185 terminal
• David - Rare Apple Lisa 2/10 Computer, Restored, Fully Working

Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X - link

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RCR Show 12

RCR Episode #11

Panelists: David Greelish (host), Earl Evans and Carrington Vanston.

Topics:

• olduse.net: a real-time historical exhibit
• Seattle Retro-Computing Society
• Atlanta Historical Computing Society
• Fignition 8 bit kit computer for PAL users
• Internet history is vanishing into thin air
• http://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/gw
• Hyperkin announcces Supaboy portable SNES
• Retro Duo Twin Video Game System NES & SNES
• Retron 3 NES/SNES/Genesis Triple System
• HybridSID - Emulated CPU, Real SID Chip
• SLAY Radio
• The C64 Take-away podcast
• Apple II Plus Released Today (6/10)
• eBay alternatives:
  • LEM Swap
  • Craigslist
  • Vintage Computer and Gaming Marketplace
  • Goodwill
  • eBay Classifieds

Retro Computing Auction Picks:

• David - Tandy Acoustic Coupler (modem) Model AC-4
• David - Vintage Anderson Jacobson A 242A Acoustic Data Coupler
• Earl - Sun SparcStation 10
• Carrington - Apple IIe to IIGS upgrade

Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X - link

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RCR Show 11

RCR Episode #10

Panelists: David Greelish (host), Earl Evans and Carrington Vanston.

Topics:

• Hackerspaces
• Arduino Diecimila-Compatible board kits
• http://www.nkcelectronics.com/freeduino-arduino-diecimila-compatible-board-complete-kit.html
• Petscii Forums
• The Retrobits Podcast at petscii.com
• Forbin project
• An editorial article by Stan Veit from Computer Shopper, April 1989 (additional short article, “Intel Announces 1 Million Transistor Superchip!”)
• Vintage Computer Festival East 7.0
  • Pics: http://bit.ly/mCsCcS | http://bit.ly/iHG3hJ | http://bit.ly/jgZrvl | http://bit.ly/murzjH
  • A short video about VCF 7 East
  • A Great Time at Vintage Computer Festival East 7.0
• MARCH
• KansasFest 2011 July 19th to July 24th
• Ryan Suenaga’s podcast, A2Unplugged
• YouTube: Ryan Suenaga and A2 Unplugged podcast Saturday July 25 2009
• Vintage Computer Festival Southwest 2.0
• Vintage Computer Festival Midwest 6.0
• Ask Slashdot - DOS box, or DOSBox?
• mTCP

Retro Computing Auction Picks:

• Carrington - 1889 C H Webb Adder Computer
• Earl - New in the box Atari 65XE computer
• Earl - New in the box Commodore 64 (original model)
• David - Tandy 1000 HX Complete system with Deskmate Software

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RCR Show 10

RCR Episode #9

Panelists: David Greelish (host), Earl Evans and Carrington Vanston.

Topics:

• The History of Atari Computers
• The Day in Tech History
• Book Review: Idea Man by Paul Allen
• Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft @ Amazon.com
• Vince Briel announces hands-on A2MP3 session at KansasFest
• KansasFest 2011, Tue., July 19th to Sun., July 24th
• The Vintage Computer Festival East, Sat. & Sun., May 14th & 15th

Retro Computing Auction Picks: 

• Carrington - Apple IIGS 11Mhz Transwarp GS Accelerator -Works Great!
• Carrington - ZORK Personal Software Apple II w/BOX pre-Infocom 1980
• Earl - Book: PET Interfacing
• Earl - AddALL results
• David - Commodore 128 Working System Disk Drive Disks Lot
• David - “Commodore 128” eBay search

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RCR Show 9

RCR Episode #8

Panelists: David Greelish (host), James Savage and Carrington Vanston.

Topics:

• 300 Baud magazine shuts down
• Brain Board (close-up picture)
• http://www.willegal.net/appleii/appleii-first_page.htm
• Living Computer Museum computer pictures
• http://www.livingcomputermuseum.org/
• http://s100computers.com/
• Commodore Free
• Apple Sues Microsoft for Copyright Infringement
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_NewWave
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_Environment_Manager
  • Pirates of Silicon Valley

Emulator Discussion:

• Active GS
• Mini vMac
• Macintosh Garden
• Sweet16
• Virtual ][
• SheepShaver
• iDOS
• Einstein
• LCF Group / David Larsen

Retro Computing Auction Picks:

Carrington - Jupiter Ace

James - Apple Lisa 1 Theory of Operations/Hardware Manual 1982

David - Psion Series 3c 2mb Backlit Screen

Links Mentioned:

• VCF East 7.0 (2011)
• KickStarter.com
• http://www.classiccomputing.com/CC/Blog/Entries/2010/9/3_Stan_Veit.html

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RCR Show 8