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RCR Episode 41: December 2012

December 23, 2012PodcastsThe RCR Crew

Panelists: Earl Evans, David Greelish and Carrington Vanston

Topics:

  • Carrington snags a Fix-It Felix, Jr. arcade cabinet
  • Randy Wigginton, Apple employee #6 and engineer, to keynote KansasFest 2013
  • Athana is a source for floppy disks and other media
  • ZX Spectrum wouldn’t pass modern radio frequency regs
  • It began with ‘Spacewar!’ A history of science fiction in video games
  • An explanation of timesharing from MIT in 1969

Vintage Computer TV clip:

  • Black Friday 1983: What To Get A Hacker For Christmas

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

  • Earl: Retro phone handset for cellphones

Auction Picks:

  • Carrington: “Toaster Mac” case opening tool
  • David: 1960’s Livermore Data Systems Acoustic Coupler Modem
    • Live Demo
  • Earl: Industrial PET
    • Alt choice: 1966 UNIVAC Wright Line portable data card punch

Other Topics:

  • New VCFSE dates
  • MFORTH
  • Retrochallenge

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