KansasFest 2014 Multicast!

Welcome to the “Retro Open ANTICHertz Mac Quarter Poly Floppy Drop” episode.

In this special joint podcast, live from KansasFest 2014, 9 podcasters (including 3 RCR regulars) discuss their favorite parts of KFest, play a game of 2 Truths and 1 Lie, and more!

Featuring:

Quinn Dunki: Open Apple
Ken Gagne: IndieSider, Polygamer
Paul Hagstrom: RCR, Drop /// Inches
Randy Kindig: ANTIC, Floppy Days
John Leake: RetroMacCast
Mike Maginnis: Open Apple, No Quarter, Drop /// Inches
Kevin Savetz: ANTIC
Carrington Vanston: RCR, No Quarter, DoubleTake, 1 MHz
Steve Weyhrich: RCR

Intro Song: Lazy Hazy Crazy KFest, lyrics created and sung by Steve Weyhrich

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Panelists: Michael Mulhern (hosting), Paul Hagstrom, and Earl Evans

Host’s Topic: How do you do your programming?

We admire them, we play games on them, but how do we program them? BASIC or assembler? On the retro metal (OK, plastic), emulator, or cross-platform development? And finally, what is your favourite retro programming language?

Retro Computing News:

• CLIPS
• Inside SpaceWar!
• Proto Portable //c – Charles Mangin at it again!
• Commodore Vegas Expo
• Maniac Mansion Design Notes
• RCS/RI acquires a Cray J90
• ISEE-3 status report

Vintage Computer Commercial:

• Amiga2000

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• “Set Phasers to Fun”

Auction Picks:

• Earl: Radio Shack TRS 80 Color Computer 2
• Paul: Casio FX-730P
  • Alt: PDP-8
• Michael: TI Speak & Spell

Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X – link
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Panelists: Earl Evans (hosting), Paul Hagstrom, Michael Mulhern, and Carrington Vanston

Host’s Topic:

Preserving the Wild Retroalope: Recreations are great. Repairs are great. But what actions can we take now to ensure that our vintage computers, peripherals or media don’t fail in the first place?

Retro Computing News:

• Athana (vendor of floppy disks)
• Preserving Computing’s Past: Restoration and Simulation
• EDD+ Card
• I’m feDD Up
• RocketChip
• Altair 8800 instructional videos
• Altair 8800 Clone
• EDSAC diagrams
  • EDSAC Project Overview
  • EDSAC video
• Cray-1 Introduction, by Seymour Cray
• LM323K replacement
• Selling The Computer Revolution
• Retrochallenge has busiest first week ever
• Miniature Apple II monitor
• New C64 motherboards and Tatung Einsteins (via Andy)
• IBM 1401: The Dawn of a New Era (via Hamik)
• Potentially very long term DVD/BDs (via Matt)
• Floppy emulator for the Mac 400K crowd (via Jason)

Vintage Computer Commercial:

• Commodore Amiga

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• 80s music to compute by

Auction Picks:

• Earl: Intellivision Computer Keyboard
• Paul: 475 Atarisoft Moon Patrols
  • Alt: 350 Atarisoft Jungle Hunts
  • Alt: 240 Atarisoft Galaxians
• Michael: Amstrad CPC 464
• Carrington: The Video Wizard and Video Tape File System
  • Alt: Mosaic in a Box
  • Alt: Boxed TI-99s as far as the eye can see

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