Panelists: Michael Mulhern (hosting), Paul Hagstrom (vice hosting), and Charles Mangin (not hosting)

Host’s Topic: 3D Printing

Perhaps your keyboard broke, or you’re missing a drive door. Perhaps you have a Raspberry Pi without a retrocomputer-shaped enclosure. Is 3D printing the answer? If so, where do you start?

Retro Computing News:

• Tetris easter egg on HP 54600B oscilloscope
• TI-82/etc calculator tracker/sequencer
• Tezza has fun servicing an Amstrad FD-1 3” External Floppy Drive
• Steve Jobs introducing the “Think Different” campaign, but with remarkable animation
• Reading Retro: The Z1
• Ben Heck revisits the ZX Spectrum project (from 2014)
  • Part-1 September 25th
  • Part-2 October 9th
• Blake Patterson on the Mockingboard
• RetroConnector (Charles’ easy store) Lisa/Mac XL available, Apple /// coming soon, custom requests can be made through the contact link.

Vintage Computer Commercial:

• Epson, every 10 seconds
• The sadness of competitors to the Amstrad 464

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Disk II Styled USB SD card reader

Auction Picks:

• Michael: ZX Spectrum Clone, blue
  • ZX Spectrum Clone, red
• Charles: austingoodwillcomputerworks
• Paul: TechStep
  • see also TechStep site on ForcedPerfect.net
  • see also also Diagnostic thing
  • Plamen Vaysilov’s new Apple II gear

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