Panelists: Jack Nutting (hosting), Paul Hagstrom, and Michael Mulhern

Host’s Topic: Y2K

Thoughts on the anticipation leading to the turn of the century.

Retro Computing News:

• The Games, “Millennium Bug” episode
• Y2K survival guide with foreword by Leonard Nimoy
• iOS 1970s nostalgia
• Charles’ Metaphor Computer ML5-1200 photos
  • Metaphor Computer Systems on Wikipedia
• DrKhumalo on lemon64 forums, Civilization-like game for C64
  • Video
• VCF Southeast, April 2-3
  • RetroMacCast 399, VCF SE 4.0 Preview with Earl Baugh
  • Floppy Days 55, VCFSE 4 Preview with Earl Baugh
• Touring the memory technologies of old
• Atari Swordquest competition covered, Atlas Obscura
• Halt and Catch Fire, season 2 on Netflix
• PC Games with ASCII graphics
  • Nyet (Tetris clone)

Items of Interest / News:

• Coleco Chameleon/Retro VGS is dead (again)
• Google’s AlphaGo beat Korean grandmaster Lee Sedol
  • 4 hour video with commentary of match one
  • British GO Association reports computer vs computer game in 1984
  • Playing Go on a KIM in 1981
  • Quintic (Nibble) Feb 1986, in Stavros Collection, on NIB27B.DSK
• Jason Scott, on 500th title preserved for the first time by 4am, at archive.org
• Amiga600 with Vampire600v2
• OS/A65 and GeckOS/A65. Multitasking OSes for 6502
  • GeckOS/A65
• Many podcast interviews.
  • ANTIC 141, Bob Polin, Blue Max
  • ANTIC 136, David Crane, Activision
  • ANTIC 133, Bill Lounden, Compuserve/GEnie
  • ANTIC 132, Jerry Jewell, Sirius Software
  • ANTIC 130, Dave Pratt, Digital Vision/Computereyes
  • Open Apple 57, Bill Budge
  • Drop /// Inches 16, Taylor Pohlman
  • TRS-80 Trash Talk 2

Vintage Computer Commercial

• UNIVAC

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Tetris 3D cushions

Auction Picks:

• Jack: Pocket Pokey custom midi synth
  • Audio demo of Pocket Pokey Midi Synth
  • Chipmusic forum post
• Michael: Commodores downunder
  • C64
  • VIC-20
• Paul: DEC Rainbow 100 in pieces:
  • Rainbow 100 machine
  • Rainbow 100 keyboard
  • Rainbow 100 monitor
  • Playskool Play and Learn Computer
  • Coleco ADAM set
  • Big CoCo 3 bundle
  • Timex-Sinclair bonanza

Feedback/Discussion:

• @rcrpodcast on Twitter
• Vintage Computer Forum
• RCR Podcast on Facebook
• Throwback Network
  • Throwback Network on Facebook

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