Panelists: Earl Evans (hosting), Ken Gagne, Paul Hagstrom, and Jack Nutting

Host’s Topic: Tragic: The Gathering of dust

Most of us have vintage computers that we have purchased, used, but then ignored. In the early days, they were so easy to get, often for free, or cheap. Of your collection, which system do you most regret leaving in the closet, and why?

Retro Computing News:

• Joe’s Computer Museum (YouTube channel)
• The 64 (Indiegogo)
• Jumpman hacking (AtariAge)
• ANTIC podcast 171, Randy Glover (Jumpman) interview
• Index of ANTIC podcast interviews
• Apple II version of Jumpman (eBay)
• Tekserve of NYC
• MOnSter 6502 project page
  • MOnSter 6502 blog entry
• Making Amiga 2000 GPU with an FPGA (Hackaday)
  • Github project and writeup
• Artcade
• TPDD tools (access a TPDD from modern PC)

Vintage Computer Commercial

• NEC Computers Australian TV Commercial

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Mini Pocket Drone

Auction Picks:

• Ken: Lode Runner board game
• Earl: NEC PC-6001A
• Paul: Convergent WorkSlate, extraordinarily complete
  • Zorba GC-200
  • ITT 2020 paddles
• Jack: Jumpman for Atari 8-bit

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

Host’s Topic: Absence makes the heart grow fonder

What retrocomputers were actually less cool than you remember once you got your hands on one again? What were the annoyances you’d forgotten about?

Retro Computing News:

• Chocolatchips Etsy store (Pocket Pokey and more)
• Let Chris Crawford teach you to program the Atari 8-bit computers
• 4play new Apple II joystick card.
• 4soniq new Apple IIGS 4-channel sound card
• KABOOM! v1.02 (for Apple IIGS)
• Open Apple 58 (Huibert Aalbers, author of Soundsmith)
• UltimateMicro announces universal power supply.
• Structris for iOS
• Omnivore Atari 8-bit binary editor
  • Omnivore on Github
• The Megaprocessor
• DOS-based Compaq LTE 5280 laptops still used to maintain McLaren supercars
• “Purple Rain” chiptune remix
• MIT’s Digi-Comp II on EvilMadScientist blog

Vintage Computer Commercial

• How to spell Compaq
• Video Visits with Chris Crawford, part 1

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Motherboard nightlight

Auction Picks:

• Jack: Hanimex SD 070 Colour Clone
  • More info: Hanimex SD 070 Colour on old-computers.com
• Michael: VisiCalc for Atari 800
  • VisiCalc audio course
• Paul: Tatung Einstein TC-01
  • Eureka A4
  • More info on Eureka A4
  • MyTec PLAtinum C64 PLA U17 replacement
  • See also: U17 PLAnkton
  • See also: History of Personal Computing eBay episode 12

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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