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

Host’s Topic: Was the tech in the 80’s better than today?

Was the 80’s tech better, or do you prefer today’s offerings? What did you love about the 80’s tech, and what do you miss?

Retro Computing News:

• Dean Yergens’ collection, including Microsoft disks
• CoCo~123 newsletter, v36n1
• Megaprocessor video tour
  • Main megaprocessor site
• MOnSter 6502
• Kickstarter for the Dreamcade Replay
• Dream Arcades
• OpenEmu
• iCade
• Y Combinator’s Xerox Alto restoration (Ken Shirriff’s blog)
• Xerox Alto on eBay
• Fixing Kermit, compiling LASM for TRS-80 Model II
• Ancient Code: handwritten Apple II assembly code
• Codeless Code
• The Complete BBC Games Archive
  • Forum topic relating to archive
• Every Game Going archive
• TI99/4A Databar OSCAR Barcode Software
• PoC||GTFO
• The Doubleclicks

Vintage Computer Commercials (sort of)

• Xerox Alto ad

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Silver dalek with bowtie, pink, on its head

Auction Picks:

• Carrington: Apple II Business Graphics Package
  • Apple II Enhancement Kit
• Michael: Acorn BBC Micro Model-B
  • Disk drive
  • RGB to HDMI adapter
• Paul: NRI 832
  • See also: CHM’s NRI 832
  • And also: Old Computer Museum’s write-up of NRI 832
  • Commodore MAX
  • Computerize game
  • Osborne OCC-2 Executive
• Jack: Atari Portfolio (with French keyboard layout)

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: Michael Mulhern (hosting), Earl Evans, Paul Hagstrom, Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston

Host’s Topic: Surprises

A volunteer at TNMOC found a Lorenz cipher machine keyboard on eBay for £9.50. What has been your most unexpected find on eBay, at garage sale, or even at a flea market?

Retro Computing News:

• Writing a Game in Assembly for an Old Computer Taught Me Lessons Relevant Today
• CP/M forever!
  • 8 bit computer from scratch (blog)
  • Microbee “Classic Plus Kit Computer”
  • RC 2014 Z80 computer on Google Groups
  • RC 2014 Z80 computer on Tindie
• A new retro computing stackexchange site
• Hacking Archive at TNMOC
• Beginning of “Apple II first ships” week?
• Chuck Moore’s FORTH processor designs (CPUShack Museum)
  • Part two
  • GreenArrays chips for sale
• Factor
• First digital computer, by country
• Ferut
• LEGO models from Chris McVeigh/PowerPig:
  • My Old Desktop (Pre-order)
  • IBM PC
  • Rotary phone
• DB-19: Resurrecting an obsolete connector
• Canada b-boy cypher

Vintage Computer Commercials (sort of)

• What’s all this?
• 1985 Car of the Year
• They’re waggling

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• K.I.T.T. USB Car Charger
  • Instructables write-up on LED scanner for your car

Auction Picks:

• Carrington: Full Throttle for Macintosh
  • ScummVM
• Earl: Digital Server 5000 AlphaServer 1200
• Michael: Commodore themed mouse pads:
  • Datasette
  • C64
  • READY
• Jack: Atari Falcon
• Paul: Apple-1
  • Apple II
  • IBM 360 faceplate
  • Acorn Electron Plus 1 complete in box
  • Footmouse
  • Thumbs Up Music Modem keyboard

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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