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

Host’s Topic: 35 years since there wasn’t yet an IBM PC

The IBM PC launched into a world of many personal computer brands, types, operating systems, and eventually took the label and became the ubiquitous and standard PC (and PC-compatible), leaving most other systems fallen by the wayside.

Retro Computing News:

• The first IBM PC was released 35 years ago (12/8/1981) (The Telegraph)
• John Draper, speaking from VCF Berlin 2015
  • Secrets of the Little Blue Box
• Vampire Accelerator, now for Amiga 500
• The Rise and Fall of the Gopher protocol
• How did the Cauzin Softstrip encode the programs?
• ANTIC interview 115: Bob Brass and Peter D’Amato, Cauzin Softstrip
• Why the IBM PC used an Intel 8088

Vintage Computer Commercial

• IBM Personal Computer, released 12/8/1981

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Tulip Table replica

Auction Picks:

• Michael: Amiga 500 Main Board serviced and ready to go
  • Amiga 500 dust cover
  • Gotek Floppy Emulator, Amiga-ready
• Paul: Sinclair ZX-8what?
  • Triton Turbo XT
  • See also Info about Triton Turbo XT
  • IBM 5155, not working but cheap
  • IBM 5150, A probably
  • IBM 3270 PC
  • See also Info about IBM 3270 PC
  • PDP 11/34 and more
  • Apollo 11 IBM press kit
  • See also other Apollo 11 things from that seller

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Panelists: The regular “How To Retro History of Open Chicken Missile Antics Roundtable” crew.

Host’s Topic: Chicken Missile?

At KansasFest 2016, on July 22, 2016, a crowd of retrocomputing podcasters sat around a table in a room and spoke about KansasFest itself and about our computing histories.

There was one microphone in a big room, so the audio is less refined than it is in our usual episodes, but it should be still comprehensible.

Clockwise, from Ken, the participants were:

• Ken Gagne of Retrocomputing Roundtable, Polygamer, and Indiesider
• Kevin Savetz of Antic: The Atari 8-bit Podcast
• Rob McMullen of Player/Missile
• Michael Mulhern of Retrocomputing Roundtable
• John Leake of RetroMacCast
• Todd George of Chicken Lips Radio
• Charles Mangin of How II
• Jeff Salzman of The History Of Personal Computing
• Quinn Dunki of Open Apple
• Carrington Vanston of Retrocomputing Roundtable and 1MHz
• Paul Hagstrom of Retrocomputing Roundtable and Drop /// Inches

This “megapodcast” recording has appeared at least on the Open Apple feed as well, and might appear in other feeds. Wherever you hear it, it’s the same, so if you’ve heard it before, feel free to skip ahead to RCR Episode 135.

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Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Ken Gagne, Michael Mulhern, and Carrington Vanston

Host’s Topic: I’ve a feeling we’re not in Missouri anymore

All of us are now back in our respective countries after KansasFest and.

Retro Computing News:

• Margaret Hamilton’s introduction (July 2001, AGC conference 1)
  • Don Eyles walks through AGC source code
  • The Code that Took America to the Moon Was Just Published to GitHub
• Bungie West as documented on the Oni wiki OniGalore
• VCF Midwest 11 September 10-11, 2016, Elk Grove, IL.
• What it was like to work at Xerox PARC
• Seymour Papert passed away
• Michael’s night at the Museum
• Gary Kildall in his own words
• TRS-Box Serial
• M1SE Project
• M3SE Project
• TRS-Box: Dropbox for TRS-80 microcomputers
• TRS-80 Trash Talk Podcast
• Nintendo Power in Internet Archive (actually, not anymore.)
• Apple Orchard on Internet Archive
• Apple Orchard, Paul’s organized page of scans
• Alto Restoration and Emulator
• AtomBusMon 6502 and friends on drop-in FPGA

Vintage Computer Commercial

• Kaypro: The Complete Computer

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Robot Turtles

Auction Picks:

• Carrington: Ergotron MacTilt stand
• Ken: Oregon Trail card game
• Michael: Amiga 1200 68040 MacroSystem Accelerator Card Board
• Paul: Altair 8800b set
  • An absurd Sinclair lot
  • AOL person

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Panelists: Kevin Savetz (hosting), Mark Pilgrim, Kate Szkotnicki, Lisa Allyn, and Jeff Blakeney (contestants)

Host’s Topic: Kevin Loves Apples

After one too many repetitions of his name, Kevin Savetz materialized at KansasFest 2016 and wrested control of the Retrocomputing Roundtable. A panel of four attendees compete in Apple-II-related games, recorded live at KansasFest.

• KansasFest

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