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

Host’s Topic: Replica replica

Replicas, precise or otherwise. What do you think about (near-)perfect replicas? Is our nostalgia for using a new-looking object, or for using an object that was actually produced in the past? Should we worry about replicas getting passed on to people who don’t know them as replicas?

Retro Computing News:

• Oregon Trail card game
• P112 SBC
• Qibec 1-bit 1-instruction CPU
• Rebooteroids released for the Atari Jaguar
• Computers for Apollo
• Linux exploit via 6502
• Listening to the music of Turing’s computer
• Tiny BASIC converted to Intel 8080 assembly
  • related post on CP/M USENET group
• “Stella at 20” at (almost) 20
  • Footage at archive.org
• CDC 6500 restoration
• 2016 Presidential Medals of Freedom: Hamilton, Hopper, (Gates, Gehry)

Vintage Computer Commercials

• Digital computers

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Keyboard waffle iron

Auction Picks:

• Carrington: Homebrew IBM Selectric Printer Card for Apple II
  • Panasonic KX-WD55 Daisy-Wheel Printer
  • Rochester Data typewriter interface ad (Spr 1981 Apple Orchard)
  • Portal: A Computer Novel
  • Portal reviews on 1MHz podcast, episode 6
• Earl: Soviet Military Magnetic Ferrite Core Memory Module M–1
• Jack: Packri Monster console
  • See also: Pits of Death (iOS)
• Michael: Caverns of Mordia – Special signed releases, 1 of 20
  • and 20 of 20
• Paul: Diskeeper/Plus v3.0b
  • Mosaic in a box (Spry)
  • Whole Internet catalog
  • Mac Plus walnut cabinet
  • Kenbak–1 computer replica
  • See also: Kenbak–1 kit
  • Replica Beagle Bros
  • See also: Beagle Bros software repository

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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