Panelists: Earl Evans (hosting), Paul Hagstrom, and Carrington Vanston

Topic: OK. OK. What’s next?

How do you pick what to do next with your retro computer hobby and collection? Free time can be unpredictable, and sometimes projects get started and then stuck in limbo. Also, related – what is your “white whale” project that you’d like to do “someday” but you know in reality you might never get to it.

Topic and feedback notes:

• GATE (in modern macOS, try Gate.app/Contents/MacOS/Gate\ Release from Terminal to run)
• Robot Odyssey I emulated online
• The Hardest Computer Game of All Time
• Let It Beep (Welcome to Macintosh podcast)
• 1995 One More Thing interview with Jim Reekes

Retro Computing News:

• How many computers are in your computer?
• Atariprojects.org
• Eric Raymond’s Things Every Hacker Once Knew document
• KbooHK WDrive floppy emulator
• Call-A.P.P.L.E. review of KbooHK WDrive
• How big is the Atari 8-bit community?
• Sonore Model 100 software arcive
• Apple II disk server
• Apple II game server

Vintage Computer-related Commercials:

• Honeywell Computers – Automated Office
• Prime Computer

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Digirule2

Auction Picks:

• Carrington: Apple II Interface Accessory Function Strip
• Earl: Commodore calculator
  • Much cheaper Commodore calculator
• Paul: ET-3400, EWA-3400
  • Sears Telegames System heavy 6 with box and everything
  • Exidy Sorcerer lot
  • Tandy 200
  • Mailstation Mivo 100
  • Mailstation 150
  • See also: Mailstation info pages
  • See also: Mailstation Yahoo group
  • See also: The Only 8 Gadgets You Need (Forbes)

Closing discussion notes:

• Mosaic 1.0 turned 25 years old

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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