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

Topic: Commodore 1541GS

We continue yet again a conversation about computers as they arrived in schools, but also spend some time marveling at a Commodore 1541 drive that also produces music and video.

Topic/Feedback Links:

• Handheld 64 (Gameboy-sized C64, Hackaday)
• PCBs to build your Handheld 64
• Color covers for your Handheld 64
• Mattias’ Patreon (creator of Handheld 64, Tube64, etc.)
• Tube64
• Modular64

Retro Computing News:

• Over 40 Years Ago, It Was Possible To Download Video Games Over The Radio
• Freespin: A C64 demo without the C64 (YouTube)
• Freespin project page
• Fresspin video explanation
• Bradley the Parts Seller (Vice)
• Interview: Brad Koda of Best Electronics (ANTIC: The Atari 8-bit Podcast)
• The Wild Spread of Drug Wars
• KansasFest 2021 schedule

Vintage Computer commercial:

• Commodore mouse

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Floppytable

Auction Picks:

• Carrington:
  • Famous red powerbook
  • Beehive B100 terminal
• Earl:
  • Ashton Tate MultiMate Word Processing
• Paul:
  • Happy Forth of July (Handic Forth cartridge, C64)
  • After Dark for Windows
  • Amiga 500 RGB to HDMI adapter
  • General Magic DataRover 840
  • Another General Magic DataRover 840
  • See also: What Magic Cap should have been all along (DataRover 840 review)
  • See also: Data Rover 840 at Buxton connection
  • See also: General Magic (The Movie)
  • Blue SCSI
  • See also: Places to get Blue SCSI
  • See also: Blue SCSI on GitHub
• Quinn:
  • Amiga 3000 prototype
  • Amiga PC XT Sidecar

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
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