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

Topic: Double bucky, you’re the one

We look back on a few highlights of 1964, including the double bucky, SABRE, and BASIC.

Topic/Feedback links:

• The term “double bucky” is coined
• The double bucky song
• BASIC is introduced (successor to DARSIMCO and DOPE)
• IBM introduces SABRE
• CDC 6600 supercomputer
• ASR-33
• PicoMite
• ChatGPT on an Apple IIGS
• Retro.directory
• What is retro.directory? (YouTube)

Retro Computing News:

• Tetris: the movie
• NABU: Network adapter from nabu.ca
• NABU: Marduk emulator
• NABU ROMs from nabunetwork.com
• MouSTer
• Hoard of retro fonts

Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:

• Adobe Illustrator 88
• Nintendo Tetris
• Sabre

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• M0110 triple-mode keyboard
  • YouTube demo
• VTech LS916 retro handset
  • Physically appears to fit
  • See also RCR episode 41

Auction Picks:

• Carrington:
  • Macintosh SE: zero drives is better than one
• Paul:
  • Make your II+ respectful again
  • Aspirational drive badges
  • Sabre flip-zone
  • Lisa 2
    • See also: replacement Lisa motherboards
  • Apple III Plus prototype
  • @World modem for the Pippin

A2Stream file:

• a2stream file for this episode: http://lo-fi.rcrpodcast.com/rcr264.a2stream

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

Topic: The year of the gopher

We begin 2023 with a shift to new hosting providers, that require encrypted communication. How/should we access the modern web from old computers?

Topic/Feedback links:

• Building a new C64 (Retro Recipes)
• LinuxJedi’s GoFloppy
• Gameboy Tetris ported to the Apple II

Retro Computing News:

• Chuck E. Cheese still uses floppy disks in 2023
• PC Magazine discontinuing their digital edition
• Computer Museum uses GreaseWeazle to help exonerate Maryland Man (cctalk)
• Lisa Source code available (press release, CHM)
• Lisa: Apple’s most influential failure (CHM)
• Happy 40th birthday, Lisa (CHM)
• Before Macintosh: The Apple Lisa
• New timepiece for a classic mac – part 1

Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:

• I adore my 64
• PIZZA with mushrooms and a mouse
• Scotch brand electrical tape

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Shargeek 35W GaN retro charger

Auction Picks:

• Carrington:
  • Mac86 co-processor for the Macintosh SE
  • Black Macintosh TV that is neither a Macintosh TV nor black
  • Sinclair One Per Desk
  • See also: Tezza’s Telecom Computerphone
• Earl:
  • HP-85 computer, 16K memory module
• Paul:
  • Sharp CE-153 software board
  • Final Cartridge III
  • See also: Final Cartridge III+

A2Stream file:

• a2stream file for this episode: http://lo-fi.rcrpodcast.com/rcr263.a2stream

Closing notes:

• Dorm, text adventure release candidate and packaging
• PunyJam #3

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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