Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, and Carrington Vanston
Topic: 1980
In 1980, Commodore introduced the VIC-20, Sinclair introduced the ZX80, Tandy introduced the Color Computer, and HP tried to breed a computer out of calculators. Also other things happened. Which we discuss!
Topic/Feedback links:
- VIC-20
- Sinclair ZX80
- See also: MicroAce (timexsinclair.com)
- HP-85
- See also: Tandy PC-4
- Tandy Color Computer
- Intel 8087
- Pac-Man
- Epson MX-80
Retro Computing News:
- Apple’s best keyboard reimagined (YouTube)
- Update on the Business IIGS (original auction gone, but: Incider Jan 1989 cover)
- Daily news from a dot matrix printer
- APFram. APFram
- Atari Portfolio
- It was all Boris Vallejo
Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Auction Picks:
- Carrington:
- Paul:
- Apple-Cat II with expansion box
- Apple IIGS upgrade (finished at $720, 11 bids)
- Blank floppies (finished at $111.50, 9 bids)
- Because we all want to be able to say “And over here, this is my Grundy NewBrain” (bought now at $850)
- See also: Grundy NewBrain
- Timex/Sinclair 1000 with box (finished at $15, 1 bid)
- Because we all want to be able to say “And over here, this is my Jupiter Ace”
- See also: Jupiter Ace
- A moment of silence for the keyboards that have been parted out
- OCC-2 (bought now at $499)
- See also: OCC-2
- 16K RAM chips sans RAM
A2Stream file:
- a2stream file for this episode: http://lo-fi.rcrpodcast.com/rcr280.a2stream
Feedback/Discussion:
- feedback@rcrpodcast.com
- rcrpodcast@podcast.social on Mastodon
- rcrpodcast.com on bluesky
- Vintage Computer Forum
- RCR Podcast on Facebook
Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X
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