Panelists: Jack Nutting (hosting), Paul Hagstrom, and Michael Mulhern
Host’s Topic: Absence makes the heart grow fonder
What retrocomputers were actually less cool than you remember once you got your hands on one again? What were the annoyances you’d forgotten about?
Retro Computing News:
- Chocolatchips Etsy store (Pocket Pokey and more)
- Let Chris Crawford teach you to program the Atari 8-bit computers
- 4play new Apple II joystick card.
- 4soniq new Apple IIGS 4-channel sound card
- KABOOM! v1.02 (for Apple IIGS)
- Open Apple 58 (Huibert Aalbers, author of Soundsmith)
- UltimateMicro announces universal power supply.
- Structris for iOS
- Omnivore Atari 8-bit binary editor
- The Megaprocessor
- DOS-based Compaq LTE 5280 laptops still used to maintain McLaren supercars
- “Purple Rain” chiptune remix
- MIT’s Digi-Comp II on EvilMadScientist blog
Vintage Computer Commercial
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Auction Picks:
- Jack: Hanimex SD 070 Colour Clone
- More info: Hanimex SD 070 Colour on old-computers.com
- Michael: VisiCalc for Atari 800
- Paul: Tatung Einstein TC-01
- Eureka A4
- More info on Eureka A4
- MyTec PLAtinum C64 PLA U17 replacement
- See also: U17 PLAnkton
- See also: History of Personal Computing eBay episode 12
Feedback/Discussion:
Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X – link
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