Panelists: Earl Evans (hosting), Paul Hagstrom, Michael Mulhern and Ken Gagne

Host’s Topic: Milestones of 1985

Retro Computing News:

• KIM Uno: a $10 remake of the KIM-1
• CBM prg Studio Version 3.1.0 released
• Restoration of Habitat, a C64 online game
• RadioShack’s plummeting profits
• TNMOC were donated a Mystery Item
• Computer History Museum makes CP/M source code available

Vintage Computer Commercial:

• Commodore 128 vs. the Apple IIc

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• The Micromite Companion

Auction Picks:

• Ken: Apple II/IIGS software lot
• Paul: OCC-1
  • Related: Ad for OCC-1 magnifying lens
  • Alt: Hypercard 2.0 shoelaces
  • More Alt: CoCo 2 lot
  • The Altest: VIC-20 lot
• Michael: 3.5″ Disk Notcher
• Earl: TRS-80 Model 4

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Panelists: Michael Mulhern, (hosting), Earl Evans, Carrington Vanston, David Greelish, and Jeff Salzman

Host’s Topic: Milestones of 1984

Retro Computing News:

• Amiga Book kickstarter
• Wasteland 2 explodes onto the gaming scene like a blood sausage
• Destiny is dull; play Marathon instead
  • Marathon: Rubicon X
• History of Personal Computing podcast
• Does your ancient computer belong in a museum?
• Computability: 1984 instructional VHS tape
• Block H: 70th anniversary of first purpose-built computer centre

Vintage Computer Commercial:

• 1984. Yes, that Macintosh ad

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• The Trouble with Tribbles

Auction Picks:

• Carrington: Power Mac G4 mirrored doors
  • Alt: Macintosh Centris 660AV
• Earl: Online 101 Telic Alcatel
  • Alt: 6 inch silicon wafer
• Michael: Sideways
• David: Rare Compaq XT Deskpro
• Jeff: MSX MX-10 CASIO Personal Computer Console

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Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Michael Mulhern and Mike Whalen

Host’s Topic: Milestones of 1983

Retro Computing News:

• Which Apple II, if you can only have one?
• Why didn’t 6502 computers get faster?
• History of Personal Computing podcast
• Newly discovered Apple I up for auction
• Chris Osborne on using modems without a land line
  • Level 29: The BBS
• Macworld Magazine is no more
• OzKfest dates announced: April 17-19 2015
  • OzKfest

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Lode Runner shirt

Auction Picks:

• Paul: Aquarius 32K! cart
  • Alt: Jupiter Ace, with 16K
• Michael: Windows v1.0

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Host’s Topic: Milestones of 1982

Retro Computing News:

• The Australian Apple Review
• Punchcard simulator
• Michael:Xerox PARC & Apple myth/legend
• Videos from CommVex 2014
• Spectrogram of a dial-up modem handshake
• AT&T “You Will” series
  • Wikipedia: You Will commercials

Vintage Computer Commercial:

• 1987 Software City Leading Edge Model D PC

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Micromite
  • Micromite companion

Auction Picks:

• Earl: PDT 11 Console and Digital Equipment Writer
• Paul: CoCo 2, Model 100, etc
  • Alt: Atari 810 label
• Michael: 1986 Vtech Laser One Thermal Printer
• Steve: Franklin ACE 1000
  • Alt: TRS-80 Model 16 service manual

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Host’s Topic: Milestones of 1981

Retro Computing News:

• Ted Nelson vs. skeptical interviewer
• SpeccyJam panel announced
• SpeccyJam: Aug 29 to Sep 5, 2014
• IBM Simon: The “smart phone” turns 20?
• Living Computer Museum’s Vintage Computer Faire
• Douglas Adams’ “Hyperland” documentary
• SerialTCP for Mac
• Cray Research: A Story of the Supercomputer
• Documentary: Cray Research at Chippewa Falls
• Seymour Cray playlist
• P112 Single Board Computer kits available
• Level 29: BBS running on an Apple IIgs
• Mainframe computer arrives at Queen Mary College, University of London, 1968
• Origins of the “X”button to close GUI windows

Vintage Computer Commercial:

• IBM Personal Computer: “coming soon”

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Apple rainbow logo static stickers
  • Lots also available on eBay

Auction Picks:

• Earl: SD2Cart-FL interface + Fastload
• Paul: IBM 5155
  • Alt: Anderson Jacobson acoustic coupler
  • Alt: Grantasaurus Rex for PDP-11
• Michael: Apple II with gorgeous extras
• Carrington: Polly: Apple IIe keyboard to IIc motherboard adapter

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Host’s Topic: Milestones of 1980

Retro Computing News:

• CP/M named an IEEE Milestone
• LEGO’s first programmable product
• Vintage Computer Faire
• EEVBlog TRS-80 Model I teardown
• TRS-80 Model I pre-keypad
• TRS-80 Model I 35th anniversary
• Retrochallenge Competition
• FreHD hard drive emulator
• Steve Wozniak on That’s Incredible
• Apple kiosk laser disk video
• MTU-130 by David at the Trailing Edge

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• READY.

Auction Picks:

• Earl: DEC Pro/325
• Paul: TRS-80 Model 4P
  • Alt: Heathkit H-8
• Michael: The Apple Game
• Carrington: The Cave of Time for Apple II

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KansasFest 2014 Multicast!

Welcome to the “Retro Open ANTICHertz Mac Quarter Poly Floppy Drop” episode.

In this special joint podcast, live from KansasFest 2014, 9 podcasters (including 3 RCR regulars) discuss their favorite parts of KFest, play a game of 2 Truths and 1 Lie, and more!

Featuring:

Quinn Dunki: Open Apple
Ken Gagne: IndieSider, Polygamer
Paul Hagstrom: RCR, Drop /// Inches
Randy Kindig: ANTIC, Floppy Days
John Leake: RetroMacCast
Mike Maginnis: Open Apple, No Quarter, Drop /// Inches
Kevin Savetz: ANTIC
Carrington Vanston: RCR, No Quarter, DoubleTake, 1 MHz
Steve Weyhrich: RCR

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Panelists: Michael Mulhern (hosting), Paul Hagstrom, and Earl Evans

Host’s Topic: How do you do your programming?

We admire them, we play games on them, but how do we program them? BASIC or assembler? On the retro metal (OK, plastic), emulator, or cross-platform development? And finally, what is your favourite retro programming language?

Retro Computing News:

• CLIPS
• Inside SpaceWar!
• Proto Portable //c – Charles Mangin at it again!
• Commodore Vegas Expo
• Maniac Mansion Design Notes
• RCS/RI acquires a Cray J90
• ISEE-3 status report

Vintage Computer Commercial:

• Amiga2000

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• “Set Phasers to Fun”

Auction Picks:

• Earl: Radio Shack TRS 80 Color Computer 2
• Paul: Casio FX-730P
  • Alt: PDP-8
• Michael: TI Speak & Spell

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Host’s Topic:

Preserving the Wild Retroalope: Recreations are great. Repairs are great. But what actions can we take now to ensure that our vintage computers, peripherals or media don’t fail in the first place?

Retro Computing News:

• Athana (vendor of floppy disks)
• Preserving Computing’s Past: Restoration and Simulation
• EDD+ Card
• I’m feDD Up
• RocketChip
• Altair 8800 instructional videos
• Altair 8800 Clone
• EDSAC diagrams
  • EDSAC Project Overview
  • EDSAC video
• Cray-1 Introduction, by Seymour Cray
• LM323K replacement
• Selling The Computer Revolution
• Retrochallenge has busiest first week ever
• Miniature Apple II monitor
• New C64 motherboards and Tatung Einsteins (via Andy)
• IBM 1401: The Dawn of a New Era (via Hamik)
• Potentially very long term DVD/BDs (via Matt)
• Floppy emulator for the Mac 400K crowd (via Jason)

Vintage Computer Commercial:

• Commodore Amiga

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• 80s music to compute by

Auction Picks:

• Earl: Intellivision Computer Keyboard
• Paul: 475 Atarisoft Moon Patrols
  • Alt: 350 Atarisoft Jungle Hunts
  • Alt: 240 Atarisoft Galaxians
• Michael: Amstrad CPC 464
• Carrington: The Video Wizard and Video Tape File System
  • Alt: Mosaic in a Box
  • Alt: Boxed TI-99s as far as the eye can see

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

Host’s Topic: Wherefore Art Thou Retro?

Why bother to use or collect retro computers? Other than for nostalgia, what good are these old computers when you could buy a modern PC for the price of an Apple II on eBay?

Retro Computing News:

• Retrochallenge 2014SC
• Vintage Computer Faire
• Mac512K to Netatalk Server
• Apple Crate with 25 units
  • AppleCrate II
  • NadaNet
• Wearable submarine to hunt for 2000-year-old computer
  • The Antikythera Mechanism
  • Antikythera Mechanism in LEGO
• Object-Oriented Program … from 1965!
  • The SIMULA programming language
  • The Mother of All Demos
• Z80PACK Z80 simulator
• Lode Runner ported to the Tandy CoCo
• Looking back at 30 years of Tetris with Alexey Pajitnov
  • Tetris: From Russia With Love (BBC, 2004)
• Long lost Sharp X68000 game found
  • Sharp X68000
• History of Computers and the World Cup
• Escape Games Toronto

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Celebrate the World Cup by building a Video Soccer game:
  • The TV Game Construction Kit
  • AY-3-8500 Pong-on-a-chip
  • DIY Pong-but-better instructions
  • Vintage make-it-yourself Pong ads

Auction Picks:

• Earl: STRTRK (Startrek) on paper tape
• Paul: Tandy Paladin
• Michael: Bumper Sticker
• Carrington: Macintosh SE/30
  • Related: IIsi ColorPivot II card hack for SE/30
  • Related: Long torx bit (Toaster Mac case opening tool

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