Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Michael Mulhern, Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston

Topic: Desert island computer

If you had to use a single retro computer exclusively for a full year as your only computer at home, what would you choose?

Topic and feedback notes:

• IBM Semi-Automatic Ground Environment
• Stardot forum for Acorn and BBC Micros
• Graphically Speaking (enhanced edition)
• Procedural planetary exploration across the decades
• ZX-HD

Retro Computing News:

• Restored Apollo Mission Control Center reopens for public viewing
• Restoring the Apollo Mission Control Center (Houston We Have a Podcast, episode 96)
• 50 Years on the Moon: The Evolution of Lunar Lander Games
• Project Egress
• Video about Project Egress, with Adam Savage
• MIT Museum “Moon Shots”.
• Copy protection in the 80s, showcased by classic game Dungeon Master
• Video describing copy protection in Dungeon Master (Modern Vintage Gamer)
• 10 (or more???) Apple 1s to be at VCF West
• 30th anniversary note to Prince of Persia fans
• A Photo History of Frog Design
• Frog Design virtual gallery
• Keep it Simple: The Early Design Years of Apple (Hartmut Esslinger, 2014)

Upcoming Shows/Gatherings:

• KansasFest, Kansas City, MO, Jul 15-21, 2019
• VCF West. Mountain View, CA. Aug 3-4, 2019
• Fujiama 2019, Lengenfeld, Germany, Aug 26-Sep 4, 2019
• Tandy Assembly 2019. Springfield, OH. Sept 27-29, 2019

Vintage Computer Commercial:

• IBM SAGE

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Bletchley Park prints

Auction Picks:

• Carrington: Apple Modem 1200
  • CH Products Mach IV+ Mac joystick
  • Apple IIGS for the Servicing Technician
  • Apple IIe and IIc+ for the Servicing Technician
  • SAGE II computer
  • Apple February 1983 logo print on vellum
• Michael: 1982 Dungeons of Daggorath
  • Amiga 500/2000 VXL30 Accelerator 68030
• Paul: Vintage computer dont no if works
  • PET 2001
  • TRS-80 Model 4P
  • NEC PC-8300 that I might have already bought
  • Visual Almanac
  • Apple II accessories box
  • VT100 manual

Closing comments:

• Darkstar Unhinged by Snacking On Software is available for pre-order
• Darkstar Unhinged gameplay video

Feedback/Discussion:

• @rcrpodcast on Twitter
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Topic: Challenges of the more recently obsolete. A bunch of older computers can almost interact with the modern environments, but not quite. For example eMates, old iMacs, etc. have wireless capabilities but require network protocols that are increasingly unsupported. What kinds of things have you tried to work with these more recently obsolete computers, what has worked, what hasn’t?

Topic and feedback notes:

• WiFi connection for Newton 2×00 and eMate 300
• Writing with the Alphasmart Dana
• Netatalk
• A2server
• Memofest Recaps
• Exapunks
• Computing Britain podcast series
• vintagecomputer.ca

Retro Computing News:

• This TRS-80
• CP/Mish, an open-source reimplementation/clone of CP/M 2.2
• Cool demo of coding on a late-model Z80 laptop
• New Hampshire has now installed the BASIC historical marker
• The origin of the blink tag
• Video stream of the 8-bit symphony
• Main site for the 8-bit symphony

Upcoming Shows/Gatherings:

• KansasFest, Kansas City, MO, Jul 15-21, 2019
• VCF West. Mountain View, CA. Aug 3-4, 2019
• Fujiama 2019, Lengenfeld, Germany, Aug 26-Sep 4, 2019
• Tandy Assembly 2019. Springfield, OH. Sept 27-29, 2019

Vintage Computer Commercial:

• Atari Space Invaders 1980 TV commercial

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Vintage Tech Stickers

Auction Picks:

• Carrington: Franklin Ace 500
  • SD DuoDisk Floppy Disk Drive Emulator
• Earl: Vintage Intel C8702A (1702) EPROM Gold Ceramic Case
• Paul: Most recent Apple Workstation card sold on eBay that I could find, none currently listed
  • Alphasmart Dana Wireless
  • Very nice PX-8 set with a lot of stuff including the disk drive
  • PX-8 software set
  • 3D printed PX-8/PX-4 ROM cradles
  • Rockwell AIM-65 in an EMP-proof case

Closing comments:

• Mechanical Binary Counter
• The Base.cs Podcast
• TinyFPGA

Feedback/Discussion:

• @rcrpodcast on Twitter
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Topic: Uncollecting

If you have to cut down (for whatever reason), how would you do it? Where would you start? Narrow focus on brands, models? Give away, sell?

Topic and feedback notes:

• The Mysterious and Strange Origin of the Floppy Disk




• The countdown clock on the WOPR was run by an Apple II

Retro Computing News:

• HelloEdit
• Checkpoint: An unreleased game from Infocom
• Checkpoint source
• SDrive-Max for Atari 8bits.
  • SDrive-Max project page
  • SDrive-Max project page on GitHub
  • A place to buy a built SDrive-Max
  • SDrive-Max video demo
• Wear gloves when repairing old synthesizers
• Hackaday link about the synthesizer repair
• Apple IIslice keyboard by John Leake
• Unijoysticle II – Adapter to use Bluetooth controls / joystick in Commodore, Amiga and Atari
  • See also: video demo of the Unijoystickle II
  • See also: AP40 Bluetooth controller

Upcoming Shows/Gatherings:

• KansasFest, Kansas City, MO, Jul 15-21, 2019
• VCF West. Mountain View, CA. Aug 3-4, 2019
• Fujiama 2019, Lengenfeld, Germany, Aug 26-Sep 4, 2019
• Tandy Assembly 2019. Springfield, OH. Sept 27-29, 2019

Vintage Computer Commercial:

• Color Computer 3
• Apple PowerBook Duo

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Retro Computer Comforter

Auction Picks:

• Carrington: 25 ZX Spectrum game cassettes
  • New Old Computer
  • 2008 MacBook Air
• Earl: Vintage Working IBM Model M 1393464 Clicky Mechanical Keyboard 1989 Made in USA
• Paul: Mountain of Thunder Mountains. One title. MasterType’s Figures + Formulas (Apple II)
  • These aren’t old enough to be interesting yet are they? Clamshell iBook SE
  • IBM multiple-card layout form pad
  • CDC mini computer
  • Ethernet microdock
  • Large Sord lot (SORD M223 Mark II) for pick up only near KCMO
  • See also: SORD
  • An Amdek Color-II looking out of place atop an IBM 5150
  • Novation 300 coupler

Feedback/Discussion:

• @rcrpodcast on Twitter
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• Throwback Network on Facebook

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Topic: Clearly, capacitors capacitate

It’s episode 0xC0. We talk about feedback.

Topic and feedback notes:

• Sundog Resurrection Project




• One of Blake’s capacitors failed
• Exidy Sorcerer II
• Fixing a TRS-80 Model 100 LCD issue
• Newly manufactured PC-1 LCDs are in
• Video of the installation of a new PC-1 LCD
• The Chiptune story
• Hoover LINX

Retro Computing News:

• Jason Scott uploads Infocom game source code to GitHub
• Infocom game source code on GitHub
• Learning ZIL by Steve Meretzky
• Game On: Kevin Savetz interviews Steve Meretzky
• Eaten By A Grue, the Infocom Podcast
• Chris Torrence reviews the VidHD
• More info on the VidHD
• Kickstarter: Before Macintosh: The Apple Lisa
• Kickstarter: Nox Archaist
• Did a vigilante ROM leaker go too far to “preserve” a lost Atari ROM?
• Looking at old classified ads

Upcoming Shows/Gatherings:

• WOzFest 12:00, Sydney, May 25, 2019
• QFest 12, Brisbane, May 25, 2019
• KansasFest, Kansas City, MO, Jul 15-21, 2019
• VCF West. Mountain View, CA. Aug 3-4, 2019
• Fujiama 2019, Lengenfeld, Germany, Aug 26-Sep 4, 2019

Vintage Computer Commercial:

• ComputerLand Commercial – 1/29/1981

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Drink Different ice cube mold

Auction Picks:

• Carrington: Radio Shack Mathmile rotating computer
  • Tower Mechanical Pocket Calculator
  • See also: We Are Legion (We are Bob)
• Earl: IBM 5120 / 5110-3 Computer with 5103 Printer
• Paul: Pursuit of the Graf Spee
  • See also: The Digital Antiquarian, on SSI
  • See also: 0.1% of all the copies there ever were
  • LCD clock
  • 68000 card for Apple II

Closing comments:

• Epson still makes dot matrix printers

Feedback/Discussion:

• @rcrpodcast on Twitter
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Topic: Re: recapping

How dangerous is it to keep our heads in the sand about failing capacitors on our vintage computers? How hard is it to fix them? Do we all need to learn how to do this?

Topic and feedback notes:

• Let’s talk about capacitor failure (ByteCellar)




• Experiences with capacitor failure (Hackaday)
• ReativeMicro universal PSU kit for Apple II/III
• MacCaps
• Building the System/360 nearly destroyed IBM.
• TekGear’s Twiddler
• Remembrance agent
• Wearable computing, remembrance agent and privacy
• Hashtag Softg
• July 1984 issue of A+ magazine (article about Douglas Englebart and the mouse)

Retro Computing News:

• Teardown of a 50 Year Old Modem
• Neon816 MiniTX Retro System
• Retroshield for Arduino Mega
• Emulating an Altair 8800 on an Apple II
• Building a homebrew video game console
• BASIC 10Liners 2019 results
• IMSAI 8080 papercraft

Upcoming Shows/Gatherings:

• Computer Conservation Society lecture series, Manchester and London
• VCF Southeast, Roswell, GA, April 27-28
• VCF East, InfoAge Science Center, Wall, NJ, May 3-5, 2019
• GORF (The Great Oz-stralian Retro-technology Festival), Melbourne, Apr 24-28, 2019
• CoCoFest, Lombard, IL, May 4-5, 2019
• WOzFest 12:00, Sydney, May 25, 2019
• QFest 12, Brisbane, May 25, 2019
• KansasFest, Kansas City, MO, Jul 15-21, 2019
• Fujiama 2019, Lengenfeld, Germany, Aug 26-Sep 4, 2019

Vintage Computer-related Commercials:

• Apple II (1979)
• Windows 95 Crowd Control (Macintosh)

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Apple IIGS Cap

Auction Picks:

• Carrington: Trio of vintage Apples: SE, LC475, and IIc
  • BENQ BL702A Monitor for Apple IIgs
• Earl: PDP-8/S, serial number 0
• Paul: Magic floppy endensificator
  • General Magic DataRover 840
  • Tulip System 1
  • HX-20 with ribbons, BASIC, case
  • Softgraf
  • JR 01 computer kit
  • Thunder Mountain software collection
  • ZX-80 kit
  • Compaticard I
  • Windows 95 Sucks Less

Paul: Kaypro II showed up on Miracle Workers. Oh I saw Kevin too at the People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction meeting.

Closing comments:

• Miracle Workers show
• People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction

Feedback/Discussion:

• @rcrpodcast on Twitter
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Topic: Most innovative / forward-looking technology in the 60s/70s/80s

Mostly, an excuse to talk about Douglas Englebart’s “mother of all demos.” But other topics are welcome too.

Topic and feedback notes:

• The Mother of All Demos, Douglas Englebart (1968)
• Retrobits Podcast episode reviewing What the Dormouse Said (covering events of the era)
• Lisa slideshow
• Merlin in a browser (and links to other IXO things)
• Byte 1982 article on IXO telecomputer
• Paul’s Retrochallenge 2014 WW on IXO
• AmigaOS 3.1.4
• Kano (Raspberry Pi-based programming kits for kids)
• Ad for the Portbubble terminal
• X-keys XK-16 Stick
• Pac-Man: The untold story of how we really played the game
• HN discussion on arcade cabinet restoration

Retro Computing News:

• Kickstarter: Transparent toaster Mac case
• Beto O’Rourke’s history with Cult of the Dead Cow
  • Twitter thread from author with further details
• Creating new LCD displays for repairs
• 8-bit symphony
• Anti-M (pre-boot for protected Apple II disks)

Upcoming Shows:

• Computer Conservation Society lecture series, Manchester and London
• VCF Pacific Northwest, Living Computers: Museum+Labs, Seattle, WA, Mar 23-24, 2019
• VCF East, InfoAge Science Center, Wall, NJ, May 3-5, 2019
• GORF (The Great Oz-stralian Retro-technology Festival), Melbourne, Apr 24-28, 2019
• CoCoFest, Lombard, IL, May 4-5, 2019
• WOzFest 12:00, Sydney, May 25, 2019
• QFest 12, Brisbane, May 25, 2019
• KansasFest, Kansas City, MO, Jul 15-21, 2019
• Fujiama 2019, Lengenfeld, Germany, Aug 26-Sep 4, 2019

Vintage Computer-related Commercial:

• IBM 5100 (1977)

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• 1977 Pillow

Auction Picks:

• Earl: Vintage Burroughs B 9974-5 Disk Pack
• Jack: eMate 300 with all its stuff
• Paul: IBM Microsoft Adventure
  • New Old Computer
  • See also: Electronika KR-03
  • See also: @Foone discussing one on Twitter
  • ORA RedGuard Data Protection
  • Osborne car adapter
  • Maxell 10-minute cassette
  • Quazon Quik-Link 300
  • CP+ Telecoupler

Closing comments:

• Scooping the Soviets

Feedback/Discussion:

• @rcrpodcast on Twitter
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• RCR Podcast on Facebook
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Topic: Revoking end of life status

There have been a few modern updates to operating systems that were long done with development, e.g., ProDOS, GS/OS, DOS 4.1 in the Apple world. And new plugins and things made for old systems. Um. Thoughts?

Topic and feedback notes:

• Sheep who love Car Talk
• DOS 4.1 for the Apple II
• DOS 4.1 announcement
• ProDOS 8. Covers updates to ProDOS 8. for the Apple II
• GS/OS System 6.0.4
• SpartaDOS X
• NitrOS-9
• FreeDOS
• Fixing the IIc Plus Beep
• Apple IIc Plus accelerator control
• Book: ZX Spectrum Games Code Club
• Why 80’s BASIC still matters
• Altair-duino
• Commodore PET mini
• A look at the short-lived 3” compact floppy disk.

Retro Computing News:

• Jim Henson technology films
  • Paperwork Explosion, 1963 film about MT/ST word processor
  • Robot
  • Charlie Magnetico
  • Rowlf the dog meets an IBM typewriter
  • Cookie Monster for IBM
  • AT&T Archives
• RetroChallenge 2019/03 is underway
• TimeOut Edit BASIC
  • Call-A.P.P.L.E. announcement of TimeOut Edit BASIC
• The Atari Accountant
• Spectrum Addict 2.5 documentary kickstarter
• The Sparkstone: Tales of Florb
• Sinclair ZX Spectrum prototype donated to Centre for Computing History
• Javascript: the good parts

Upcoming Shows:

• Computer Conservation Society lecture series, Manchester and London
• VCF Pacific Northwest, Living Computers: Museum+Labs, Seattle, WA, Mar 23-24, 2019
• VCF East, InfoAge Science Center, Wall, NJ, May 3-5, 2019
• GORF (The Great Oz-stralian Retro-technology Festival), Melbourne, Apr 24-28, 2019
• WOzFest 12:00, Sydney, Apr 27, 2019
• QFest 12, Brisbane, Apr 27, 2019
• CoCoFest, Lombard, IL, May 4-5, 2019
• KansasFest, Kansas City, MO, Jul 15-21, 2019
• Fujiama 2019, Lengenfeld, Germany, Aug 26-Sep 4, 2019

Vintage Computer-related Commercial:

• My Talking Computer
• Lemon Pledge (1966)

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Lemon clock kit

Auction Picks:

• Carrington: New ImageWriter colour ribbons
• Earl: IBM Model 5150 Collection
• Paul: My Talking Computer
  • BacPac 100 HD
  • Teleram Portabubble™/81
  • DASCO Word Processing catalog
  • Commodore 264
  • TI 9900 book

Closing comments:

• Nybbles & Bytes

Feedback/Discussion:

• @rcrpodcast on Twitter
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Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, and Jack Nutting

Topic: Learning programming using retrocomputers

Learning programming today using retrocomputing technology? Is this a good idea?

Topic and feedback notes:

• Beginning Programming Using Retro Computing (Gerald Friedland)
• MicroM8
• Usborne computer and coding books
• 8-bit guy complete Commodore 128 restoration and board repair
• GERmulator 8800 (part 4)
• SeaMonkey
• iMazing

Retro Computing News:

• BassoonTracker, an Amiga MOD tracker that runs in a browser
  • Blog post about BassoonTracker release 0.3.0
• John Pfaff got reacquainted with an Apple IIe from his parents’ attic
• F18A MK2 maybe soon? Maybe exists?
• Tom Greene’s collection of 44 ALA software titles
  • ALA software playable on the Internet Archive
  • “joeentropy” wrote a couple of ALA titles
  • Derwyn Joseph Booker v. Commissioner (Tax Ct. 1996)
  • Bevel M. and Patricia N. Hoffpauir v. Commissioner (Tax Ct. 1996)
  • Allen v. Columbia Financial Management Ltd. (S.C. Ct. App. 1983)
  • Jason Scott’s tweet re: ALA Software

Upcoming Shows:

• Computer Conservation Society lecture series, Manchester and London
• Retro Gathering, Västerås, Sweden, Feb 23, 2019
• VCF Pacific Northwest, Living Computers: Museum+Labs, Seattle, WA, Mar 23-24, 2019
• GORF (The Great Oz-stralian Retro-technology Festival), Melbourne, Apr 24-28, 2019
• WOzFest 12:00, Sydney, Apr 27, 2019
• QFest 12, Brisbane, Apr 27, 2019
• VCF East, InfoAge Science Center, Wall, NJ, May 3-5, 2019
• CoCoFest, Lombard, IL, May 4-5, 2019
• KansasFest, Kansas City, MO, Jul 15-21, 2019
• Fujiama 2019, Lengenfeld, Germany, Aug 26-Sep 4, 2019

Vintage Computer-related Commercial:

• Tandy 102

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Makey Makey Classic
• Also mentioned: Otamatone

Auction Picks:

• Jack: Choplifter for 7800, “works”
  • See also: About the Choplifter glitch
• Paul: Recapped Apple IIe cards
  • eMac cat bed
  • G3 B/W stealth serial port
  • Apple logo items
  • Tandy 102, Siemens SD-80 PABX stuff?
  • TI 99/4a, with Apple sticker
  • Many many PC disks
  • VM-4509 monitor, cheap-ish
  • VIC-1541 drive, couldn’t test, no cords. See other auction for one with cords.

Feedback/Discussion:

• @rcrpodcast on Twitter
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Topic: The oldest software you’re still using

What programs do you still find use for today that originated back in the hazy past? Why are you doing this to yourself?

Topic and feedback notes:

• Xcode pipeline for Apple II development
• CROSS-CHASE
• JVC Floppy Disk Adapter MultiMediaCard-to-3.5” CU-VFM40U
• Sony Mavica memory stick to 3.5” floppy adapter
• Apple Presents: Computer Capers

Retro Computing News:

• Advanced Mac Substitute
  • Ars Technica article on Advanced Mac Substitute
• Real life Tron on an Apple IIGS
  • Real life Tron commentary
• This year’s 10-line BASIC contest
  • Poke Pig
  • Mini-character-editor
• Big Mess O’ Wires: Yellowstone goes open source
• Big Mess O’ Wires: The end of the ROMinator
• Big Mess O’ Wires: Floppy Emu adds WOZ support
• Apple II Desktop alpha released
• Cross-development for a 2600 using a C64 and a Starpath Supercharger

Upcoming Shows:

• Retro Gathering, Västerås, Sweden, Feb 23, 2019
• VCF Pacific Northwest, Living Computers: Museum+Labs, Seattle, WA, Mar 23-24, 2019
• VCF East, InfoAge Science Center, Wall, NJ, May 3-5, 2019
• CoCoFest, Lombard, IL, May 4-5, 2019
• KansasFest, Kansas City, MO, Jul 15-21, 2019
• Fujiama 2019, Lengenfeld, Germany, Aug 26-Sep 4, 2019

Vintage Computer-related Commercial:

• Starpath Supercharger

Retro Computing Gift Ideas:

• Max Headroom: The complete series boxset

Auction Picks:

• Carrington: Friden FlexoWriter
  • Silver-Seiko Silver Reed Exp 400 daisy wheel printer
  • See also: 1971 Royal (Silver-Seiko) Swinger typewriter
• Paul: PET 2001 manual
  • Mouse holster
  • Gravis MouseStick and GMPU
  • Apple III license plate and an ID-the-old-Apple-stuff game
  • TI 99/4a CC 9900 Micro-Expansion System
  • Some 3” disks

Feedback/Discussion:

• @rcrpodcast on Twitter
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• RCR Podcast on Facebook
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Topic: The eBay-er Necessities

For finding retrocomputing-related stuff, eBay is the main place to go. How does it work? How can you find things? What should you be careful about? Turns out, there’s a lot to say about this.

Topic and feedback notes:

• PCW-8256: Guide for connecting a 3.5″ drive”
• PCW-8256: Replacement disk drive belts”
• PCW-8256: Disk images
• Nerdly Pleasures blog
• PSA: Get your batteries out

Retro Computing News:

• New Hampshire to commemorate BASIC with historial marker
• Barbara Keremedjiev has re-opened the American Computer & Robotics Museum in Bozeman, MT, created by her late husband, George Keremedjiev
• Direct3D team office has a wall of GPU history
• Darkstar: Xerox Star emulator now available
• Introducing Darkstar
• ROMchip journal, call for submissions
• Apple Lisa turns 36

Upcoming Shows:

• CoCoFEST, Lombard Illinois, May 4-5, 2019
• VCF East, InfoAge Science Center, Wall, NJ, May 3-5, 2019
• Fujiama 2019, Lengenfeld, Germany, August 26-September 4, 2019

Vintage Computer-related Commercial:

• Xerox Star Professional Workstation

Retro Computing Gift Ideas:

• BX Foundry BX-110 joystick

Auction Picks:

• Carrington: Macintosh Color Classic with Mystic 040 board upgrade and Apple IIe card
• Paul: Popular Electronicses
  • EMMA II 6502 trainer
    • See also: Information/manuals for EMMA and EMMA II
  • CBM 4040
  • Mac2USB
  • Fix Your Own Computer
  • Using Word 97
  • Encyclopedia of Computer Science, 1976
  • Xerox 820-II

Feedback/Discussion:

• @rcrpodcast on Twitter
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