What do you get when you cross an Apple III and a game of Space Invaders? I’m not sure, but this video does convince me you should never, ever cross an Apple III:
RCR Episode 27: May 2012
Panelists: David Greelish (Hosting), Earl Evans and Carrington Vanston
Topics:
- Please comment in iTunes
- Our “Show and Tell” anniversary videos
- Computing fossils: Old tech holding on for dear life
- Project WALTR
- Cloanto Releases Amiga Forever and C64 Forever 2012
- ZX Spectrum’s chief designers reunited 30 years on
- Microbee: Australian 8-bit computer makes a comeback
- What Google would have looked like in the 80s
Books:
- The Future Was Here: The Commodore Amiga
- Inventing the PC: The MCM/70 Story
- Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple’s Success
Old Computer Commercials:
Retro Computing Gift Ideas:
- Carrington: Geek love hand soap dispenser
- David: FIGnition
- Ear: The “Sojourner” Keyboard
Auction Picks:
- Carrington: Apple IIgs System 6 in box
- Also available for $15 from 16sector.com
- David: HP 620 Color Palmtop PC with Desk Dock
- Ear: KIM-1 Single Board Computer, Enclosure, and some docs
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RCR Episode 26: April 2012
Panelists: Earl Evans (Hosting), David Greelish and Carrington Vanston
Topics:
- R.I.P. Jack Tramiel:
- Apple ][ turns 35:
- Book: The Best of Creative Computing: Volume 3
- http://www.atariarchives.org/ by Kevin Savetz
- Wasteland 2 beats funding target by $2 million
- Who’s talking to us?
- Rikki from Glasgow sends us shopping:
- James sends us some great TI-99/4A links:
- Prince of Persia source code posted
- Don’t forget upcoming vintage computing events!
- Auction prices are getting out of hand:
- New Apple II User’s Guide coming soon
- Video Games Live coming to Canada, eh?
Old Computer Commercials:
- YouTube: Radio Shack TRS-80 Commercial 1979 1980
- YouTube: First Apple Commercial 1977 by High Technology, Inc.
Retro Computing Gift Ideas:
- Carrington: Trip to the American Classic Arcade Museum
- David: Atari Arcade 04-0002EN Atari Arcade iPad Device
- Ear: Modern day buckling spring keyboard from Unicomp
Current Auctions:
- Carrington: Infocom poster from Zork Users Group
- David: Byte Shop Byt-8 Early S-100 Personal Computer
- Alt choice: BYT-8 S-100 Mini Micro System
- Earl: Lear Siegler ADM-3A Terminal
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Speaking of Fallout…
Fallout: Nuka Break started as a fan film that then launched a 6-episode web series. It has terrific production values and great call-backs to the Fallout and Wasteland games.
The series is a big bag of fun. It’s about a former Vault 10 Dweller, a former slave, and a not-so-former ghoul who wander the wasteland (ha ha!) of the world of Fallout looking for adventure. Well, actually, they’re looking for Nuka-Cola; adventure just comes with the territory.
The series creators are hoping to fund a second season through a Kickstarter campaign. So if you dig Season 1 and want to see more, you might want to toss a couple of bottle caps their way. [Update: They have reached their funding goals, so Season 2 is official a go.]
So grab a cold bottle of your favorite Dazzling Blue beverage, and enjoy a Nuka Break.
Fallout is free at Good Old Games today
Do you like retrocomputing games? Of course you do.
Do you like the Fallout series (except Tactics)? Of course you do (except Tactics).
Ah, but do you know that the first Fallout game is free today on the Good Old Games site? Of course you … hey, where did you go?
Oh, I see: you’ve already clicked away from this blog and have rushed over to gog.com to download your totally free, totally legal copy of Fallout.
I don’t blame you one bit. (I don’t blame you eight bits, either.)
RCR Episode 25: March 2012
Panelists: Carrington Vanston (Hosting), David Greelish, and Earl Evans
Topics:
- Original Apple II source code for Prince of Persia found in closet
- The PET serial registry project
- Apple Corporate Museum article @ ClassicComputing.com
- Mozilla announces BrowerQuest
- Our new website and blog!
- Retro Show Announcements:
- VCF East
- KansasFest
- CoCoFest (related video)
- Google maps goes 8-bit (click on “Quest”)
- Toronto PET Users Group YouTube Channel
- Bits and Bytes: tech TV from 1983
- Penny Arcade: the art of modern retro
- Classic video games were NP-Hard
- Kevin Savetz’s atarimagazines.com posts Canadian Atari magazine ROM
Retro Computing Gift Ideas:
- David: Star Trek Electronic Door Chime
- Alt choice: The Authentic James T. Kirk Captain’s Chair
- Earl: EasyFlash 3 for Commodore 64
- Carrington: A vintage calculator
Retro Computing Auciton Picks:
- David: Zorba Personal Computer
- Earl: Commodore 64/128 VIC REL Relay Cartridge by Handic
- Carrington: Programmer combo for Atari 800/400
- Alt choice: Atari Heavy Sixer
Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X – link
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Not another retrocomputing blog?!
The Retrocomputing Round Table has launched a new blog on its web site, rcrpodcast.com. The RCR Crew announced the new blog on the blog itself, which was very postmodern of them. They announced the announcement of the blog in their first post.
The announcement of the announcement’s announcement was withdrawn, because it just wasn’t as effective without a <blink> tag.
RCR Episode 24: March 2012
Panelists: David Greelish (Hosting), Earl Evans, and Carrington Vanston
Topics:
- Retro Show Announcements:
- Apple museum opens in Moscow
- Happy 20th birthday to a trillion MIMEs
- Mapstalgia: drawing video game maps from memory
- Did Microsoft’s BASIC licensing kill the Apple IIe?
- Space Invaders couch
- 8-bit beer from Tallgrass Brewing
- Wasteland 2
- Dogfighters of Mars by Brian Picchi
Retro Computing Gift Ideas:
- Carrington – NewerTech Universal Drive Adapter
- Earl – Raspberry Pi
- David – Atari Flashback 3
Retro Computing Auciton Picks:
- Carrington: Smith Corona Messenger Module
- David: Compaq Portable III Model 2660
- Earl: Vintage Epson QX-10 Computer System
Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X – link
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RCR Episode 23: February 2012
Panelists: Earl Evans (Hosting), David Greelish, and Carrington Vanston
Topics:
- Retrode 2: Play SNES and Genesis game carts on your Mac or PC
- Spacewar! Turns 50
- Sponsor a Valve on Colossus!
- F18A brings VGA output to TI-99/4A, ColecoVision, and more!
- http://www.commodoreserver.com/
- Retrochallenge Competition
- Howard Scott Warshaw (of Atari E.T. infamy) on AVGN: The Movie
- Retro computers in LEGO
- Andrew Stephen’s Altair 8800micro
- Alker33 vintage YouTube channel and blog
- Altair 8800 emulator with lots of info including PDFs of the manual
- Zeta SBC, a Zilog Z80 based single board computer
- The N8VEM Home Brew Computer Project
- The new Retro Computing Podcast Forum
Retro Computing Auciton Picks:
- Carrington: Zip Chip 8000
- David: Processor Technology SOL-20 S-100 computer
- Earl: Vintage Epson QX-10 Computer System
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RCR Episode 22: January 2012
Panelists: Carrington Vanston (Hosting), David Greelish, Earl Evans
Topics:
- Bob Cook from Sun Remarketing interview
- David does a guest spot on the Open Apple podcast
- 6502 in 40-pin DIP package relaunched
- Vintage Computer Festival East 8.0
- CRAVCon 2012
- KansasFest 2012
- Audio feedback from Ken Gagne of Open Apple
- Commodore in the Movies
- Old school computer remix of House of the Rising Sun
- Abobo’s Big Adventure
Retro Computing Gift Guide:
- David: Briel Computers
- Earl: Retro Innovations
- Carrington: Subscription to Juiced.GS
Retro Computing Auciton Picks:
- David: Vintage Sharp Expert Pad
- David: Apple Newton MessagePad 100
- Earl: Kaypro 2
- Carrington: Apple II collection starter kit
Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X – link
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