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

Host’s Topic: Surprises!

I’m sure we’ve all bought retro machines where we’ve found a little something extra. An unlisted interface card, extra RAM, Floppy in the drive… A mummified mouse hiding behind a power supply!

Retro Computing News:

• SIDtracker64 for iPad
• Ninjaforce NinjaTracker for Apple IIGS
• Commodore – The Amiga Years, the funded Kickstarter
• Amiga 2000 and climate change at the Grand Rapids Public School system
• Retrochallange 2015/7
• Breakthroughs in OCR ca. 1966
  • Details: “The Computer Tutor… or How To Teach Your Computer to Read”
• #CPCRetroDev Game Creation Contest
• TIS-100 game, use assembly language, solve problems, and discover the secrets of the machine
• Can you pilot an Apollo Lunar Mission?
• From Abacus to Smartphone
• Windows 1.01 (starts running at 12:30)
• Earl ports Forth to a C128

Vintage Computer Commercial:

• IBM PC Convertible

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• 64JPX – JoyPad eXpander

Auction Picks:

• Earl: ATARI 1200XL COMPUTER
• Jack: HP-01 Calculator watch
  • HP-01 at Wikipedia
• Michael: Sharp OZ8000
• Michael: Palm Pilot
• Michael: Sony Clié PEG-NX70V/U
• Paul: Univac 8” drive unit (8406)
• Paul: Oki 8-bit Starter Kit (80C49)

Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X – link
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Filed under: Podcasts - @ June 21, 2015 8:00 pm