RCR Episode 118: Are retrocomputing vendors held to different standards?
Panelists: Ken Gagne (hosting), Earl Evans, Paul Hagstrom, Michael Mulhern, Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston
Host’s Topic: Are retrocomputing vendors held to different standards?
Retro Computing News:
- WWIV BBS software is alive and well, and recently updated
- Emulating a BBC Micro in Javascript
- BASIC Tenliners competition
- KansasFest 2016 keynote announced – Mike Harvey
- Eighty-One
- GeekFest 2015 Berlin audio
- How Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry’s words were freed from 200 old floppy disks
- What computer did Gene Roddenberry use?
- How Bob McGwier used a Cray-2 to decode ham radio transmission in Star Trek IV
- Retrochallenge 2016 halfway done
- Atari Game Designer – graphics library for A8 machines
- Video Game Hall of Fame nominations
- ‘Commodore Free’ Magazine Issue #90
- K&A Plus Issue 3
- Floppy Emu B out, A cheaper
- John Romero releases a new level for Doom
- “Hoodlum scientist” Dr. Christopher Evans and The Mighty Micro
- Deskthority wiki for human interface devices
- SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch
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Vintage Computer “Commercial” (sort of):
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Auction Picks:
- Carrington: Blue Chip D20/10 daisywheel printer
- Earl: Rare Seattle Computer Products CPU Module Model 220A Board
- Jack: Too many copies of Combat, Defender, and Asteroids for Atari 2600
- Ken: Big Tip Book
- Michael: Sharp ElsiMate EL-8048 Best of both worlds
- Paul: PET 2001-8, shiny.
Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X – link
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