RCR Episode 167: Costly Custom Creations

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston

Topic: Costly Custom Creations

Continuing a discussion from last time, on the iterative process of designing, building, testing; costly custom creations; parts shortages; why it’s generally difficult.

Topic and feedback notes:

Florida Retrocomputing Club (Facebook group)
Keep the Bombe on the Bletchley Park Estate
Poorly packed TeleType
Call-A.P.P.L.E. 40th anniversary issue
Interactive adaptation of WarGames
Work on TI CC-40 peripherals (AtariAge thread)
Atari Lynx HandyCast
Ultima Codex: Favourite Fan Projects of 2017

Retro Computing News:

Grand Digital computer race at NMOC
Stunt Car Racer ported to Atari 8-bits
ZXbaremulator (ZX Spectrum on a Raspberry Pi)
Navy targeting computer on HaD
Steve Jobs job application
A.I. beats Q-Bert
Q-Bert infinite points
Benj Edwards’ tweet about his collection

Upcoming events:

Florida Retrocomputing Club (Facebook group, meetup March 10)
Home Computer Museum (opens March 16, in Helmond, The Netherlands)
Vintage Computer Federation
- VCF Southeast 6.0: April 21-22, Roswell, GA. Speakers: Bill Dromgoole, Don Eyles, Dave Walden
- VCF East XIII: May 18-20, Wall, NJ.
- VCF West XIII: August 4-5, Mountain View, CA.
Tandy Assembly (Oct 13-14, Springfield, OH)

Vintage Computer Commercial