RCR Episode 179: Having no topic didn’t help
September 30, 2018. Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Earl Evans, Michael Mulhern, and Carrington Vanston
Topic: Having no topic didn’t help
In an attempt to keep the time under control, we skipped the host topic. Spoiler: It didn’t work.
Topic and feedback notes:
- EEVblog visits the Australian Computer Museum site, part 1
- EEVblog visits the Australian Computer Museum site, part 2
- ob. Omnivore link
- Halfway to telecommuting
- Restoring a ThinkPad 701 using CF media
- Jason Scott will come help image big Apple II disk collections
- S-80 Retro
Retro Computing News:
- Playing today’s games in a thousand years
- Federico Faggin: The Real Silicon Man
- TRS80 images online by Peter Cetinski
- Retrobrite with blue LED bulbs?
- The history of a security hole
- C64 emulation joins the Internet Archive
- Emulate ZX Spectrum on emulated Commodore 64 on emulated DOS on emulated Windows on Linux
- Two-bit history on where VIM came from
- Two-bit history on what Ada Lovelace’s program actually did
Vintage Computer-related Commercials
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
- Trifecta of computer nuke movies:
Auction Picks:
- Carrington: “Vintage” “Antique” “Intel CPU” Display
- Earl: Vintage IBM Model 5140 Convertible Laptop Computer with Printer WORKING!
- Michael: Computer Peripherals That You Can Build
- Paul: Two Xerox 820-IIs
Closing discussion notes:
Feedback/Discussion:
- @rcrpodcast on Twitter
- Vintage Computer Forum
- RCR Podcast on Facebook
- Throwback Network
- Throwback Network on Facebook
Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X – link
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