Panelists: Earl Evans (hosting), Paul Hagstrom, Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston

Topic: Clearly, capacitors capacitate

It’s episode 0xC0. We talk about feedback.

Topic and feedback notes:

• Sundog Resurrection Project




• One of Blake’s capacitors failed
• Exidy Sorcerer II
• Fixing a TRS-80 Model 100 LCD issue
• Newly manufactured PC-1 LCDs are in
• Video of the installation of a new PC-1 LCD
• The Chiptune story
• Hoover LINX

Retro Computing News:

• Jason Scott uploads Infocom game source code to GitHub
• Infocom game source code on GitHub
• Learning ZIL by Steve Meretzky
• Game On: Kevin Savetz interviews Steve Meretzky
• Eaten By A Grue, the Infocom Podcast
• Chris Torrence reviews the VidHD
• More info on the VidHD
• Kickstarter: Before Macintosh: The Apple Lisa
• Kickstarter: Nox Archaist
• Did a vigilante ROM leaker go too far to “preserve” a lost Atari ROM?
• Looking at old classified ads

Upcoming Shows/Gatherings:

• WOzFest 12:00, Sydney, May 25, 2019
• QFest 12, Brisbane, May 25, 2019
• KansasFest, Kansas City, MO, Jul 15-21, 2019
• VCF West. Mountain View, CA. Aug 3-4, 2019
• Fujiama 2019, Lengenfeld, Germany, Aug 26-Sep 4, 2019

Vintage Computer Commercial:

• ComputerLand Commercial – 1/29/1981

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Drink Different ice cube mold

Auction Picks:

• Carrington: Radio Shack Mathmile rotating computer
  • Tower Mechanical Pocket Calculator
  • See also: We Are Legion (We are Bob)
• Earl: IBM 5120 / 5110-3 Computer with 5103 Printer
• Paul: Pursuit of the Graf Spee
  • See also: The Digital Antiquarian, on SSI
  • See also: 0.1% of all the copies there ever were
  • LCD clock
  • 68000 card for Apple II

Closing comments:

• Epson still makes dot matrix printers

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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