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

Topic: Challenges of the more recently obsolete. A bunch of older computers can almost interact with the modern environments, but not quite. For example eMates, old iMacs, etc. have wireless capabilities but require network protocols that are increasingly unsupported. What kinds of things have you tried to work with these more recently obsolete computers, what has worked, what hasn’t?

Topic and feedback notes:

• WiFi connection for Newton 2×00 and eMate 300
• Writing with the Alphasmart Dana
• Netatalk
• A2server
• Memofest Recaps
• Exapunks
• Computing Britain podcast series
• vintagecomputer.ca

Retro Computing News:

• This TRS-80
• CP/Mish, an open-source reimplementation/clone of CP/M 2.2
• Cool demo of coding on a late-model Z80 laptop
• New Hampshire has now installed the BASIC historical marker
• The origin of the blink tag
• Video stream of the 8-bit symphony
• Main site for the 8-bit symphony

Upcoming Shows/Gatherings:

• 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
• Tandy Assembly 2019. Springfield, OH. Sept 27-29, 2019

Vintage Computer Commercial:

• Atari Space Invaders 1980 TV commercial

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Vintage Tech Stickers

Auction Picks:

• Carrington: Franklin Ace 500
  • SD DuoDisk Floppy Disk Drive Emulator
• Earl: Vintage Intel C8702A (1702) EPROM Gold Ceramic Case
• Paul: Most recent Apple Workstation card sold on eBay that I could find, none currently listed
  • Alphasmart Dana Wireless
  • Very nice PX-8 set with a lot of stuff including the disk drive
  • PX-8 software set
  • 3D printed PX-8/PX-4 ROM cradles
  • Rockwell AIM-65 in an EMP-proof case

Closing comments:

• Mechanical Binary Counter
• The Base.cs Podcast
• TinyFPGA

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
Show audio files hosted by CyberEars

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