RCR Episode 212: Virtual Retro-gatherings
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Jack Nutting, Blake Patterson, and Carrington Vanston
Topic: Virtual Retro-gatherings
Given that retrocomputing gatherings are going virtual, what aer ways that we can make this experience a good one?
Topic/Feedback links:
Retro Computing News:
- Atgtha in Absurdia Roguelike game
- VCF T-Shirts
- FujiNet, reading data over https
- What is FujiNet?
- John Conway obituary (Princeton)
- John Conway obituary (New York Times)
- John Conway obituary (xkcd)
- John Conway on Numberphile
- Doomsday Rule
- Atari Lynx 2020 programming contest write-up
- Atari Lynx 2020 programming contest entry
- Project SPHINX: When the USSR tried to change the computer forever
- Meet Sphinx: The 30-Year-Old Soviet Smart Home Concept
Vintage Computer-related Commercials:
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
- Home Computers: 100 Icons That Defined a Digital Generation (MIT Press)
- Home Computers: 100 Icons That Defined a Digital Generation (Thames & Hudson)
- See also: Guardian write-up
- See also: Publisher’s Weekly write-up
Auction Picks:
- Blake: Darth NeXTER Mask
- Carrington: Macintosh SE/30 new(-ish) in box
- Paul: Pin featuring Apple logo
Closing words links:
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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