RCR Episode 123: Easter eggs
Panelists: Michael Mulhern (hosting), Earl Evans, and Paul Hagstrom
Host’s Topic: Easter Eggs
Hidden developer lists. Slipping it past management. Have you ever added an Easter Egg to a program?
- First EE?
- WAIT 6502 on a PET
- Other MS fingerprints/Easter Eggs
- Search Google for “do a barrel roll” using Chrome or Firefox
- Excel 97: Flight Simulator
- Commodore 128: SYS 32800,123,45,6 dev team, peace message
- Micro pictures in the silicon
- Mac SE “stolen from Apple Computer” (G 4188a4) and dev team slideshow (G41d89a)
- 65816 WDM opcode
- Karateka (Apple II) back side of floppy plays upside-down
Retro Computing News:
- Margaret Hamilton and coding the Apollo Guidance Computer
- A Canadianized ZX Spectrum
- Web8201 website is back
- ConnectTo, integrating older Macs to modern networks
- MacIPgw – MacIP server VirtualBox machine
- SIDFX, 2 SIDs in every C64
- RetroStyle – Spacewar Fleet Action
- See also: Eliza
- FPGA co-processor for the BBC Micro
- Ken and Roberta Williams interview from 1994
- Softline 1982 interviews Alick Diabczenko of Sierra Software
- Photo of Retro-Ball hardware from eBay
- Ken Williams on Apple II hi-res graphics in the same issue
- On-Line ad, in the same issue
- A less rosy overview of the company’s history from Jimmy Maher
- Laine Nooney’s research blog, Broderbund and Sierra On-Line
Vintage Computer “Commercial” (sort of):
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Auction Picks:
- Earl: XT-CF-Lite v4 for Vintage PCs
- Michael: If you’re going to listen to your retro computer, give your ears some retro style:
- Paul: Color Computer 2 kits
Feedback/Discussion:
Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X – link
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