This is the annual group “megapodcast” recorded at KansasFest, from July 2017. The event draws quite a few podcasters, so we all sit in a room and talk for an hour. This year’s podcast involves the obligatory discussion of the KansasFest event itself (which is an annual gathering of Apple II enthusiasts, along with some […]

Panelists: Earl Evans (hosting), Paul Hagstrom, Michael Mulhern, Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston Host’s Topic: Getting done Projects – so easy to start, so difficult to complete! What techniques have you found to cross the finish line? What stands in your way? Should we adopt a more businesslike approach to our hobby endeavors – would […]

Host’s Topic: News news news So much news since the previous episode, the topic is: more news. Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Michael Mulhern, and Earl Evans Feedback notes Modifying Microsoft Flight Simulator 4 to run on three immersive monitors 64bites: Commodore 64 BASIC/Assembly video tutorials Love Notes to Newton documentary (indiegogo, campaign finished) RetroMacCast interview […]

Host’s Topic: Random Access Memories RAM limitations. Early on in home/personal computing, we were faced with very real RAM constraints. Not like today’s RAM measured in GBs and added in freely, only really affecting disk reliance. What do you remember about bumping into RAM limits, planning programs around them, finding failures, expanding, etc. Panelists: Paul […]

Host’s Topic: Future nostalgists We’re nostalgic for our formative computing years now, but lots of that old cool stuff got discarded or broken or traded along the way. D’oh! If only we’d been thinking of now then. But the kids of today will be our age at some point. Are we doing any better for […]

Panelists: Jack Nutting (hosting), Earl Evans, Paul Hagstrom, and Michael Mulhern Host’s Topic: Is this important? Is this old stuff objectively important, or is it just nostalgia? Feedback notes Living Computer Musem + Labs’ permanent Apple exhibit Break Out: How the Apple II launched the gaming revolution (David Craddock) Breakout: How Atari 8-bit computers defined […]

Panelists: Earl Evans (hosting), Paul Hagstrom, Michael Mulhern, and Jack Nutting Host’s Topic: Spring cleaning Do you remove the accumulated goop? How do you remove the accumulated goop? Topic/feedback links: How II 0x06: Cleaning Vintage Plastic Parts Your Computer Emulating DOS, for running legacy applications DOSBox vDOS vDosPlus PCem Building miniature CP-500 (Brazilian TRS-80 clone), […]

Panelists: Michael Mulhern (hosting), Earl Evans, Paul Hagstrom, and Jack Nutting Host’s Topic: Still Going Strong Adobe Illustrator recently turned 30 years old. AutoCAD is 34, Microsoft Word and Excel are both over 30, and Mathematica is 28. Even the IBM PC emulator DOSBox is itself now almost 15 years old. What new versions of […]

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Earl Evans, and Carrington Vanston) Host’s Topic: Venturing down the retro upgrade path How far should we go down the upgrade path toward modernity? If you have a, say, 68030 Mac, would you want to put a third-party 68040 accelerator in it? You would have in 1993. But what is the […]

Panelists: Earl Evans (hosting), Paul Hagstrom, Michael Mulhern, and Carrington Vanston) Host’s Topic: Big collections Big collections — what are the implications? Saving systems from oblivion? Or, perhaps, removing them from the hands of enthusiasts who might happily use them? How to enjoy a large collection — viewing, using, showcasing? Retro Computing News: The Finnish […]