Panelists: Jack Nutting (hosting), Paul Hagstrom, and Michael Mulhern Host’s Topic: Absence makes the heart grow fonder What retrocomputers were actually less cool than you remember once you got your hands on one again? What were the annoyances you’d forgotten about? Retro Computing News: Chocolatchips Etsy store (Pocket Pokey and more) Let Chris Crawford teach […]

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), and Michael Mulhern Host’s Topic: A veritable plethora Continuing to wonder about modern recreations as ever more appear on the scene. Are we cheating? Should we just get over it? Does this mean more people are coming? How do you choose which Apple IIGS RAM card to get? Retro Computing News: […]

Panelists: Earl Evans (hosting), Paul Hagstrom, Michael Mulhern, and Jack Nutting Host’s Topic: Lunar landistry SpaceX successfully blasted off a rocket, which they’ve done before – but this time, the rocket’s stage one came back down and landed itself safely! In celebration of their accomplishment, we wanted to look back on the game Lunar Lander, […]

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 […]

Panelists: Jack Nutting (hosting), Paul Hagstrom, and Michael Mulhern Host’s Topic: Y2K Thoughts on the anticipation leading to the turn of the century. Retro Computing News: The Games, “Millennium Bug” episode Y2K survival guide with foreword by Leonard Nimoy iOS 1970s nostalgia Charles’ Metaphor Computer ML5-1200 photos Metaphor Computer Systems on Wikipedia DrKhumalo on lemon64 […]

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Jack Nutting, and Michael Mulhern Host’s Topic: Making money What’s the first program you got paid to write? Retro Computing News: Retrocomputing site on StackExchange Bonami Spelcomputermuseum Dick Smith Electronics to close Dick Smith Super-80 TRS-80 Trash Talk podcast FreHD M3SE MISE The Conversation with Alex Malley – Nolan Bushnell news.com.au […]

Panelists: Earl Evans (hosting), Ken Gagne, Paul Hagstrom, and Michael Mulhern Host’s Topic: We Heart Retrocomputing It’s Valentine’s Day! So, we heart retrocomputing? First love, current love, secret love? As a side note, does Carrington secretly long for a Commodore 64? Retro Computing News: CHM, 60th anniversary of the birth of Silicon Valley KansasFest 2016 […]

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston Host’s Topic: Retrocomputing TMI It seems like the retrocomputing hobby is gaining traction. Hooray! Except now it’s so easy to scan things, post things, take videos—information is coming in at a rate that’s too hard to manage. How do you keep up? Retro Computing News: BCS […]

Panelists: Ken Gagne (hosting), Earl Evans, Paul Hagstrom, Michael Mulhern, Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston Host’s Topic: Are retrocomputing vendors held to different standards? Retro Computing News: WWIV BBS software is alive and well, and recently updated WWIV BBS Emulating a BBC Micro in Javascript BBC Micro emulator BASIC Tenliners competition KansasFest 2016 keynote announced […]

Panelists: Michael Mulhern (hosting), Ken Gagne, Paul Hagstrom, and Jack Nutting Host’s Topic: Would you make a irreversible upgrade/mod to one of your retro computers? Anything from adding a 3.5mm audio jack, “dremeling” a hole or slot in the case to feed a cable through. Cutting a trace, or adding a jumper or any other […]