Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Earl Evans, and Michael Mulhern Host’s Topic: 2016, Here We Come What are your big retro plans for 2016? Writing something, building something, fixing something, selling something? Retro Computing News: MIST FPGA Pictures from World of Commodore 2015 Pictures from World of Commodore 2015 EDSAC Update – Two new videos BBC […]
RCR Episode 115: The great acquisitions of 2015
Panelists: Jack Nutting (hosting), Earl Evans, Paul Hagstrom, and Michael Mulhern Host’s Topic: The great acquisitions of 2015 Looking back on 2015, what was your favorite retrocomputing acquisition? Retro Computing News: C64 Preservation Project 10th anniversary collection on archive.org Getting a 1992 Sparc Classic running in 2004 Interview with Tom Persky of floppydisk.com Building Tetris […]
RCR Episode 114: Internet of dumb things
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting) and Jack Nutting (not hosting) Host’s Topic: Internet of Dumb Things Are our 8-bit programming skills going to be relevant again? In this upcoming Internet of Things world, underpowered is back. The IoT and the return of 8-bit computing Retro Computing News: Ken Olsen, DEC documentary (20 minutes) 10 computers time […]
RCR Episode 113: Let’s sum it up
Panelists: Earl Evans (hosting), Ken Gagne, Paul Hagstrom, and Michael Mulhern Host’s Topic: Let’s sum it up Your non-retro enthusiast friend asks “why do you collect, play with or learn about old computers? Fifty words or less! Well, after that challenge, I’m sure we’ll find some more words. But can we give the “elevator speech” […]
RCR Episode 112: How has the retro scene changed in five years?
Panelists: David Greelish (hosting), Earl Evans, Paul Hagstrom, and Michael Mulhern Host’s Topic: How has the retro scene changed in five years? How have things changed for us personally, in the communities? What hasn’t changed? What should have changed? Retro Computing News: History of Personal Computing podcast About David Greelish Chicken Lips Radio Drop /// […]
RCR Episode 111: 3D printing
Panelists: Michael Mulhern (hosting), Paul Hagstrom (vice hosting), and Charles Mangin (not hosting) Host’s Topic: 3D Printing Perhaps your keyboard broke, or you’re missing a drive door. Perhaps you have a Raspberry Pi without a retrocomputer-shaped enclosure. Is 3D printing the answer? If so, where do you start? Retro Computing News: Tetris easter egg on […]
RCR Episode 110: Lottery
Panelists: Earl Evans (hosting), Paul Hagstrom, Michael Mulhurn, Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston Host’s Topic: Lottery You won the lottery! Now, money is no object. You can pick one – just one – vintage computer system with all the fixings. Which one do you add to your collection, and why? Retro Computing News: Floppy Days […]
RCR Episode 109: User Groups
Panelists: Michael Mulhurn (hosting), Ken Gagne, Paul Hagstrom, and Jack Nutting Host’s Topic: User Groups – Are they still Important to the Retro Enthusiasts Experience? In this age of the internet, are face-to-face User Group Meetings as important as they used to be? Do you go (or try to go) to regular User Group Meetings? […]
RCR Episode 108: Funding retrocomputing projects
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Ken Gagne, and Jack Nutting Host’s Topic: Funding retrocomputing projects When you get a new idea for something related to retrocomputing (new electronics, new cases, coffee table books)—and it’s a great idea—but you can’t fund it all yourself, what are the options? Thinking back on such projects, what seems to you […]
RCR Episode 107: The end of retrocomputing
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), and Earl Evans Host’s Topic: The end of retrocomputing We here on the speaking end of these microphones have a pretty similar timelines with computers, having been young and eager when computers were just entering the “personal” era. No doubt a part of the current interest in re-exploring that time is […]