Everyone’s retrocomputing hobby budget is finite. This may be a blessing in disguise. I’ve found that the amount of retro gear that I have far exceeds the amount of time that I have to play with it. I’ve recently begun thinking about how to right-size my collection. I have some ideas on this that I’ll […]
RCR Episode #38: November 2012
Panelists: Earl Evans and Carrington Vanston Topics: David taking a break from RCR. PC World: How to optimize Windows 8 on old hardware Living Computer Museum opens to the public Geekwire-includes link to KING 5 TV coverage Keep in mind: you can still request a login account Internet judged to be a First Amendment right […]
RCR Episode #37: October 2012
Panelists: Carrington Vanston (hosting), David Greelish and Earl Evans Topics: Project Kiwi: Simon Ferber’s 68000 homebrew computer Project web site Project forum YouTube channel Hack A Day feature 1 Hack A Day feature 2 Not another Apple 1 coming to auction?! Minitel network shuts down after long run (from James) New ZX Spectrum game: Encyclopedia […]
RCR Episode #36: October 2012
Panelists: David Greelish (hosting), Earl Evans and Carrington Vanston Topics: The CD player turns 30 Bell Labs tribute to Dennis Ritchie on YouTube Kickstarter: P112 Single Board Computer Kit Retro City Rampage released Introducing the Lo-tech XT-CFv2 Apple 1 fails to sell at Christie’s auction Mimeo 1 kits on sale again Ken Gagne steps down […]
RCR Episode #35: September 2012
Panelists: Earl Evans (hosting), David Greelish and Carrington Vanston Topics: RC-3 Relay Computer from Stephen Torrence, Museum of Computer Culture Harry Porter’s Relay Computer at Portland State University http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z1_%28computer%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HarvardMarkI Apple II prototype hardware sold on eBay: Prototype RAMWORKS VGA interface Prototype Apple IIc VGA adapter Report from the Portland Retro Gaming Expo 101 Classic […]
RCR Episode #34: September 2012
Panelists: Carrington Vanston (hosting), David Greelish and Earl Evans Topics: Last Call for the VCFMW! X11 turns 25. Hey, you don’t look a day over 20 Apple 1 replica sells for $1,525 Michael Ng’s Newton 1 Mike Willegal’s Mimeo Steve Gabaly’s Obtronix (not official site) Controversy over replica design sources Vince Briel’s Replica 1 Apple […]
RCR Episode #33: September 2012
Panelists: David Greelish (hosting), Earl Evans and Carrington Vanston Topics: Atari Arcade: play “re-imagined” classics in a web browsers From Altair to iPad: 35 years of personal computer market share S100 mini front panel project AtGames announces Atari Flashback 4 and Arcade Classic Flashback 4 review Tetris World Championship coming to PRGE, Sept 29-30 Mike’s […]
RCR Episode #32: August 2012
Panelists: Earl Evans (hosting), David Greelish and Carrington Vanston Topics: A movie of a world populated by old Macs! Teaser online at: www.projectgenesismovie.com vimeo.com/46094886 Air Raid (rarest cartridge for Atari 2600) appears on eBay Air Raid on Wikipedia The Ridiculously Overpriced ‘Vintage’ Tech of eBay Vintage Computer Festival SW 3.0 report by Michael Sternberg pictures […]
RCR Episode #31: August 2012
Panelists: Carrington Vanston (hosting), David Greelish and Earl Evans Topics: KansasFest 2012 Recap Book: The New Apple II User’s Guide Time: The TRS-80 Model I turns 35 C64 turns 30: What do today’s kids make of it? RegHardware: Basic instinct–the way we used to code Vintage Computer Festival Southwest 3.0 Vintage Computer Festival Midwest 7.0 […]
RCR Episode #30: Live from KansasFest 2012
Panelists: David Greelish (Hosting), Earl Evans and Carrington Vanston Topics: Live from KansasFest 2012 Acorn Archimedes turns 25 Clamshell! The Greatest Computing Form Factor of All Time Dynamac Vintage Computer Festival Southwest 3.0 Retro Computing Gift Ideas: Carrington: 8-Bit Glasses David: Tin Robot 2008 Earl: 8-Bit Tablet Sleeve Auction Picks: Carrington: Ultima II large box […]