Panelists: Earl Evans (hosting), Paul Hagstrom, Michael Mulhern, Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston Topic: 2020, thumb-by-thumb Retro New Years Resolutions (retro plans for the new year, and old resolutions you never kept) Topic and Feedback links: Captain’s Quarters BBS and AE line mTCP page (with, perhaps, some pages still being served by a PCjr) Retro […]

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Nostalgia, Inc. Some brands/companies generate nostalgia and warm fuzzy feelings even apart from any specific products they created. Things you see on eBay, and always pause over. Or things for which you just have a benevolent attitude. Who were the good companies? Topic and Feedback […]

Panelists: Earl Evans (hosting), Paul Hagstrom, Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Which old games are truly timeless? What might a kid of today (truly) enjoy? What games hold up? Topic and Feedback links: Apl2bits: Which Apple II Games are Timeless? Zylon Defenders RetroManCave: Software on Vinyl Bytecellar post: How I got started in vintage […]

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Earl Evans, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Jack, the Wimpy Time Travel Genie You get to command a wimpy time travel genie, who can be sent back in time, once, to advise your former self about something (retrocomputing related) to buy or not buy. What do you instruct this genie to do? […]

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Earl Evans, Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston Topic: To mod or not to mod To mod, or not to mod, vintage hardware. People downvote videos where people do a non-reversible mods. Should you care? Should you do such mods? How about Retrobrite? Video hacks? Etc. Topic and Feedback links: Pro(c) Atari […]

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Computer store memories What memories do you have of computers stores of the past? Places to browse, to hang out, to get new information? How has all of this changed? Topic and feedback notes: Paul’s TV database about page Retro Computing News: Video Games Then […]

Panelists: Earl Evans (hosting), Bill Degnan, David Greelish, Paul Hagstrom, Michael Mulhern, and Jack Nutting Topic: Bicentepisodial review This is episode 200 of a podcast whose first episode was almost exactly 9 years ago (October 23, 2010). A lot has changed since then, but also not much has changed since then. But we are now […]

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Vintage Computer Upgrades What upgrades have you have done to vintage computers, then or recently? Topic and feedback notes: ITAPPMONROBOT Atari Projects book Atari Projects Epic Apple II versus Commodore 64 Chess Match Colossus 4 Chess Tournament results (Dec. 2000) Retro Computing News: Back To […]

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Earl Evans, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Older but better? What obsolete technology or device do you wish was actually still in use today? Topic and feedback notes: IBM 5150 Papercraft design The Amen Break Retro Computing News: A Conversation with my 35-year-old Chatbot RetroManCave – Exploring the MiSTer & DE-10 Nano […]

Panelists: Earl Evans (hosting), Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Ancient languages and modern usage What “old” programming language will you still be using this year? Topic and feedback notes: What “old” programming language will you still be using this year? Retro Computing News: ][-Vision: streaming video and audio for the Apple II NetDisk and […]