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episode 161: From 6502 to FPGA - This Week In Retro 165
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Do you love the 6502 CPU? Of course you do, why wouldn't you? Lets chat about it. Would you like a graphics card that could be switch between standards (of a certain era)? Elder Scrolls turns 30!
All this and more retro based stories in brief plus your answers to the Community Question Of The Week.
00:00 - Show Opening
10:06 - 6502 Powered A Whole Generation
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acUH4lWe2NQ
20:48 - FPGA GPU 4 U
Story Link: https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/30/furygpu_xilinx_fpga_graphics/
Dev Blog Link: https://www.furygpu.com/blog/hello
34:55 - Dave's Housekeeping
Physical Media: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/mar/27/the-film-fans-who-refuse-to-surrender-to-streaming-one-day-youll-barter-bread-for-our-dvds?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-gb
8-Bit Do C64 Keyboard: https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/28/24113566/8bitdo-commodore-64-retro-mechanical-keyboard-specs-release-date-price-features
Windows Format Menu: https://kotaku.com/windows-11-30-year-old-menu-nt-format-story-plummer-1851364593
Doom On A Router: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcjuoEZg8rI
50:13 - 30 Is Elderly Now
Story Link: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/join-us-in-celebrating-all-things-elder-scrolls-as-the-legendary-rpg-series-turns-30/
57:51 - Community Question of the Week
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This Week in Retro is a weekly roundup of the hottest stories from the world of retro gaming and computing, voted on by you, the listener! Hosted by Neil from RMC and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.