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episode 165: Ugly Computers - This Week In Retro 169
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Dominik Diamond said the Amiga A1000 is ugly. Do you agree? Which is the ugliest of retro computers? We also chat about MS-DOS becoming open sourced and how the release has gone a bit wrong, and the effort Microsoft went to in getting DOS games running in Windows 95.
All this and other retro computing topics in brief along with your answers to last show's Community Question Of The Week.
00:00 - Show Opening
08:21 - Come On In The DOS Are Open
Story Link: https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/opensource/2024/04/25/open-sourcing-ms-dos-4-0/
17:21 - Wing Dings Commander
Story Link: https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/19/wing_commander_windows_95/
33:17 - Dave's Housekeeping
Game Boy at 35: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2024/apr/21/the-game-boy-at-35-a-portal-to-other-magical-worlds
Additional Game Boy article: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2024/apr/24/pushing-buttons-game-boy-35-years-old-readers-memories-nintendo
American Visits British Computer Museums: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sz4L_h_6I4
Google Demolishes Atari: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/04/how-googles-rampant-sunnyvale-expansion-is-erasing-ataris-history
Infrogrames To Return: https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/atari-relaunches-infogrames-immediately-buys-totally-reliable-delivery-service
Short Pong Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPVa2gIVWIQ
9th INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER CLUB: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_efz3edJt4Q
Stop Killing Games: https://www.stopkillinggames.com/
44:43 - The Amiga is Ugly. Yuck!
Story Link: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2024/apr/26/my-undying-love-for-the-painfully-uncool-amiga?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2NWTnWGzSrUJZyLvrcrQjHW76tIPm1ZN1GEp-QZERuOFc_P7Mlgo25-hI_aem_Afey1P6fPnf1zOKSlBwWVNKz3hSgj-fkWz0zCxwvDb2pE54wQU2ZA6ah95FaR-H6aJlkv-QB-UWqNZH1HUP5e8WA
52:23 - 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.