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Episode 52 – Retro Computing Gift Ideas!
Creative Computing from December 1980
On today’s show we’re taking a special holiday detour by covering retrocomputing gift ideas. Perhaps something to give to a loved one, or just something you can gift yourself!
Links mentioned in this episode:
- Creative Computing Magazine (December 1980) Volume 06 Number 12
- folklore.org (the stories from the book, Revolution in the Valley)
Gifts:
- Jeff: HDMI graphics card for the Amiga 2000/3000/4000
- David: Atari Flashback 7 Classic Game Console with 2 Controllers
- Jeff: 64NIC+
- David: Floppy Emu
- Jeff: ZXpand
- David: Altair 8880 Clone
- Jeff: CocoFlash
- David: Books!
- When Computing Got Personal: A history of the desktop computer
- Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
- Revolution in The Valley: The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac Was Made
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