Retro Computing Roundtable

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting) and Carrington Vanston (not hosting)

Topic: The eBay-er Necessities

For finding retrocomputing-related stuff, eBay is the main place to go. How does it work? How can you find things? What should you be careful about? Turns out, there's a lot to say about this.

Topic and feedback notes:

• PCW-8256: Guide for connecting a 3.5" drive"
• PCW-8256: Replacement disk drive belts"
• PCW-8256: Disk images
• Nerdly Pleasures blog
• PSA: Get your batteries out

Retro Computing News:

• New Hampshire to commemorate BASIC with historial marker
• Barbara Keremedjiev has re-opened the American Computer & Robotics Museum in Bozeman, MT, created by her late husband, George Keremedjiev
• Direct3D team office has a wall of GPU history
• Darkstar: Xerox Star emulator now available
• Introducing Darkstar
• ROMchip journal, call for submissions
• Apple Lisa turns 36

Upcoming Shows:

• CoCoFEST, Lombard Illinois, May 4-5, 2019
• VCF East, InfoAge Science Center, Wall, NJ, May 3-5, 2019
• Fujiama 2019, Lengenfeld, Germany, August 26-September 4, 2019

Vintage Computer-related Commercial:

• Xerox Star Professional Workstation

Retro Computing Gift Ideas:

• BX Foundry BX-110 joystick

Auction Picks:

• Carrington: Macintosh Color Classic with Mystic 040 board upgrade and Apple IIe card
• Paul: Popular Electronicses
  • EMMA II 6502 trainer
    • See also: Information/manuals for EMMA and EMMA II
  • CBM 4040
  • Mac2USB
  • Fix Your Own Computer
  • Using Word 97
  • Encyclopedia of Computer Science, 1976
  • Xerox 820-II

Feedback/Discussion:

• @rcrpodcast on Twitter
• Vintage Computer Forum
• RCR Podcast on Facebook
• Throwback Network
• Throwback Network on Facebook

Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X - link
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