Retro Computing Roundtable

Panelists: Earl Evans (hosting), Paul Hagstrom, Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston

Topic: Things we (came to/no longer) hate

Things we used to hate, but maybe no longer do. Or maybe still do. Or maybe didn't used to hate, but now do.

Topic/Feedback links:

• RetroMacCast interviews Rocky Bergen about papercraft creations
• Mimic Spartan

Retro Computing News:

• Mini vMac for Nintendo 3DS
• MacRumors write-up of 3DS Mini vMac
• ComputerLand and the BC88
• Al Alcorn explains early color graphics
• Retrofair 2020
• Mar Hicks: Scapegoating COBOL
• Why I Still Use A 34-Year-Old IBM Model M Keyboard
• Tweeting from the Teletype
• Volkseigener Betrieb (VEB) Robotron PC 1715 on parade, East Berlin, 1987.
• 10 pfennig 1987 stamp featuring the Robotron PC 1715
• Primary Optics, Robert Henke’s Commodore CBM 8032 Based Audio-Visual Art
• Robert Henke Loop 2015 Keynote: Failure = Success

Upcoming shows

• VCF Southeast 8.0. July 10-12. Atlanta, GA.
• KansasFest. July 24-25. Online.
• WozFest SWEET 16. Sat Jul 25. Online.
• VCF West. August 1-2. Mountain View, CA (Computer History Museum).
• VCF East. October 10-12, 2020 (rescheduled). InfoAge. Wall, NJ.

Vintage Computer-related Commercials:

• Computerland commercial

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Floppy Disk iron-on patches

Auction Picks:

• Carrington: PS/2 Googly Eyed Duck Mouse
  • TRS-80 Model I Briefcase
• Earl: Pi 1541
• Paul: TRS-80 Model 16B
  • Bunch of Apple II era manuals of no particular rarity
  • Black Hole Colorforms
  • Power Mac power button replacement
  • Atari Lynx kit case

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
Show audio files hosted by CyberEars

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