Retro Computing Roundtable

Panelists: Earl Evans (hosting), Paul Hagstrom, and Blake Patterson

Topic: Unexpected Bonuses

Along the way as we collect things, strange things turn up in what we get. We talk a bit about unexpected bonuses in amongst our finds.

Topic/Feedback links:

• Charles finds whimsical characters on chips
• TRS-80 Model I (article, Nuts and Volts, May 2002)
• Adding Color to the Commodore PET (preview, Nuts and Volts, Sep 2015)

Retro Computing News:

• Total Replay v4.0-alpha 3
• Septandy
• Ample MAME launcher
• Crash and Burn: The Amiga ST Story
• The Augmentation of Douglas Englebart (YouTube)
• The Augmentation of Douglas Englebart (Amazon)
• Curt Vendel (VintageIsTheNewOld)
• Curt Vendel (Jason Scott, Twitter thread)

Vintage Computer-related commercial:

• Tandy PC from 1988

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Making Games for the Atari 2600
• See also: 8bitworkshop.com

Auction Picks:

• Blake: Olympia EX 100 Typewriter Extension CP/M Computer Word Processor
  • Atari PC4
  • IBM 9331-011 8" External Floppy Drive
  • See also: IBM 9331-012 5.25 External Floppy Disk Drive - AS/400 (Walmart)
• Earl: Osborne 1 with monitor
• Paul: IBM PC/AT
  • Mac LC 475, with ethernet
  • DCA IRMAprint
  • See also: AppleLine and Apple Cluster Controller sales reference guide (on bitsavers.org)
  • See also: AppleLine (on vintagecomputing.com)

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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