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RCR Episode 232: Period Peripherals
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston
Topic: Period Peripherals
When you use retro computers, do you also use retro peripherals? That is, do you stick with appropriately vintage keyboards, monitors, and mice? Does mixing and matching vintage computers with new peripherals ruin the experience or aesthetic? Or do the (supposed) benefits of modern keyboards and displays outweigh the heresy?
Retro Computing News:
- B-Roll footage from inside a 1982 Sears store
- Halt and Catch Fire Syllabus
Vintage Computer commercial:
- Mattel Electronics Baseball
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
- Throwboy shirts
Auction Picks:
- Carrington: The Chip Shop Basicode tape
- See also: Example broadcast of The Chip Shop’s "takeaway service"
- Paul: Broken Baseball
- Mac security brackets
- Learn WordPerfect VHS tapes
- New TRS-80 game
- eMate-inspired RPi case
- eMate 300
Closing notes:
- TRS-8-Bit
Feedback/Discussion:
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- Vintage Computer Forum
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- Throwback Network
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Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X
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