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RCR Episode 234: This sandwich tastes suspiciously like a ZX Spectrum
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Blake Patterson, and Carrington Vanston
Topic: This sandwich tastes suspiciously like a ZX Spectrum
Another topic-free episode, this one discussing the smuggling of Spectrums, satirical adventure games, BBS simulations, IBM clocks, CoCo paint programs, and various other tangents.
Retro Computing News:
- Full Motion, Double High-Res Video Playback on the Apple IIe
- 1988: P.R.E.S.T.A.V.B.A.
- 50 Years of Text Games
- Gaming the Iron Curtain
- RetroBridgeBBS (GitHub)
- RetroBridgeBBS (Hackaday write-up)
Vintage Computer commercials:
- Hayes modem
- US Robotics 56k modem
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
- Cryptex USB stick
Auction Picks:
- Blake: Colorware COCO MAX HI-RES PACK input module Tandy TRS-80
- Capstone Home Alone the Computerized Coloring Book
- Carrington: 600 page 1980s Computer Chip Handbookc
- Paul: Two Sanyo VM 4509s
- Early IBM real time clock
- Coleco Adam power supply
- See also: Making an internal Adam PSU
- Some Osbornes and some disks you can’t have
- NEC PC8201a set
Closing notes:
- PunyInform
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
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