RCR Episode 249: 2020 also

Retro Computing Roundtable

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

Topic: 2020 also

We enter the third year of 2020. Yet another New Year’s, yet another opportunity to make the New Year’s resolution joke.

Topic/Feedback links:

• Mega II project (single chip Apple II)
• Mega II project progress
• Acorn – a world in pixels (extended edition)
• HP 9845 part 2 (Beige-o-Vision)
• See also: HP 9845 part 1 (Beige-o-Vision)
• Nichrome project

Retro Computing News:

• Appreciating the physicality of floppies
• How many Commodore 64s were sold, really?
• The Forgotten History of the Blinking Cursor
• See also: Blinking cursor turns 54, hardly anyone notices
• See also: Retrocomputing forum thread re: blinking cursor
• Yellowstone is a go
• Virtual BBC Micro
• Virtual BBC Micro description
• See also: Zero Page

Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:

• Are you keeping up with the Commodore
• Prime Computer

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Beagle Bros floppy warnings mug
• See also: Penguin’s version
• “ours were better” reddit thread

Auction Picks:

• Blake:
  • Philips Videopac G7400 Game Console
  • See also: Philips Videopac G7400
  • See also: Magnavox Odyssey 2
  • See also: Magnavox Odyssey
  • See also: National Museum of American History Exhibit – Places of Invention
  • Matra Alice 8000 PROTOTYPE ULTRA RARE Number 24
  • See also: Matra Alice 8000 (Rare and Old Computers)
  • See also: Matra Alice 8000 (AtariAge thread)
• Earl:
  • 6 Vintage BASIC Coding Form Pads 40 plus pages each
  • Digital DEC STARION 960 Intel Pentium 166MHz 16MB RAM Vintage Computer
• Michael:
  • ADB Black Vintage Rare Macintosh TV M2706 computer
• Paul:
  • PR1ME Computer ashtray
  • Pumpkin spice Silent 700
  • See also: Regular Silent 700
  • ImageWriter II with sheet feeder

Closing discussion links:

• Pits of Death
• ScanTailor Advanced OS X

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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