RCR Episode 63: Wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey stealy-wheely

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

Topics:

• Host Topic: Wibbly-Wobbly Timey-Wimey Stealy-Wheely. If you could go back and time and bring forward something you used to have, what retro goody would you snatch away from your younger self to have today?
• 1997 DEC retrospective on VAX and VMS
• Briel Computers’ Replica 1 ten available for pre-order
• Nishida Radio:
  • UNISDISK
  • Component video card for Apple IIe
  • RGB component video adapter for Apple IIgs
  • NISHIPPLE: Apple II compatible logic board
  • Lots of other Apple II goodies
• Plamen Vaiselov:
  • Disk II
  • Mockingboard
  • ZX-80 Kit
• BootZero’s HDDD A2 3.5 drive Disk II emulator
• The Art of Selling a Speccy Game
• Kickstarter: Slightly Magic 8bit Legacy Edition
• 2014 Winter Warmup Retrochallenge
• IXO Telecomputer:
  • Byte 1982 editorial: “A revolution in your pocket”
  • Inc. 1982 write-up: “Toying with computers”
  • Inc. 1983: “The revolution has been postponed”
• Merlin simulator
• Lamb Chops!, new Apple II game by Brian Picci
• Brian Picci’s other games
• JSMESS: the endgame

Vintage Computer Commercial:

• BBC Micro: the story of Daphne

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Sophistication & Simplicity: The Life and Times of the Apple II Computer by Steven Weyhrich

Auction Picks:

• Carrington: 1986 Ziggy Christmas Card Disk
• Earl: TRS-80 Color Computer serial number 1
• Paul: Very complete Model 100 set
  • Alt: Kaypro II, cheap start, good shape
  • Alt: PX-8 with multi-unit
  • Alt: Anderson Jacobson acoustic coupler
  • Alt: Nixdorf LK-3000

Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X – link
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