Retro Computing Roundtable
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RCR Episode 84: Milestones of 1984

September 28, 2014 Retro Computing Roundtable

Panelists: Michael Mulhern, (hosting), Earl Evans, Carrington Vanston, David Greelish, and Jeff Salzman Host’s Topic: Milestones of 1984 Retro Computing News: Amiga Book kickstarter Wasteland 2 explodes onto the gaming scene like a blood sausage Destiny is dull; play Marathon instead Marathon: Rubicon X History of …

Retro Computing Roundtable
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RCR Episode 83: Milestones of 1983

September 14, 2014 Retro Computing Roundtable

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Michael Mulhern and Mike Whalen Host’s Topic: Milestones of 1983 Retro Computing News: Which Apple II, if you can only have one? Why didn’t 6502 computers get faster? History of Personal Computing podcast Newly discovered Apple I up for auction Chris Osborne on using modems …

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German Apple /// ad

September 4, 2014 6502 Lane

I found this Apple /// ad over at Zock.com, a German collector’s website.  It features the familiar flow of text wrapped around a “stretched” graphic of the Apple Monitor /// hovering above the ProFile drive, which itself floats over the main /// unit. Here’s a rough translation, courtesy Google’s handy …