Retro Computing Roundtable
Computers

RCR Episode 174: Atari facts and 8-bit FAQs

Panelists: Michael Current, Paul Hagstrom, and Jack Nutting Topic: Atari facts and 8-bit FAQs In an unusual episode, Jack and Paul are joined by Michael Current around the same physical table, talking about things largely related to the early development of Atari and Michael’s Atari timeline and Atari 8-bit FAQ. …

Retro Computing Roundtable
Computers

RCR Episode 173: Where might you have wanted to go today?

Panelists: Earl Evans (hosting), Paul Hagstrom, Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Where might you have wanted to go today? Imagine an alternate universe in which Atari, Commodore or even Apple had become the predominant computer architecture, rather than WinTel. How might have computing looked different in the 80s and …

Apple II

A 1980s Quantum Link to a modern-day Mutiny

June 30, 2018 Paleotronic Magazine

Visitors to the Commodore booth at the 1986 Consumer Electronics Show were not only introduced to the newly restyled Commodore 64C and GEOS, but also a colourful new information service called Quantum Link.

Typical 1980s on-line services were accessed using generic terminal software running on the user’s computer. To