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Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, Earl Evans, and Blake Patterson Topic: The One With All The Ones The Retrocomputing Roundtable has reached the end of its 8-bit run. Topic/Feedback links: Byte 8-bit computing Nibble Big boxes history video Traveler (Wikipedia) Traveler (Imperial Encyclopedia) Traveler (Mongoose Publishing) Mayday 2022 Manhunt Wonderful Things (story about Manhunt) Open Apple 41 (November 2014). Seek to 2:03. Identify II v2.01 Retro Computing News: Tweeting from the Teletype, April 2020 Tweeted from the Teletype FASTRAND (Powerhouse Collecttion) FASTRAND (Univac memories) FASTRAND (Computer History Archives Project) FASTRAND (Wikipedia) Kenbak-1 Emulator HP9830a Repair The Apple Boogie Vintage Computer(-related) commercials etc.: Elephant Memory Systems mini micro floppy disk (Italian) Laser Computer (Katja Schuurman, Dutch) Retro Computing Gift Idea: 8 bit game cartridge cutting board Auction Picks: Blake: Laser 386SX/3 Y2K Bug Earl: Altair 8800 Ventana World Wide Web Kit See also: Ventana (PC Magazine review) Paul: Elephant mug Intel inside MPF-1P MPF-Ib See also: MPF-I (Wikipedia) See also: Flite interview (Elektor) Tomy Tutor ZX-80 HHC set 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 Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, Earl Evans, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Fortran, for better or for worse The year 1954 brought us Fortran (not named after the year though) to help us with our math, and development of SAGE to scan the skies for threats. Topic/Feedback links: IBM 650 Drum memory Wurlizter SideMan (not 1954, but related via tangent) SAGE (Gizmodo) SAGE (Wikipedia) Fortran Fortran 2018, 202x Retro Computing News: system7.app macos8.app Tech details for system7.app, macos8.app Return to Monkey Island ACM opens first-50-years backfile Game of pong in a single sprite Sprite pong video SWTPC 6800 rescue SWTPC 6800 fan site ADB makes fun of the IIGS manual University of Saskatchewan self guided computer history tour A2stream, audio server A2stream demo AppleWin with Uthernet II a2stream file for this very episode: http://yesterbits.com/media/a2s/rcr254.a2stream Vintage Computer(-related) commercials etc.: IBM SAGE (1960) Retro Computing Gift Idea: Atari sneakers See also: Atari NFT sneakers Auction Picks: Carrington: Apple Credit salesperson's kit Apple branded radio lunchbag Earl: MMD-1 8080A Trainer See also: MMD-1 (Oldcomputermuseum) Paul: Funniest CD of the century The drive of a new generation USB evangelism mouse Companion diskette Astra 1620 dual drive for Atari VM 4209 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 Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Earl Evans, Michael Mulhern, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Prebricked drives Episode 253 relates to 1953. Core memory begins its long dominance of the RAM space, the IBM 701 is introduced. A year that was kind of between things, so as one might expect the conversation keeps sliding into a discussion of beverages. Topic/Feedback links: Magnetic core memory Advent of Computing, episode 77 The Thinking Machine (1961) IBM 701 Williams tube Jeffries tube Exploring the Amiga series, assembly language programming Brief tour of the PDP-11 Top 20 C64 games from 2011-2021 Commodore 64 turns 40 Retro Computing News: SystemSix desk calendar SWTPC 6800 rescued (Adrian’s Digital Basement) Jobs for the boys? The ultimate multics project A quarter century of Unix. Peter Sallas. 1994 Addison-Wesley The evolution of the Unix time sharing system Compatible time sharing system Incompatible time sharing system Easter Egg found in Windows 1.0. Mariupol Computer Museum in Ukraine Club it8bit A Brick for Some Bytes: My First Hard Drive (Byte Cellar) One of the Biggest Frauds in Tech History - The Miniscribe Brick Fiasco (Tech Time Traveler) Vintage Computer(-related) commercials etc.: Tab Retro Computing Gift Idea: The Art of Point and Click Adventure Games Auction Picks: Carrington: MCM/70 About the MCM/70 Earl: IBM Core Memory See also: Core memory shield for Arduino Michael: RCA Selectron 256bit See also: Selectron tube Paul: QuickLetter Murder Party CA Simply Tax 1993 eMate pin 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 Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, and Carrington Vanston Topic: UNIVAC liked Ike Episode 252 relates to 1952. The year when UNIVAC correctly called the election early and nobody believed it. The year the paper introducing the Huffman code compression algorithm was published. And the 50th anniversary of all the things that happened in 1902. Topic/Feedback links: UNIVAC predicts the 1952 election CBS news election coverage, 1952 A method for the constructions of minimum-redundancy codes (Sep 1952, Proceedings of the I.R.E.) The Huffman algorithm, and family Stuffit end of life announcement Mac Folklore Radio, Raymond Lau (Stuffit) interviews RetroMagazine World, issue 13 (EN) David Ahl's magazine auctions, some signed The Capacitor Plague The Lost Sectors, playthrough of Deathlord Retro Computing News: Monmouth College typewriter class TubeTime’s QuadLink repair and reverse engineering project Apple patenting the home computer? The Amiga Show Apple II video to HDMI using Raspberry Pi Zero/Pico Teardown of a Minitel terminal Vintage Computer(-related) commercials etc.: Remington Quiet-riter Retro Computing Gift Idea: The Colouring Book of Retro Computers Highlighters for reproducing yellowing Auction Picks: Carrington: Computer Bug 1990s Tech Stock Bubble in a can Paul: Woz near Steve Jobs Tim Cook near Steve Jobs Steve Jobs Rare Just Stuffit World Tour shirt AutoDoubler PKZIP 2.70 Multiputer 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 Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Charles Mangin, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Memories of Whirlwind I It’s been 71 years since 1951. So, we talk about some things kind of loosely related to 1951, including computer music, the Whirlwind I, and memory technology. Topic/Feedback links: Whirlwind I Jim Butterfield C64 training tape David Ahl's BASIC Computer Games, ANIMAL 3D construction kit (Spectrum, Sam Coupé) Retro Computing News: BASIC Computer Games book programs updated to modern languages Laurie Spiegel, Music Mouse See also: AlphaSyntauri Million Perfect Letters Hello World collection The Hobbit (IF50) The Hobbit (Digital Antiquarian) The Hobbit (Internet Archive) The Hobbit (eBay) The Hobbit (eBay) Deathlord Relorded Deathlord Relorded (GitHub) Vintage Computer(-related) commercials etc.: Pac-Man cereal Whirlwind interview Corncob Retro Computing Gift Idea: Floppy disk coasters And storage box Auction Picks: Carrington: Remington Rand UNIVAC sales brochure Codewriter for Apple II See also: Codewriter in COMPUTE's Gazette, Sept 1985 Charles: Pac-man rug Pac-Man lunchbox Pac-Teacher pin See also: Museum Character Hall of Fame induction for Pac-Man Paul: MEK6800D2 See also: MEK6800D2 (Wikipedia) See also: photos of unbuilt MEK6800D2 kit See also: Apple-1 motherboard See also: 6800 running on an Apple-1 See also: 74154 Tractor feed option kit See also: Hardware Wars Computer Shopper July 1988 See also: Computer Shopper on Internet Archive See also: Computer Shopper debut Gigabyte me Softsel product encyclopedia 1985 See also: Everything project spreadsheet Commodore 64 reset switch 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 Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Earl Evans, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Computing Machinery and Intelligence It’s been 72 years since the year Turing published the paper that outlined the Turing test. So: Let’s talk about interactions we’ve had relating to artificial intelligence in some form or another. Topic/Feedback links: RetroMagazine issue 12, English version Total Replay booting from the DigitalOcean cloud on an Apple II with FujiNet Commodore Computer Museum Kickstarter (NZ) Aroma Disc Sounds and Scents of the Holiday season Aroma Disc player, unopened Aroma Disc player, unpacked Retro Computing News: How The US Census Led to the First Data Processing Company Leonard Tramiel recalls Bill Gates at a trade show See also: WAIT 6502, 10 and other easter eggs Nostalgic Computing Center JavaScript version of Prince of Persia runs on Apple Watch PrinceJS Junk in the PC DOS 1.1 boot sector (Michal Necasek) Junk in the PC DOS 1.1 boot sector (The Starman) Vintage Computer(-related) commercials: Atari 65xe Aroma Disc DEC laptop Retro Computing Gift Idea: MeowToast 1/2AA battery replacements Auction Picks: Carrington: 1988 West Coast Computer Faire program Make friends with: West Coast Computer Faire button Earl: Digital Rainbow PC100-B2 Paul: Versawriter A-1 with or without Bernie’s mods See also: UncleBernie on applefritter QX-10/16 SemiDisk RAM card with battery backup QX-10/16 ComFiler hard drive QX-10/16 hard drive card PCB to build What you call your game when all the good game names are already taken See also: Metal band name generator Roguelike to perhaps the greatest degree Atari 65xe painted black, with two AtariMax cartridges (originally listed at $250) Closing discussion links: Like a DOS podcast Meat stylus DOS Nostalgia Podcast 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 Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

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 Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Earl Evans, and Carrington Vanston Topic: So long, 2021 At the tail end of 2021, we talk about our retrocomputing-based adventures during the year, with a little bit of a look ahead at what might come after. Topic/Feedback links: Drop /// Inches, episode #11 (re: visiting Stanford archives) Mac networks game spreadsheet Retro Computing News: The Mac Game of the Year was... Myst The RMC Cave soft open Overclocking the Tandy 102 "I made my partner learn DOS in 2021" Building a new Commodore 1581 disk drive in 2021 Vintage Computer(-related) commercials: BurgerTime (Intellivision) Myst (Japanese, Sunsoft) Retro Computing Gift Idea: Piper Computer Kit 3 Auction Picks: Carrington: Power Macintosh 8200/120 in original box TRS-80 CoCo Videotext Radio Shack tone dialer Earl: Heathkit computer (looks like an H89?) Paul: Ethernet microdock PET modem Jewelled mouse 1977 British Airways Compute-a-Tour See also: Dick Clark, New Year's Eve 1977 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 Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, and Blake Patterson Topic: Computing 24/7 In honor of episode 247, we talk about stuff vaguely related to "all the time." Mostly we wound up talking about whether we turned our computers off or not. Topic/Feedback links: RetroMagazineWorld #11 The World of Commodore 2021 event information The World of Commodore 2021 video Python C64 emulator, sort of Retro Computing News: Reverse-engineering the Yamaha DX7 synthesizer's sound chip TRS-80 PC-1 / Sharp PC-1211 LCD replacement Beginner's Guide to the Amiga - Workbench Beginner's Guide to the Amiga - Amiga OS tutorial Crash course to Amiga assembly programming Santa's Workout - new C64 Christmas game, from Vector5games (Indie Retro News) The Pudding Strikes Back (2021 Christmas game, Apple II) DOLORES double LORES library Flapple Bird The Register article on the BBC Micro and Elite BBC Micro Elite source code deep dive Vintage Computer(-related) commercials: Enterprise 128 DX100 synthesizer Retro Computing Gift Idea: THINKING cap See also: NeitherNet adapter Auction Picks: Blake: Enterprise 128 Apple IIgs Computer Paul: TK 2000 COVOX How to use the C64 See also: Blue Commodore 64 Echo+ 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 Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Jack Nutting, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Data hoards and privacy Retrocomputing collectors often collect retrocomputers, which often have disks or hard drives, which might contain private data. Particularly as computers get recent enough to have hard drives. Particularly particularly in the future when retrocomputers might contain SSD drives. Topic/Feedback links: Retro Collectors are Uncovering Hoards of Old Data Retro Computing News: Tandy Computer Cassette Recorder models Fujinet is slowly eating the world. Adaptations for Coleco Adam, C64, and Apple ][ are underway! Fujinet on Facebook Intel 4004 turns 50 Intel’s official anniversary page 4004.com Vintage Computer(-related) commercials: BASF (1991) TRS-80 model 100 Retro Computing Gift Idea: Circuit Board Coaster - from AQuarterPastEight (Etsy) Auction Picks: Carrington: Factory sealed Apple IIc and peripherals See also: Sold on eBay: New-in-box Apple II, never opened Paul: Intel 4004 commemorative clock (turns 25 this year) BASF keychain Joystick with a face 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 Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, Michael Mulhern, Blake Patterson, and Carrington Vanston Topic: End of line To the extent that you have physical objects, intellectual properties, accounts that host archives, what kind of plans do you have for when you are (possibly unexpectedly) no longer around? Or, what kind of plans do you plan to have? What kind of considerations are there? Does anyone but you in your local real-life circle know what the stuff is, who to talk to, how to access things? Topic/Feedback links: Open Apple #81: Remembering Tony Diaz Atari 8-bit port of Prince of Persia Prince of Persia Source Code: Saved (Tony Diaz, KansasFest 2012) Retro Computing News: Call For Yellowstone Beta Testers Apple VideoPad 2 prototype sells at auction TNMOC, 40th anniversary of the BBC Micro. Nov 30 217: THE VERTICAL PLANE PART 1 (Astonishing Legends podcast) The 100MHz 6502 MCLFast : Apple II as a shield '80s software was expensive Vintage Computer(-related) commercials: Polaroid Swinger (1965) Sinclair calculators at DG Leisure Centre Retro Computing Gift Idea: Floppy Disk costume Auction Picks: Blake: Dynex Exerciser DE-5020 See also: Dynex series 600 disk drive manual CSC Hard Drive Bible 7th edition See also: Hard Drive Bible 8th edition on archive.org Carrington: Commodore 64 on MaxSold Big Swinger camera Michael: NatGeo on CD Paul: Multicolored C64 keyboard See also: Darth Skalmar's Retro Garage Apple II series WillMaker Sinclair Cambridge calculator kit 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 Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download:

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Earl Evans, and Carrington Vanston Topic: Lacking future relevance Sunk time - times you’ve spent learning (or learning how to do) something that has no future relevance. What did you do, what were you THINKING? Topic/Feedback links: Foone Turing explores the updated Twitter image posting/processing rules, for a very good reason The reason Retro Computing News: Corecursive: The Original Remove Developer, Paul Lutus Mountain Hermit Makes ‘Apples’ Sing In Simple English The Ultimate Commodore 1541 Drive Talk (Hackaday) The Ultimate Commodore 1541 Drive Talk (YouTube) The Ultimate Apollo Guidance Computer Talk The 100 MHz 6502 The 100 MHz 6502 (Hackaday) Swatch 1984 Revisited The Source (GitHub, historical source) Vintage Computer(-related) commercials: IBM 5100 (First Portable Computer) commercial 1977 Retro Computing Gift Idea: Lovelace and Babbage board game Auction Picks: Carrington: Apple Super Bowl cushion Memphis Design mouse pad Earl: Atari 400 computer keyboard Paul: Edison Voicewriter Wax cylinders See also: Edison Voicewriter Mystery House Laser 50 Laser 50 Spaceball ADAM power supply Topic/Feedback links: A People’s History of Computing in the United States The Soul of a New Machine ?Next Without For 006 - SNOBOL 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 Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download: