RCR Episode 212: Virtual Retro-gatherings

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Jack Nutting, Blake Patterson, and Carrington Vanston

Topic: Virtual Retro-gatherings

Given that retrocomputing gatherings are going virtual, what aer ways that we can make this experience a good one?

Topic/Feedback links:

C64 guitar
Compressorhead: Ace of Spades
Computer Sport Athlete
nMigen tutorial

Retro Computing News:

Atgtha in Absurdia Roguelike game
VCF T-Shirts
FujiNet, reading data over https
What is FujiNet?
John Conway obituary (Princeton)
John Conway obituary (New York Times)
John Conway obituary (xkcd)
John Conway on Numberphile
Doomsday Rule
Atari Lynx 2020 programming contest write-up
Atari Lynx 2020 programming contest entry
Project SPHINX: When the USSR tried to change the computer forever
Meet Sphinx: The 30-Year-Old Soviet Smart Home Concept

Vintage Computer-related Commercials:

The Game of Life
Atari Lynx
Motorola pager
Fidelity Chess Challenger

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

Home Computers: 100 Icons That Defined a Digital Generation (MIT Press)
Home Computers: 100 Icons That Defined a Digital Generation (Thames & Hudson)
See also: Guardian write-up
See also: Publisher’s Weekly write-up

Auction Picks:

Blake: Darth NeXTER Mask

3D Connexion SpaceBall 5000
Qantel Model 4150


Carrington: Macintosh SE/30 new(-ish) in box

Apple II dust cover with maybe-red logo
TauonPC-1
See also: TauonPC-1 site


Paul: Pin featuring Apple logo

Vintage Apple Macintosh 6500
See also: Garfield minus Garfield
Apple //c video+audio cable adapter
World's slowest PC
Cal-Kit dongle
Cal-Kit that doesn’t need a dongle (sold)
Cal-Kit on Kijiji
NeXT mug/shot-cup
Mouse phone

Closing words links:

Panic podcast

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

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