RCR Episode 213: Things We Hate(d)

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

Topic: Things we (came to/no longer) hate

Things we used to hate, but maybe no longer do. Or maybe still do. Or maybe didn't used to hate, but now do.

Topic/Feedback links:

RetroMacCast interviews Rocky Bergen about papercraft creations
Mimic Spartan

Retro Computing News:

Mini vMac for Nintendo 3DS
MacRumors write-up of 3DS Mini vMac
ComputerLand and the BC88
Al Alcorn explains early color graphics
Retrofair 2020
Mar Hicks: Scapegoating COBOL
Why I Still Use A 34-Year-Old IBM Model M Keyboard
Tweeting from the Teletype
Volkseigener Betrieb (VEB) Robotron PC 1715 on parade, East Berlin, 1987.
10 pfennig 1987 stamp featuring the Robotron PC 1715
Primary Optics, Robert Henke’s Commodore CBM 8032 Based Audio-Visual Art
Robert Henke Loop 2015 Keynote: Failure = Success

Upcoming shows

VCF Southeast 8.0. July 10-12. Atlanta, GA.
KansasFest. July 24-25. Online.
WozFest SWEET 16. Sat Jul 25. Online.
VCF West. August 1-2. Mountain View, CA (Computer History Museum).
VCF East. October 10-12, 2020 (rescheduled). InfoAge. Wall, NJ.

Vintage Computer-related Commercials:

Computerland commercial

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

Floppy Disk iron-on patches

Auction Picks:

Carrington: PS/2 Googly Eyed Duck Mouse

TRS-80 Model I Briefcase


Earl: Pi 1541

Paul: TRS-80 Model 16B

Bunch of Apple II era manuals of no particular rarity
Black Hole Colorforms
Power Mac power button replacement
Atari Lynx kit case

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 - link

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