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RCR Episode 270: Time Zero
Retro Computing Roundtable
English - April 07, 2024 15:56 - 2 hours - 113 MB - ★★★★★ - 76 ratingsTechnology News Tech News retro computing retrocomputing vintage computers apple commodore old 8bit bit Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, Earl Evans, and Carrington Vanston Topic: 1970 In 1970, (Unix) time and Life began. Also, Pascal was “published,” Forth was first used by other programmers, Shakey the robot shook, DRAM appeared. Topic/Feedback links: Retro Computing News: Vintage Computer(-related) commercials: Retro Computing Gift Idea: Auction Picks: A2Stream file: Feedback/Discussion: Intro … Continue reading RCR Episode 270: Time Zero →
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, Earl Evans, and Carrington Vanston
Topic: 1970
In 1970, (Unix) time and Life began. Also, Pascal was “published,” Forth was first used by other programmers, Shakey the robot shook, DRAM appeared.
Topic/Feedback links:
Recollections about the development of Pascal (Niklaus Wirth)
The evolution of Forth (forth.com)
Shakey the Robot (YouTube)
75 years of innovation: Shakey the Robot (SRI)
conways game of life (Google search)
Martin Gardner’s Scientific American article (Scientific American, Oct 1970)
DRAM (Wikipedia)
Aquarius+ (GitHub)
Aquarius+ (AtariAge)
The current state of the Aquarius computer (YouTube, VCF West 2023)
Retro Computing News:
Adrian Black becomes a full-time retro content creator
Restoring the 701C butterfly laptop (YouTube)
IBM ThinkPad 701C “butterfly” keyboard (YouTube)
Tezza Stewart is back! (YouTube)
Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
EOR #$FF (David Youd)
Auction Picks:
Carrington:
Earl:
Paul:
Apple Interactive Television Box (original auction gone now, different one)
See also: iMac G3 description (mac27.net)
See also: Computer Napoleonics (Paul’s, on archive.org)
BBC Micro, US version, sort of
See also: BBC Micro B US (Chris’ Acorns, Computing History)
AC-3 in its box (Radio Shack acoustic coupler)
A2Stream file:
a2stream file for this episode: http://lo-fi.rcrpodcast.com/rcr270.a2stream
Feedback/Discussion:
Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X
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