Retro Computing Roundtable

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, and Carrington Vanston

Topic: Cause the Commodordian Is Keeping Up With You

1961 was all fine and good, but someone has made an accordion out of two Commodore 64s and a bunch of floppy disks.

Topic/Feedback links:

• Neural net on a C64.


• Minus zero at fourmilab


• OS 2200


• Unisys 2200 Series architecture


• BBC archive on Infocom 1985


• Floppy disk supplier says business is booming. Reuters story. Oct 20, 2022.


• Lotus 1-2-3 for Linux. Tavis Ormandy.


• Lotus 1-2-3 for UNIX ported to Linux (video).


• The Commodordion (video).


• The Commodordion (write-up). Linus Akesson.


• the sixtyforgan


• Compiler Explorer


• Compiler Explorer: ZX Spectrum


• Compiler Explorer: Sega


• Upcoming CHM source code releases


• Previous CHM source code releases


• Kathleen Booth obituary. Inventor of assembly language.


• Assembly language


• Laine Nooney: The Apple II Age (forthcoming book)


• Laine Nooney


• Open Apple podcast #49 (talking with Laine Nooney)


• Teletext on a BBC Micro – Matthew North Music


• Interactive Ceefax Viewer

Retro Computing News:

• Mastodon client for MS-DOS


• DOjS


• Neurons in a dish play Pong (allegedly interesting)


• The Skeptic’s Guide podcast #901 (on whether the Pong-playing neurons are interesting)


• 2FA on a C64


• Turbo Button for modern PCs


• Angry Birds for the Apple II (8-Bit Shack)


• Angry Birds for the Apple II (video)


• Angry Birds for the Apple II (VITNO)


• ISA emulation

Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:

• Lotus 1-2-3 rocks


• Commodordian


• ADAM (legal)

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• HDD Clicker


• See also: HD Clicker write-up

Auction Picks:

• Carrington:
  
  
  
  • Creative Computing binary dice
  
  
  • Macintosh Extended Keyboard carrying case
  
  
  
  


• Paul:
  
  
  
  • COSMAC Super Elf
  
  
  • See also: COSMAC Super Elf
  
  
  • Decimal skills
  
  
  • Newton apps
  
  
  • Ventless Apple II case
  
  
  • Badgey the card reader
  
  
  • Coleco high speed digital data pack C-250
  
  
  • See also: Coleco high speed digital data pack C-250
  
  
  • Nobody does cool like Microsoft
  
  
  
  

A2Stream file:

• a2stream file for this episode: http://yesterbits.com/media/a2s/rcr261.a2stream

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

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