Retro Computing Roundtable

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

Topic: 1977

In 1977, XMODEM, VAX, and FAT arrived. And the Atari VCS (2600). And the TRS-80 Model 1, Commodore PET, and Apple II.

Topic/Feedback links:

• Atari 2600 (Wikipedia)



• Atari 2600 Pac-Man (Wikipedia)



• Tod Frye discusses Pac-Man 8K homebrew (YouTube)



• TRS-80 Model 1 (Wikipedia)



• TRS-80 Model 1 (trs-80.org)



• Commodore PET (Wikipedia)



• Commodore PET (commodore.ca)



• Apple II (Wikipedia)



• XMODEM (WIkipedia)



• FAT (Wikipedia)



• DEC VAX (Wikipedia)



• UNIVAC (Wikipedia)

Retro Computing News:

• Electromechanical Lunar Lander



• Tim Hunkin (YouTube channel)



• Apple II emulator on the CoCo3 (GitHub)



• Apple II emulator on the CoCo3 (YouTube)



• Michael Mahon’s Burroughs 220 emulator (KansasFest 2016 presentation)



• Michael Mahon’s Burroughs 220 emulator



• Choplifter reverse engineered



• Using fountain pens with pen plotters



• The Graphics Scientist

Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:

• Atari 2600 Pac-Man



• TRS-80



• VIC 20 vs Atari and Intellivision



• The Choplifter



• Pac-Man and other MB board games

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Ben Eater’s World’s Worst Video Card
  
  
  
  • World’s Worst Video Card (YouTube, part 1)
  
  
  
  

Auction Picks:

• Carrington:
  
  
  
  • Defender ENTEX
  
  
  
  • Defender MB (auction long gone)
  
  
  
  • Popeye
  
  
  
  • Pooyan
  
  
  
  • Turbo
  
  
  
  • Turtles
  
  
  
  • Board games based on 8-bit arcades (boardgamegeek.com)
  
  
  
  



• Paul:
  
  
  
  • TRS-80 model 1 set
  
  
  
  • PET 2001
  
  
  
  • Home security sticker (HERO robot)
  
  
  
  • Western Union Telefax receiver
  
  
  
  • Bull Questar 200
    
    
    
    • Bull Questar
    
    
    
    • Groupe Bull
    
    
    
    • List of Groupe Bull products
    
    
    
    • Micral: First personal computer using a microprocessor
    
    
    
    • Micral at MO5
    
    
    
    • “A talk with the father of computing” (Wired)
    
    
    
    • Computer Museum Catalog of Personal Computers
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

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Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X
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