Retro Computing Roundtable

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

Topic: 1979

In 1979, VisiCalc’s rampage began, and models 400, 800 (Atari), II (TRS-80), and 4 (TI 99) arrived.

Topic/Feedback links:

• Wordstar



• VisiCalc



• TI 99/4



• Intellivision



• Asteroids



• Atari 400/800



• MUD1



• StarMud review



• TRS-80 Model II



• Motorola 68000



• Compu$erve
  
  
  
  • CB Simulator
  
  
  
  



• Robert Williams becomes first human killed by a robot

Retro Computing News:

• Unicode 16.0 adds more Symbols for Legacy Computing



• Existing Unicode symbols for Legacy Computing



• Unicode symbols for Legacy Computing working group document



• Unscii font



• Grace Hopper lectures archived and released



• Warhol’s lost Amiga art, found



• Wallops: a modern IRC client for classic Mac OS



• Famous Computer Cafe



• Computerland audio commercials (with gaps for filling in local deals)



• Mol (Baldur’s Gate demake for TRS-80 Model 100 and ZX Spectrum)



• Dungeons & Dragons Systems Reference Document



• RadioShack catalog archive

Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:

• Radio Shack



• Intellivision

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Insert Coin keychain
  
  
  
  • See also: iBot G3
  
  
  
  

Auction Picks:

• Carrington:
  
  
  
  • Mockingboard in box (Auction gone, but here’s a similar WorthPoint image)
  
  
  
  • InvisiCalc
    
    
    
    • Scanned at MOCAGH
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  



• Paul:
  
  
  
  • Business IIGS (original auction gone, but: Incider Jan 1989 cover)
  
  
  
  • Amdek Color-I (original auction ended, here is similar one)
  
  
  
  • ZuluSCSI
    
    
    
    • See also: http://zuluscsi.com/
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  • TI 99/4a replacement power supply
  
  
  
  • ZX81/TS1000 keyboard replacement
  
  
  
  • SE / SE/30 replacement power supply
    
    
    
    • Video for installing the SE/SE/30 replacement PSU (YouTube)
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  • SIO2PC USB-C
    
    
    
    • See also: Set up RespeQT for SIO2PC (Atariprojects.org)
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

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Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X
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