RCR Episode 279: A spree de Calc

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)

A2Stream file:

• a2stream file for this episode: http://lo-fi.rcrpodcast.com/rcr279.a2stream

Feedback/Discussion:

• feedback@rcrpodcast.com
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• Vintage Computer Forum
• RCR Podcast on Facebook

Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X

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