RCR Episode 277: Trinity

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

A2Stream file:

• a2stream file for this episode: http://lo-fi.rcrpodcast.com/rcr277.a2stream

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Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X
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