RCR Episode 277: Trinity

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 Feedback/Discussion: feedback@rcrpodcast.com rcrpodcast@podcast.social on Mastodon Vintage Computer Forum RCR Podcast on Facebook Throwback Network on Facebook Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X Show audio files hosted by CyberEars Listen/Download: