Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Earl Evans, Michael Mulhern, and Blake Patterson

Topic: 2020 also

We enter the third year of 2020. Yet another New Year's, yet another opportunity to make the New Year's resolution joke.

Topic/Feedback links:

  • Mega II project (single chip Apple II)
  • Mega II project progress
  • Acorn - a world in pixels (extended edition)
  • HP 9845 part 2 (Beige-o-Vision)
  • See also: HP 9845 part 1 (Beige-o-Vision)
  • Nichrome project

Retro Computing News:

  • Appreciating the physicality of floppies
  • How many Commodore 64s were sold, really?
  • The Forgotten History of the Blinking Cursor
  • See also: Blinking cursor turns 54, hardly anyone notices
  • See also: Retrocomputing forum thread re: blinking cursor
  • Yellowstone is a go
  • Virtual BBC Micro
  • Virtual BBC Micro description
  • See also: Zero Page

Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:

  • Are you keeping up with the Commodore
  • Prime Computer

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

  • Beagle Bros floppy warnings mug
  • See also: Penguin's version
  • "ours were better" reddit thread

Auction Picks:

  • Blake:
    • Philips Videopac G7400 Game Console
    • See also: Philips Videopac G7400
    • See also: Magnavox Odyssey 2
    • See also: Magnavox Odyssey
    • See also: National Museum of American History Exhibit - Places of Invention
    • Matra Alice 8000 PROTOTYPE ULTRA RARE Number 24
    • See also: Matra Alice 8000 (Rare and Old Computers)
    • See also: Matra Alice 8000 (AtariAge thread)
  • Earl:
    • 6 Vintage BASIC Coding Form Pads 40 plus pages each
    • Digital DEC STARION 960 Intel Pentium 166MHz 16MB RAM Vintage Computer
  • Michael:
    • ADB Black Vintage Rare Macintosh TV M2706 computer
  • Paul:
    • PR1ME Computer ashtray
    • Pumpkin spice Silent 700
    • See also: Regular Silent 700
    • ImageWriter II with sheet feeder

Closing discussion links:

  • Pits of Death
  • ScanTailor Advanced OS X

Feedback/Discussion:

  • @rcrpodcast on Twitter
  • Vintage Computer Forum
  • RCR Podcast on Facebook
  • Throwback Network
  • Throwback Network on Facebook

Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X

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