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$erveCB 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 keychainSee also: iBot G3

Auction Picks:

Carrington:Mockingboard in box (Auction gone, but here’s a similar WorthPoint image) InvisiCalcScanned at MOCAGH Paul:Business IIGS (original auction gone, but: Incider Jan 1989 cover) Amdek Color-I (original auction ended, here is similar one) ZuluSCSISee also: http://zuluscsi.com/ TI 99/4a replacement power supply ZX81/TS1000 keyboard replacement SE / SE/30 replacement power supplyVideo for installing the SE/SE/30 replacement PSU (YouTube) SIO2PC USB-CSee also: Set up RespeQT for SIO2PC (Atariprojects.org)

A2Stream file:

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

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Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X

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