RCR Episode 289: ZIP me down to Maxis Sim City

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, and Earl Evans

Topic: 1989

Several things happened during the final year to begin prior to The Simpsons hitting the airwaves. For example, Sim City and PKZIP came out. Tim from CERN proposed an information sharing architecture. Everyone on the bus started playing with Game Boys.

Topic/Feedback links:

• SimCity
• Mac Office (Word 4, Excel 2.2, PowerPoint 2.01, Mail 1.37)
• ZIP format introduced
  • Phil Katz
  • ARC 
• Tim Berners-Lee proposed WWW
• Microsoft SQL Server announced
• Nintendo Game Boy
• Macintosh Portable
  • Ejecting a disk in space
• RCR episode 89

Retro Computing News:

• MBASIC-2025: Modern MBASIC 5.21 Interpreter & Compilers
• Microsoft: the Zork source code is open sourced.
• Usagi Electric TI homebrew
• Rebecca Heineman (Burger Becky)

Vintage Computer/discussion-related commercials:

• Wisk
• TRS-80 Model II
• SQL Server

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Max Build More Retro Building Bricks Unboxing Toy

Auction Picks:

• Earl:
  • Atari 600 XL Home Computer Near Mint . Never Used. Was In Storage For 40 Years
• Paul:
  • Myst board game
  • Tandy 16B.
  • TS1500 command cartridge player
    • Timex Computer Corp Winter 1983 catalog
    • Available cartridges included Supermath and Flight Simulator.
    • TS 1500 in case
    • TS 1500 in box
    • TS 1500 description

Closing notes:

• We’re covered in Compute’s Gazette
  • Issue number 5, in Brian Cox’s Podcast Corner

Other ways to experience this episode:

• a2stream file for this episode: http://lo-fi.rcrpodcast.com/rcr289.a2stream
• YouTube episode 289

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Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X

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