RCR Episode 188: Teaching programming using retrocomputers

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, and Jack Nutting

Topic: Learning programming using retrocomputers

Learning programming today using retrocomputing technology? Is this a good idea?

Topic and feedback notes:

• Beginning Programming Using Retro Computing (Gerald Friedland)
• MicroM8
• Usborne computer and coding books
• 8-bit guy complete Commodore 128 restoration and board repair
• GERmulator 8800 (part 4)
• SeaMonkey
• iMazing

Retro Computing News:

• BassoonTracker, an Amiga MOD tracker that runs in a browser
  • Blog post about BassoonTracker release 0.3.0
• John Pfaff got reacquainted with an Apple IIe from his parents’ attic
• F18A MK2 maybe soon? Maybe exists?
• Tom Greene's collection of 44 ALA software titles
  • ALA software playable on the Internet Archive
  • "joeentropy" wrote a couple of ALA titles
  • Derwyn Joseph Booker v. Commissioner (Tax Ct. 1996)
  • Bevel M. and Patricia N. Hoffpauir v. Commissioner (Tax Ct. 1996)
  • Allen v. Columbia Financial Management Ltd. (S.C. Ct. App. 1983)
  • Jason Scott's tweet re: ALA Software

Upcoming Shows:

• Computer Conservation Society lecture series, Manchester and London
• Retro Gathering, Västerås, Sweden, Feb 23, 2019
• VCF Pacific Northwest, Living Computers: Museum+Labs, Seattle, WA, Mar 23-24, 2019
• GORF (The Great Oz-stralian Retro-technology Festival), Melbourne, Apr 24-28, 2019
• WOzFest 12:00, Sydney, Apr 27, 2019
• QFest 12, Brisbane, Apr 27, 2019
• VCF East, InfoAge Science Center, Wall, NJ, May 3-5, 2019
• CoCoFest, Lombard, IL, May 4-5, 2019
• KansasFest, Kansas City, MO, Jul 15-21, 2019
• Fujiama 2019, Lengenfeld, Germany, Aug 26-Sep 4, 2019

Vintage Computer-related Commercial:

• Tandy 102

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Makey Makey Classic
• Also mentioned: Otamatone

Auction Picks:

• Jack: Choplifter for 7800, “works”
  • See also: About the Choplifter glitch
• Paul: Recapped Apple IIe cards
  • eMac cat bed
  • G3 B/W stealth serial port
  • Apple logo items
  • Tandy 102, Siemens SD-80 PABX stuff?
  • TI 99/4a, with Apple sticker
  • Many many PC disks
  • VM-4509 monitor, cheap-ish
  • VIC-1541 drive, couldn’t test, no cords. See other auction for one with cords.

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 - link
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