RCR Episode 267: Turtles all the way down

Retro Computing Roundtable

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

Topic: 1967

1967 gave us Logo and the floppy disk, so we talk about that, and then many other things.

Topic/Feedback links:

• Logo (Wikipedia)
• LogoWriter tape 1 (The Daily Papert)
• LogoWriter tape 1 (Vimeo)
• Logo Week (ByteCellar)
• TurtleSpaces
• JSLogo
• History of the Floppy Disk (Wikipedia)
• Ejecting a floppy in space

Retro Computing News:

• Chevy V8 engine replica built using LEGO & Apple II
• Port of Space Taxi to the Atari 8-bit systems (VITNO)
• Space Taxi (Wikipedia)
• Myst demake
• PETSCII BBS Builder
• GEM ported to a Dana word processor

Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:

• C64 between too expensive and too small
• 3M disks
• C64 job interview

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Turtle USB mouse

Auction Picks:

• Blake:
  • IBM 7362149 83 Key Beamspring Keyboard For 5251 Display Station
    • See also: Beam spring (Deskthority)
• Earl:
  • Commodore IEEE-488 Interface Cartridge for Commodore 64
• Paul:
  • Memotech ZX81 keyboard
  • IIGS and Lego TC Logo setup
  • How to build a working digital computer out of paper clips
    • See also: How to build a working digital computer out of paper clips (archive.org)
  • Vintage tech that looks like Homer Simpson:
    • Exhibit A (Commodore 1541 drive)
    • Exhibit B (Power Mac 7100/80)
    • Exhibit B2 (Quadra 650)
  • The Controller
  • Pairs well with VisiCalc (Your Blood Pressure cassette)
  • Pie-Man from Bearware
    • See also: QVision Apple II Review 1983 video
    • See also: Bearware (MOCAGH)

A2Stream file:

• a2stream file for this episode: http://lo-fi.rcrpodcast.com/rcr267.a2stream

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Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X
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