RCR Episode 283: A STRANGE GAME
Update: 2025-05-23
Description
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Kay Savetz, and Carrington Vanston
Topic: 1983
In 1983, Apple gave us Lisa, the ImageWriter, and the Apple //e. Atari gave us the XL line, Microsoft gave us (Multi-Tool) Word, Lotus gave us 1-2-3, David Lightman gave us wardialing. The era of it being always DNS began.
Topic/Feedback links:
- Apple Lisa
- Apple ImageWriter
- iOMEGA Bernoulli Box
- MIDI
- ANTIC interview 447: Robert Moore and Paul Rother (Hybrid Arts MIDIMate)
- ANTIC interview 448: Frank Foster (Hybrid Arts MIDIMate)
- Microsoft Multi-Tool Word
- Lotus 1-2-3
- TRS-80 Model 100
- Apple //e
- Atari 1200XL
- DNS
- It’s always DNS
- MSX
- WarGames
Retro Computing News:
- Z80-sans
- 50 years of Oregon Trail
- Angry Robots! New puzzle game for 68K Macs
- Bill Atkinson accidentally doxxed Douglas Adams on The Computer Chronicles
- FlatMac (Hackaday)
Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Auction Picks:
- Carrington:
- Portal (different auction)
- Kay:
- Paul:
- Keep your vintage computers from looking crappy by using dust covers
- Symantec Bedrock
- Inside NeXT 2024 edition
- This Apple-1 tape does not look authentic to me
- Bernoulli Box 10+10
Closing notes:
Other ways to experience this episode:
- a2stream file for this episode: http://lo-fi.rcrpodcast.com/rcr283.a2stream
- YouTube episode
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- Vintage Computer Forum
- RCR Podcast on Facebook
Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X
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