RCR Episode 208: Why BBS?
Retro Computing Roundtable - A podcast by Retro Computing Roundtable
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Blake Patterson, and Carrington Vanston
Topic: Why BBS?
Why would anybody BBS now that we have the internet?
Topic/Feedback links:
- Telnet BBS guide
- Syncterm
- ZOC
- BBSing Resource Page (Bytecellar)
- Original Think-A-Dot prototype
- The Unofficial Apple Archive article (9to5mac)
- Liber809
- Cloud-9
- Bytecellar article on Liber809
- Article on DTACK Grounded
- Techmoan on the Wikireader
Retro Computing News:
- Larry Tesler has passed away
- RC2014 Z-80 homebrew kit
- TIPI
- Raspple II
- MIDI 2.0: An update to a 37-year-old protocol
- BBC Microbot on Twitter
- Tiny Emulators: play vintage 8-bit computer games online
- KansasFest 2020 Keynote speaker: Robert Woodhead
Upcoming Shows/Gatherings:
- CANCELED: VCF Pacific Northwest.
March 21-22, Seattle. Living Computer Museum + Labs - The 29th Annual "Last" Chicago CoCoFest. April 18-19, 2020. Elk Grove Village, IL
- VCF East. April 24-26, 2020. InfoAge. Wall, NJ
- KansasFest. July 21-26, 2020. Kansas City, MO
Vintage Computer-related Commercial:
Retro Computing Gift Idea:
Auction Picks:
- Blake: Insane ABB keyboard with keys aplenty
- See also: Keyboard data sheet
- TeleRay terminal
- See also: Teleray 10 on Terminals wiki
- Brady Writer II Industrial Printing System
- See also: NEC PC-8201
- See also: Okidata Microline 182
- TI Model 707
- See also: TI Silent-700 series
- Carrington: Mac Paint Mate
- Paul: Marathon Infinity
- See also: Aleph One
- Microscopic space fleet (bag only)
- Apple II Extended 80 column card supplement
- Arrow 1000
- Softalk magazine issues
- Mac Portable bag
- A Personal Guide to Personal Computers
- See also: The making of the APGtPC book
- See also: Raw footage from the making of the AGPtPC book
- Joyboard for Atari
- See also: Joyboard on Wikipedia
Closing notes:
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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