RCR Episode 267: Turtles all the way down

04/12/2023 2h 12min
RCR Episode 267: Turtles all the way down

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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




Feedback/Discussion:




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Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John XShow audio files hosted by CyberEars



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