Jul 10, 2005
Glad to have you back for show #2!
This episode of the Retrobits Podcast centers on the high-level view of vintage computing. We talk about why people like retrocomputing, and how folks participate in the hobby. Some specific websites and resources are discussed, and here is some follow-up information:
The Contiki OS
is a full-fledged operating system, TCP/IP stack, and web browser
designed for memory-constrained systems. It's an interesting look
at the way people are stretching smaller/older technology.
Google Groups is a cool
place to become familiar with USENET, or Internet News.
comp.sys.cbm, comp.sys.apple2, and comp.sys.atari.8bit are some of
the groups I have been reading recently. Watch out - conversations
can get a little, shall we say, colorful? But the info is truly
great.
The Vintage Computer Festival
is an international event that celebrates the history of computing.
It's a show for retrocomputing! I'm hoping to go to the 8.0 event
in November 2005.
The Atari Archives site
is one of the places archiving and making available reference
material from the vintage days. Mostly Atari, but some general
purpose reading. It's a great site.
You can Telnet to thecafe.dtdns.net, on port 8888, for
Internet-based access to a real BBS! Many other such systems
exist.
Be sure to send us any comments, questions or feedback to retrobits@gmail.com
Our Theme Song is "Sweet" from the "Re-Think" album by Galigan
Thanks for listening!
- Earl