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History of FidoNet Pt. 1
https://retroreadspod.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/fidonetpt1.mp3 What do you do when a lot of people ask you for the history of a project? You give them one! But what happens when that project is changing rapidly? You give them a history…. and then something of a revised one later. Either way, you try! Here’s part one of three on the history of Fidonet, as it was written during it’s more explosive growth eras. http://www.olografix.org/gubi/estate/archivio/fido/fido.htm
2020-02-01
17 min
RetroReads
Memories of Radio Part 2
https://retroreadspod.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/radiomemoriespt2.mp3 Last time, we heard stories of radio pre-1930. Let’s continue the journey. It’s the final part of Memories of Radio. https://archive.org/details/Radio_Fun_Issue_30_Jan_1994/page/n3
2020-01-18
14 min
RetroReads
Memories of Radio Part 1
https://retroreadspod.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/radiomemoriespart1.mp3 An early radio engineer’s stories from radio’s days gone-by https://archive.org/details/Radio_Fun_Issue_29_Dec_1993/page/n3
2020-01-04
16 min
RetroReads
The Book of Nolan
https://retroreadspod.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/the-book-of-nolan-1.mp3 After Nolan Bushnell left Atari, he went for one wild ride. This is that story. https://www.inc.com/magazine/19841001/136.html
2019-12-21
50 min
RetroReads
PlanBe(OS) (republish)
https://retroreadspod.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/plan-be.mp3 [NOTE: I became alerted to the possiblity that this episode did not show up in all podcast feeds and I think I know why. To resolve that possibility, I decided to republish. This is not a new episode. Sorry for the inconvenience.] — If you’re a long-time Apple user, you certainly remember MacOS (not macOS). By the 90s, Apple admitted that the OS was getting a bit stale and started making plans to upgrade to something a bit more in-line with then-modern OS conveniences and features. Th...
2019-11-21
25 min
RetroReads
MOS Technology — It’s over!
https://retroreadspod.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/mos-letter.mp3 The legal tangle between Motorola and MOS is over, so says this newsletter opening. Off the product lists? The 6501. But the 6502? Ah, that stays and, what’s more, practically fueled the entire microcomputer revolution!
2019-11-16
05 min
RetroReads
Kaypro 16 Review
https://retroreadspod.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/k16-review.mp3 I come across fascinating things to read all the time. For instance, I spied this article whilst looking at an old ad for a single board computer in Carrollton, Texas. This article is a review of the Kaypro 16, one of the most significant systems in the Kaypro line. It cemented Kaypro’s direction toward the x86 architecture.
2019-10-19
09 min
RetroReads
Faster Than Light — The Atari ST Book
https://retroreadspod.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ftl.mp3 Jamie Lendino graciously allowed me to read some from his recent book, Faster Than Light — The Atari ST and The 16-bit Revolution. It’s an amazing book. (I just finished it this week.) If you’ve any interest in platform, I’m hopeful the excerpt will provide all the motivation you need to buy it now!
2019-08-31
12 min
RetroReads
cDc Excerpt
https://retroreadspod.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/cdc.mp3 I’m excited to bring you an excerpt from Cult of The Dead Cow: How The Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save The World. This book, by Joseph Menn, is a must if you are at all interested in tech culture. The sprawling book takes you through takes you to the very origins of the people who started cDc, how they started it, what they became, and just how they continue to look after the online world. ((___)) [ x x ] \ / (` ') (U)
2019-08-03
25 min
RetroReads
STate of the ST
https://retroreadspod.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/state-of-the-st.mp3 A couple of episodes ago, we took a trip to those heady days when the Amiga could do no wrong. Now we take a similar trip, this time to the heady days of the Atari ST.
2019-07-06
17 min