About this episode
Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, and Carrington Vanston
Topic: 1979
In 1979, VisiCalc’s rampage began, and models 400, 800 (Atari), II (TRS-80), and 4 (TI 99) arrived.
Topic/Feedback links:
Wordstar
VisiCalc
TI 99/4
Intellivision
Asteroids
Atari 400/800
MUD1
StarMud review
TRS-80 Model II
Motorola 68000
Compu$erve
CB Simulator
Robert Williams becomes first human killed by a robot
Retro Computing News:
Unicode 16.0 adds more Symbols for Legacy Computing
Existing Unicode symbols for Legacy Computing
Unicode symbols for Legacy Computing working group document
Unscii font
Grace Hopper lectures archived and released
Warhol’s lost Amiga art, found
Wallops: a modern IRC client for classic Mac OS
Famous Computer Cafe
Computerland audio commercials (with gaps for filling in local deals)
Mol (Baldur’s Gate demake for TRS-80 Model 100 and ZX Spectrum)
Dungeons & Dragons Systems Reference Document
RadioShack catalog archive