RCR Episode 286: Somehow all Myst

Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Quinn Dunki, Jack Nutting, and Blake Patterson

Topic: 1986

IDE, IMAP, IIGS, and even some other things that do not begin with “I” were introduced in 1986.

Topic/Feedback links:

• Apple IIGS
• MacBook Wheel
• SCSI-1
• IDE
• IBM PC XT/286
• IMAP
• ShaderGlass

Retro Computing News:

• The Myst Graph: A New Perspective on Myst (and Part II)
• Postage-stamp-sized Atari 8-bit compatible FPGA hardware device
• Ice-T, a VT100/102/52 terminal emulator for the Atari 8-bit
• Bill Atkinson passed away (Wired)
• Building a dream PC in 1993
• Shufflepuck Cafe for the Apple II
• Retro Recipes is buying Commodore

Vintage Computer(-related) commercials:

• Gateway
• Myst board game
• What is the @ (Good Morning America)

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• Strong Magnetic Field warning stickers
• Also Magnetic-Field-Warning cookie cutters

Auction Picks:

• Blake:
  • 1980s AMust Corp. Mini Robot-1 Simulator Arm HX-3000 Australia (EARLY ROBOTICS)
• Paul:
  • PowerBook Weight Saving Device
  • The Toy Shop (C64)

Closing notes:

• Alien Beast Inspector
• INIT HELLO

Other ways to experience this episode:

• a2stream file for this episode: http://lo-fi.rcrpodcast.com/rcr286.a2stream
• YouTube episode 286