Retrocomputing Roundtable #286 will be recorded here at 4pm eastern North American time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Utxtb-gC8XY — join us as we try to think of something momentous that happened in 1986.
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RCR episode #285: You'll Have Mail. In 1985, the Amiga arrived, NeXT was founded, Quantum Computer Services began its journey to becoming AOL. We also talk INIT HELLO and System Source, ZX-Spectrum clones, MIDI, and more! https://rcrpodcast.com/2025/06/04/rcr-episode-285-youll-have-mail/
Hmm. Bandwidth on lo-fi.rcrpodcast.com spiked in April and it's not relenting. (Over 1TB a month now, was under the 100GB free threshold before April). Must be some rogue auto-downloader, but these bandwidth costs are unsustainable. Will need to turn off lofi/a2stream downloads and assess options.
RCR episode #284: Hammer time. In 1984, Apple introduced the Macintosh and the Apple //c, IBM introduced the PCjr, HP introduced the LaserJet, FidoNet began distributing mail. 🌮 https://rcrpodcast.com/2025/05/26/rcr-episode-284-hammer-time/
RCR episode #283: A STRANGE GAME. In 1983, the era of it being always DNS began. From Atari, the XL; from Apple, the Lisa, ImageWriter, and //e; from Radio Shack, the Model 100; from Lotus, 1-2-3; from David Lightman, wardialing. https://rcrpodcast.com/2025/05/23/rcr-episode-283-a-strange-game/
Kay SavetzThis week's interview! Mary Eisenhart was editor of MicroTimes, a free, advertising-supported magazine in California. The first issue was May 1984, and Mary remained at the magazine until 1998, producing more than 180 issues. They're available on Internet Archive now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oysXRGhQf0s
When Mary left MicroTimes, she took with her a copy or two of every issue, which years later were scanned by Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/microtimes?sort=date
You should donate to Internet Archive https://archive.org/donate/ or at least support my Patreon for creating these interviews :) https://www.patreon.com/savetz
Mary Eisenhart, MicroTimes magazine editor — interview
RCR episode #282: End of Line. Kick back and relaaax with us as we toast the highlights of 1982, including Tron, WarGames, C64, Vectrex, Choplifter, Pitfall!, The Computer Programme. https://rcrpodcast.com/2025/05/23/rcr-episode-282-end-of-line/
Episode 285 will be recorded here in a little over an hour, 4pm eastern NA time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIWrjexRxlA — Amiga, NeXT, Windows 1.0, Brazil. Join us, (still) preoccupied with 1985.
Retrocomputing Roundtable episode 285
We'll be recording episode 284 here in about 20 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUrwbyG0dx0
Retrocomputing Roundtable episode 284
RCR Episode #281: The IBM PC and its sticks of ennui. In 1981, we got the BBC Micro, ABC 800, ZX-81. And IBM PC, but not for games! We communicated with Kermit and AT commands. Also, Atari ST Notebook, a woven Pentium, and SF's Muni ditches floppies. https://rcrpodcast.com/2025/01/26/rcr-episode-281-the-ibm-pc-and-its-sticks-of-ennui/