The Guide To PCs Of The 1980/90s - This Week In Retro 116 - a podcast by Neil Thomas and John Shawler
from 2023-03-18T10:00
Neil is back and Chris has a week off, but we are joined by Shelby from Tech Tangent. He joins us to talk about how the floppy disk may not be on its way out, a free book about the history of the PC and a video about an NES portable.
All this along with our Community Question Of The Week.
You can see what Tech Tangents has to offer here: https://www.youtube.com/@TechTangents
00:00 - Show Opening
13:35 - The Immortal Floppy
Story Link: https://www.wired.com/story/why-the-floppy-disk-just-wont-die/
Β 27:43 - The History Of The PC
Story Link: https://custompc.raspberrypi.com/books/retrograde
43:25 - NES Portable
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdjFvMGZCa8
56:07 - Community Question of the Week
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This Week in Retro is a weekly roundup of the hottest stories from the world of retro gaming and computing, voted on by you, the listener! Hosted by Neil from RMC, Chris from 005 AGIMA and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.
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