The rarest treasures lurk under piles of castoff keyboards, and there's a flood of cross-platform software ports heading your way. This week's top stories include a pack of ZX Spectrum updates and developments, the latest in surprise PC software, and the astounding thrift store find of an ultra-rare Humdinger home computer. Plus, catch up on news from the lands of Lemmings, Prodigy, CompuServe, and more.
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00:00 - Show Opening
03:51 - Any Port In A Storm?
Story Link: https://www.dsogaming.com
18:56 - Behold: The Humdinger Computer!
Story Link: https://www.reddit.com
GitHub: https://github.com
33:13 - Housekeeping - News links found below
38:53 - This Week In Spectrum
Story Link: https://www.timeextension.com
52:05 - 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 Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.
News In Brief Links
Physical media trends: https://www.theguardian.com
CompuServe retrospective: https://dfarq.homeip.net
Prodigy restoration: https://staging.prodigyreloaded.com
Lemmings editor: https://github.com
Windows 2000 vs. Linux vs. Oracle: https://www.youtube.com
The Found Footage Festival: https://gizmodo.com
Dizzy developments: https://www.youtube.com
Episode Credits
Housekeeping Tune: https://www.epidemicsound.com
"Venture Micro Humdinger microcomputer chassis.jpg" By Aarin54 - Own work, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org
"A view of the Humdinger motherboard including bodged wiring. Unknown if this is a production model." By Aarin54 - Own work, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org
