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First the floppy and now the optical, can disks survive? The Texas Instruments TI99, did it ever stand a chance? Can arcade Commando be improved with the Commodore 64 SID tune? All this and more in your weekly retro computing round up.
00:00 - Show Opening
01:47 - Are Disks Immortal?
Story Link: https://www.tomshardware.com
SD Floppy Disk Concept: https://www.techradar.com
End Of LG Blu Ray:https://youtu.be
16:32 - The Rise and Fall of Texas Instruments’ TI/99
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com
Additional Link: https://www.youtube.com
Online TI99 Emulator: https://js99er.net
36:22 - Housekeeping - News links found below
41:46 - Making The Arcade Port Better By Using SID Music
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com
51:04 - 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:
UK Loves Retro: https://www.theregister.com
Vic-20 ISA: https://hackaday.com
Evoids: https://store.steampowered.com
Amiga No CPU Challenge: https://github.com
Byte Visual Archive: https://byte.tsundoku.io
Episode Credits
Parts of "Why did this FAIL? The TI-99/4A Story" courtesy of Little Car
See the full video: https://youtu.be
"VCFe 8.0" by stiefkind is marked with CC0 1.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org.
"More Arcade Games" by Sam Howzit is licensed under CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org.
"Commodore 64, personal computer, 1982 (1984 ca.)" by Sailko is licensed under CC BY 3.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org. Image had background removed.
