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Ugly Computers - This Week In Retro 192

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4th May 2024 1 hr

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Dominik Diamond said the Amiga A1000 is ugly. Do you agree? Which is the ugliest of retro computers? We also chat about MS-DOS becoming open sourced and how the release has gone a bit wrong, and the effort Microsoft went to in getting DOS games running in Windows 95.

All this and other retro computing topics in brief along with your answers to last show's Community Question Of The Week.

00:00 - Show Opening

08:21 - Come On In The DOS Are Open

Story Link: https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com

17:21 - Wing Dings Commander

Story Link: https://www.theregister.com

33:17 - Dave's Housekeeping

Game Boy at 35: https://www.theguardian.com

Additional Game Boy article: https://www.theguardian.com

American Visits British Computer Museums: https://www.youtube.com

Google Demolishes Atari: https://www.timeextension.com

Infrogrames To Return: https://www.gamedeveloper.com

Short Pong Film: https://www.youtube.com

9th INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER CLUB: https://www.youtube.com

Stop Killing Games: https://www.stopkillinggames.com

44:43 - The Amiga is Ugly. Yuck!

Story Link: https://www.theguardian.com

52:23 - 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 and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.

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"Apple IIc with monitor" by Bilby is licensed under CC BY 3.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org.

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