RetroReads

17:57 | Feb 1st, 2020

What do you do when a lot of people ask you for the history of a project? You give them one! But what happens when that project is changing rapidly? You give them a history…. and then something of a r...Show More

14:24 | Jan 18th, 2020

Last time, we heard stories of radio pre-1930. Let’s continue the journey. It’s the final part of Memories of Radio. https://archive.org/details/Radio_Fun_Issue_30_Jan_1994/page/n3

16:25 | Jan 4th, 2020

An early radio engineer’s stories from radio’s days gone-by https://archive.org/details/Radio_Fun_Issue_29_Dec_1993/page/n3

50:12 | Dec 21st, 2019

After Nolan Bushnell left Atari, he went for one wild ride. This is that story. https://www.inc.com/magazine/19841001/136.html

25:38 | Nov 20th, 2019

[NOTE: I became alerted to the possiblity that this episode did not show up in all podcast feeds and I think I know why. To resolve that possibility, I decided to republish. This is not a new episode....Show More

05:44 | Nov 16th, 2019

The legal tangle between Motorola and MOS is over, so says this newsletter opening. Off the product lists? The 6501. But the 6502? Ah, that stays and, what’s more, practically fueled the entire microc...Show More

09:46 | Oct 19th, 2019

I come across fascinating things to read all the time. For instance, I spied this article whilst looking at an old ad for a single board computer in Carrollton, Texas. This article is a review of the ...Show More

12:17 | Aug 31st, 2019

Jamie Lendino graciously allowed me to read some from his recent book, Faster Than Light — The Atari ST and The 16-bit Revolution. It’s an amazing book. (I just finished it this week.) If you’ve any i...Show More