Ryan and Rich jump on making a podcast on the way back from VCF East. Listen to our adventures on Day 1 and 3. Day 2 will be .. to be con Links: VCF East - https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/ Industrious Rabbit - https://theindustriousrabbit.com/ The Coal House - https://www.thecoalhouseseagirt.com/ Rice Asian Cuisine - https://www.riceasiancuisinenj.com/

How do you retro? Ryan and Rich review their individual preferences for restoring retro equipment .. and guess what they do not agree. Keyboards and those magical input devices are so amazon but such a pain when they do not work but repair is half the fun. CrimeCon @ AwesomeCon experience. Links: Thingverse gotek 3d print - https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2745095 Pcb way and the mitsumi membrane - https://www.pcbway.com/project/shareproject/KEYBOARD_MEMBRANE_REPLACEMENT_PCB_FOR_AMIGA_500_8b2bb6a4.html Diag Kit Scource- https://github.com/svenpetersen1965/C64-Diagnostic-Rev.-586220-Harness Retro Rewind - https://retrorewind.ca/homeighshelfcollective

Join Ryan and Rich as they talk about upcoming conventions Magfest, VCF get togethers and dumb stuff Rich buys a new fun segment. Links: Magfest - https://www.magfest.org/ System Source - https://museum.syssrc.com/ DFW Retro Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/350060128451803 HighShelfCollective - https://www.twitch.tv/highshelfcollective Amiga Bill - https://www.twitch.tv/highshelfcollective

Rich and Ryan talk about the holidays. The projects we have been working on and Rich has an adventure. Links: C16 Unboxing - https://youtu.be/chhW1-4E2MQ Ryan’s BLOG - http://www.bluewizard.net/blog/ Chris Edwards - https://www.youtube.com/@ChrisEdwardsRestoration Oscilloscope build - https://hackerboxes.com/products/hackerbox-0064-scope Germany Computer Museum - https://www.hnf.de/en/home.html

Rich and Ryan train their warriors to battle. How do their warriors do??? Talk a little bit how things work and then let the battles begin! Links: Video of the PodCast - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6FOgCfhiwU Core War Strategies - https://corewar-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/corewar/strategies/ Core War Guide - http://corewars.org/docs/guide.html

Ryan heads to Texas to see what trouble he can get into with Rich. We have plenty to talk about with BGGCon, BBQ and Vintage Computers! We also have a stop to see some Elephants, hear more about the VW and some great rolls at Cinnaholics. Links: BGGcon - https://tabletop.events/conventions/bgg.con-2023 National VideoGame Museum - https://nvmusa.org/ Dallas Zoo - https://www.dallaszoo.com/ Escaply - https://escapely.com/

Rich and Ryan are discussing their respective Commodore adventures along with the info on their upcoming Corewar challenge, Crimecon and a special Retro topic... a VW Bus has joined one of our families! Links: CoreWars - https://corewars.org/ Dwarf Warrior - https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Core_War/Dwarf Techmoan - https://www.youtube.com/@Techmoan Hackerboxes - https://hackerboxes.com/ CrimeCon - https://www.crimecon.com/CC24 1978 VW Westfalia - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%2778_Volkswagen_Westfalia_(Auto_classique_VAQ_St-Lambert_%2712).jpg

Ryan and Rich are back to the lab with retro computer updates. Ryan is busy in the guts of his projects soldering and replacing old parts with new items. Rich is testing and testing away and loving his little Plus 4. We explore AI in the world of retro computing and its impact in general. Links: Mouser Electronics - https://www.mouser.com/ Gencon Thieves - https://www.polygon.com/23860343/gen-con-magic-the-gathering-felony-theft-charges Rich’s Plus 4 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q97cof0T2Vw C64 Programming Book - https://archive.org/details/creating-adventures-on-your-commodore-64/mode/2up Tilt 5 - https://www.tiltfive.com/ Corewar challenge (pMARS!) - http://www.koth.org/pmars/

Links: Gencon cards - https://gizmodo.com/gencon-2023-convention-card-theft-lorcana-ravensburger-1850710603 Super Robo Rally - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AActnkYyaV4 Escape Room - https://escaperoomusa.com/in/indianapolis/adventures/dark-wyvern-mining Ryans World - http://www.bluewizard.net/

Links: Gencon - https://www.gencon.com/ High Shelf Collective - https://www.youtube.com/c/HighShelfGaming Covid - https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html Lorcana - https://www.disneylorcana.com/en-US