Hello, lovers of computers old and new...

This is show #005!  Thanks for sticking around - hope you enjoy the

program.

In addition to covering your e-mails and some interesting links, this show

discusses a couple of my favorite (even older than show #003) computer languages, Fortran and COBOL.  If you'd like to dust off your old programs and give them a whirl, have a look at the links below!

Braeburn provides articles

about the history of computing and technology in general.  They have a

recent article on the history of the Apple Lisa. The Replica I, a replica of the original Apple I computer! The Retrocomputing 2005 challenge - test your retrocomputing abilities... DOSBox is an environment to run older DOS games (and other programs) on modern systems and operating systems. Tiny COBOL is a modern COBOL compiler that is open-source. Salford FTN95 is a modern Fortran 95 compiler for Windows (with .NET support!).

Be sure to send us any comments, questions or feedback to retrobits@gmail.com

Our Theme Song is "Sweet" from the "Re-Think" album by Galigan

Thanks for listening!

- Earl