RCR Episode 210: Computer viruses

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Panelists: Paul Hagstrom (hosting), Earl Evans, Blake Patterson, and Carrington Vanston

Topic: Computer viruses

What experiences did you have in the “retrocomputer era” with computer viruses or related malware? Which ones do you remember? Any that caused a memorable headache? Any that you wrote? Any that had interesting technology? Do you remember antivirus software causing memorable headaches? Did you write any antivirus software? Did you write any antivirus software to eliminate a virus that you also happened to have written?

Topic/Feedback links:

• Someone had a Destructivity disk
• PLA20V8, a cheap PLA replacement for C64
• PLA20V8 video on YouTube
• Interact with Atari's 6502 in BASIC

Retro Computing News:

• ASCII art + permadeath: The history of roguelike games
• Cult of Mac iOS / Mac Brogue article
• Brogue homepage
• Beneath Beneath Apple Manor (KansasFest 2019 talk)
• Relax, It’s On Us: free music from 8 Bit Weapon
• How Prince of Persia Defeated Apple II's Memory Limitations
• How Prince of Persia Defeated Apple II's Memory Limitations (video)
• Command Line Heroes - Floppies: The Disks That Changed the World
• The 80x25 terminal size
• Commodore Los Angeles Super Show postponed
• Where in North Dakota is Carmen Sandiego

Vintage Computer-related Commercials:

• Mac: Viruses
• Norton: Chicken vs. Dokken

Retro Computing Gift Idea:

• The Making of Prince of Persia (Jordan Mechner)

Auction Picks:

• Blake: Original Commodore Big Eyed Mouse
  • GGLABS 2MB MACSIMM
  • Super Boulder Dash (Atari)
• Carrington: Serpentine for Apple II
  • Rescue On Fractalus for Tandy Co-Co
  • Apple II with DuoDisk and Color Monitor 100
• Earl: ORCA/Integer BASIC compiler for Apple IIGS
  • See also: Opus II from Juiced.GS
• Paul: Duodisk 3.5” prototype
  • See also: A rare glimpse of a memorial Apple prototype display at Frog
  • Apple II/e dual 6522 GPIO PCB kit
  • Clear case //c
  • Lisa 2 bezel with box
  • "Fully Operational Apple I Computer"
  • SCRG Extend-a-slot

Closing words links:

• Make It With Punched Cards (1971 book)
• Going back to EDASM
• Retro Computing forum

Feedback/Discussion:

• @rcrpodcast on Twitter
• Vintage Computer Forum
• RCR Podcast on Facebook
• Throwback Network
• Throwback Network on Facebook

Intro / Closing Song: Back to Oz by John X - link
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