164: Heatsink in a Shoebox

Published: Aug. 9, 2016, 10:47 p.m.

Christopher White resurrects an Apple ][+ with his brother Matthew White.\xa0This is a show about the software Christopher and Matthew wrote when they were kids and the hardware they wrote it on.

Matthew's favorite fictional robot (we should have asked):\xa0Venus Probe from Six Million Dollar Man. We did ask about his favorite fictional computer and there is a\xa0video\xa0for that too.

Apple ][+ Wiki

Timex Sinclair Z81 Wiki

\xa0Eric Schlaepfer's Monster 6502

Grant's 6502 Computer

Kerbal Space Program\xa0for the Apple ][

Elecia got to $42 in\xa0Lemonade Stand\xa0by the end of the show

Matthew's\xa0Nebula Wars\xa0and\xa0Eye of Eternal Death\xa0BASIC games circa 1985 and 1981 respectively.

If you feel like it, you can try out an Apple ][ in your web browser, with tons of disks available at the\xa0Internet Archive\xa0or in a\xa0Javascript Emulator.

Elecia's book is\xa0Making Embedded Systems.