Podcasts Technology Embedded 164: Heatsink in a Shoebox

164: Heatsink in a Shoebox

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

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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.

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