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It\'s not 8 bits, but it\'s retro.\\xa0 And it talks...

Welcome to Show 035!\\xa0 This week\'s Topic: The Texas Instruments 99/4A \\nMicrocomputer!

Topics and links discussed in the podcast...

Use your old DOS PC as a Commodore hard drive.\\xa0 How?\\xa0\\nWith 64HDD...
\\nA 21st century recreation of a 1960s educational computer toy?\\xa0 Now, that\'s \\nretro!\\xa0 Check out the\\nDigiComp I v 2.0 \\nfrom Minds-On Toys.
\\nIf you\'re like me, and you think an Altair looked cooler than your modern-day \\nLAN party case, have a look at the \\nAltairPC project at Briel Computers.
\\nCommodore 64 native code, cooked on a SuperCPU C64 or PC.\\xa0 Interested?\\xa0\\nCheck out Slang, recently \\nupdated!
\\nWikipedia article on the TI \\n99/4A - great info, as always.
\\nAnother of my favorite sites, Old Computers Dot Com,\\nwith their \\ncoverage of the 99/4A.\\xa0 Check out the forums.
\\nAn early 80s\\nreview \\nof the 99/4A, from Creative Computing, on the Atari Magazines site.\\xa0 \\nCool!
\\nWant to see some photos of the 99/4A, and it\'s various stuff?\\xa0\\nHere\'s a Flickr site that will \\nget you hooked up.
\\nThe TI 99/4A Tech Pages \\n- bits, bytes, schematics, pinouts - it\'s all here!
\\nThere are several emulators for the 99/4A, including the\\nWin994a simulator.
\\nThe excitement continues with an annual fair in Chicago - couldn\'t find a main \\nsite, but there are \\nvideos of the event for your viewing enjoyment.

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- Earl

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