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Published: July 10, 2006, 7:42 a.m.

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\nAnother retro adventure.\xa0 It's a fun hobby!

Welcome to Show 051!\xa0 This week's Topic: My PX-8 Virtual Disk Drive Adventure!

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This week I cover the trials and tribulations of setting up a floppy disk emulator program for the Epson PX-8 laptop.\xa0 It involves soldering and creative software trickery.\xa0 What more could you ask for in a retro computing project?

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Topics and links discussed in the podcast...

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A while back I did a book review on Digital Retro.\xa0 It's a great book, and here's the webpage for the author, Gordon Laing...
There is more to retro than computing - check out Retro Thing, the independent guide to retro technology.\xa0 And definitely have a look at the section on Classic Computing!

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

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For online discussions on Retrobits Podcast topics, check out the Retrobits Podcast forum on the PETSCII Forums page!

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

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Thanks for listening!

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- Earl

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