Show 060: Zork - The Great Underground Empire

Published: Oct. 2, 2006, 5:57 a.m.

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You are standing in a thick forest.\\xa0 There is a podcast playing.

Welcome to Show 060!\\xa0 This week\'s Topic: Zork - The Great Underground Empire!

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Topics and links discussed in the podcast...

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Wikipedia link list - Zork, Infocom, and Interactive Fiction.\\xa0 Check it out!
The American Radio Relay League - find out about hamfests (where you might find some cool retro computers), and the ham radio hobby in general...
An Apple I, for only $666.66?\\xa0 Not any more.\\xa0 But have a look at the vintage ad, it\'s great!
"Shall we play a game?"\\xa0 No scarier words were ever spoken by a sentient computer system - and you could hook up to it with an IMSAI.\\xa0 Check out the IMSAI page dedicated to the movie Wargames (in which an IMSAI system is used quite prominently...)
Be sure to download and enjoy the debut edition of the Classic Computing Podcast by David Greelish!
And while you are podcast surfing, do not miss the September edition of 1 MHz, the Apple II Podcast - Carrington Vanston covers Ballyhoo, an Infocom game.\\xa0 (And yes, it inspired me for this week\'s show...and to start playing Zork I once again!\\xa0 Thanks Carrington!)

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

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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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