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Jun 2026
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Rich and Ryan Does Stuff. We explore vintage computers, Electronics, Board game fun and just generally talk about interesting events in our lives Vintage computers are not limited to but target Commodore and Amiga computers.
Join Ryan and Rich as they discuss their lives and the adventures they go on this week it is all about Retro Computing and a quick introduction. Links: VCF website https://vcfed.org/ VCF East https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/ C64 Labs and Panel Links https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=vcf+east+2023 Museum for VCF Location https://www.infoage.org/
Rich and Ryan review and go over the VCF swap meet and Ryan’s visit to the System Source Museum! Hot takes this episode boxes and old cables :) Plus fun projects living on our workbenches. Links: https://vcfed.org/vcf-swap-meet/ https://museum.syssrc.com/ https://www.microcenter.com/ https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/ https://www.gencon.com/ http://www.teamhassenplug.org/ https://truedungeon.com/
Links: Gencon - https://www.gencon.com/ High Shelf Collective - https://www.youtube.com/c/HighShelfGaming Covid - https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html Lorcana - https://www.disneylorcana.com/en-US
Links: Gencon cards - https://gizmodo.com/gencon-2023-convention-card-theft-lorcana-ravensburger-1850710603 Super Robo Rally - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AActnkYyaV4 Escape Room - https://escaperoomusa.com/in/indianapolis/adventures/dark-wyvern-mining Ryans World - http://www.bluewizard.net/
Ryan and Rich are back to the lab with retro computer updates. Ryan is busy in the guts of his projects soldering and replacing old parts with new items. Rich is testing and testing away and loving his little Plus 4. We explore AI in the world of retro computing and its impact in general. Links: Mouser Electronics - https://www.mouser.com/ Gencon Thieves - https://www.polygon.com/23860343/gen-con-magic-the-gathering-felony-theft-charges Rich’s Plus 4 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q97cof0T2Vw C64 Programming Book - https://archive.org/details/creating-adventures-on-your-commodore-64/mode/2up Tilt 5 - https://www.tiltfive.com/ Corewar challenge (pMARS!) - http://www.koth.org/pmars/
Rich and Ryan are discussing their respective Commodore adventures along with the info on their upcoming Corewar challenge, Crimecon and a special Retro topic... a VW Bus has joined one of our families! Links: CoreWars - https://corewars.org/ Dwarf Warrior - https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Core_War/Dwarf Techmoan - https://www.youtube.com/@Techmoan Hackerboxes - https://hackerboxes.com/ CrimeCon - https://www.crimecon.com/CC24 1978 VW Westfalia - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%2778_Volkswagen_Westfalia_(Auto_classique_VAQ_St-Lambert_%2712).jpg
Ryan heads to Texas to see what trouble he can get into with Rich. We have plenty to talk about with BGGCon, BBQ and Vintage Computers! We also have a stop to see some Elephants, hear more about the VW and some great rolls at Cinnaholics. Links: BGGcon - https://tabletop.events/conventions/bgg.con-2023 National VideoGame Museum - https://nvmusa.org/ Dallas Zoo - https://www.dallaszoo.com/ Escaply - https://escapely.com/
Rich and Ryan train their warriors to battle. How do their warriors do??? Talk a little bit how things work and then let the battles begin! Links: Video of the PodCast - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6FOgCfhiwU Core War Strategies - https://corewar-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/corewar/strategies/ Core War Guide - http://corewars.org/docs/guide.html
Rich and Ryan talk about the holidays. The projects we have been working on and Rich has an adventure. Links: C16 Unboxing - https://youtu.be/chhW1-4E2MQ Ryan’s BLOG - http://www.bluewizard.net/blog/ Chris Edwards - https://www.youtube.com/@ChrisEdwardsRestoration Oscilloscope build - https://hackerboxes.com/products/hackerbox-0064-scope Germany Computer Museum - https://www.hnf.de/en/home.html
Join Ryan and Rich as they talk about upcoming conventions Magfest, VCF get togethers and dumb stuff Rich buys a new fun segment. Links: Magfest - https://www.magfest.org/ System Source - https://museum.syssrc.com/ DFW Retro Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/350060128451803 HighShelfCollective - https://www.twitch.tv/highshelfcollective Amiga Bill - https://www.twitch.tv/highshelfcollective
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