{"id":570,"date":"2016-12-05T13:48:58","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T18:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.historyofpersonalcomputing.com\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=570"},"modified":"2016-12-18T23:04:56","modified_gmt":"2016-12-19T04:04:56","slug":"episode-52-retro-computing-gift-ideas","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"http:\/\/historyofpersonalcomputing.com\/wordpress\/podcast\/episode-52-retro-computing-gift-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 52 &#8211; Retro Computing Gift Ideas!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_571\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-571\" style=\"width: 233px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.historyofpersonalcomputing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-04-at-12.00.14-AM.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-571\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-571 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.historyofpersonalcomputing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-04-at-12.00.14-AM-233x300.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-12-04-at-12-00-14-am\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/historyofpersonalcomputing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-04-at-12.00.14-AM-233x300.png 233w, http:\/\/historyofpersonalcomputing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-04-at-12.00.14-AM.png 415w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-571\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Creative Computing from December 1980<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On today\u2019s show we\u2019re taking a special holiday detour by covering retrocomputing gift ideas. Perhaps something to give to a loved one, or just something you can gift yourself!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-570-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.historyofpersonalcomputing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/HofPC-52.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.historyofpersonalcomputing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/HofPC-52.mp3\">http:\/\/www.historyofpersonalcomputing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/HofPC-52.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Links mentioned in this episode:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/creativecomputing-1980-12\" target=\"_blank\">Creative Computing Magazine (December 1980) Volume 06 Number 12<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.folklore.org\" target=\"_blank\">folklore.org (the stories from the book, <em>Revolution in the Valley<\/em>)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Gifts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Jeff:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.mntmn.com\/product\/mnt-va2000-amiga-graphics-card-zorro-ii-iii\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HDMI graphics card for the Amiga 2000\/3000\/4000<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>David:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Atari-Flashback-Classic-Game-Console-Controllers\/dp\/B01KV6E6Z2\/ref=sr_1_1?s=videogames&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1480828137&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=atari+flashback\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Atari Flashback 7 Classic Game Console with 2 Controllers<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Jeff:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/store.go4retro.com\/64nic\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">64NIC+<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>David:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigmessowires.com\/floppy-emu\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Floppy Emu<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Jeff:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sellmyretro.com\/offer\/details\/zxpand-interface-for-zx81-computer.-20133\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ZXpand<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>David:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/altairclone.com\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Altair 8880 Clone<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Jeff:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/store.go4retro.com\/cocoflash\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CocoFlash<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>David:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Books!<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/When-Computing-Got-Personal-computer\/dp\/0992777410\/ref=sr_1_19?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1480829076&amp;sr=1-19&amp;keywords=computer+history\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Computing Got Personal: A history of the desktop computer<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Hackers-Computer-Revolution-Steven-Levy\/dp\/1449388396\/ref=pd_sbs_14_4?_encoding=UTF8&amp;pd_rd_i=1449388396&amp;pd_rd_r=CEAMJQ5S5FV7W3DAGJNJ&amp;pd_rd_w=X7eNK&amp;pd_rd_wg=TDxlO&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=CEAMJQ5S5FV7W3DAGJNJ\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Revolution-Valley-Insanely-Great-Story\/dp\/1449316247\/ref=mt_paperback?_encoding=UTF8&amp;me=\" target=\"_blank\">Revolution in The Valley: The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac Was Made<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Send feedback to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:feedback@HistoryOfPersonalComputing.com\" target=\"_blank\">feedback@HistoryOfPersonalComputing.com<\/a>\u00a0because we really would love to receive your email or audio comment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Facebook:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HistoryofPersonalComputing\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HistoryofPersonalComputing\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Twitter:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HistoryofPC\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/HistoryofPC<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Vintage Computer Forum:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vcfed.org\/forum\/forum.php\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.vcfed.org\/forum\/forum.php<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On today\u2019s show we\u2019re taking a special holiday detour by covering retrocomputing gift ideas. Perhaps something to give to a loved one, or just something you can gift yourself! 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