A Truck Sized Printer Or An Egg Sized Dave? - This Week In Retro 130

from This Week in Retro · host Neil from RMCretro - The Cave, Chris from 005 AGIMA and Dave

The merging of two technologies can sometimes create something wonderful, in this case it is dot matrix printer the size of a pickup truck, that you can drive and print messages as you go. Could this be the future of road signage? What is the first easter egg in a game that you remember finding? Can you use an Apple II to control a V8? You can if the V8 is made of Lego. All this plus the usual nonsense and the Community Question Of The Week. Our show is sponsored by Pixel Addict Magazine. The next issue is just about ready to print so we should have some new articles to talk about soon. In the meantime we hope you will head over to https://www.pixel.addict.media/ and subscribe. 00:00 - Show Opening A500 Mini Housekeeping Link: https://gamingretro.co.uk/you-can-now-play-atari-st-emulator-games-on-a500-mini/ 09:09 - Trucking Printers Story Link: https://hackaday.com/2023/06/22/is-this-the-worlds-largest-dot-matrix-printer/ 29:50 - The Ultimate Easter Egg Story Link: https://ultimacodex.com/2023/06/eating-magic-mushrooms-makes-you-fly-in-serpent-isle/ Additional Link 1: https://wiki.ultimacodex.com/wiki/Easter_Eggs_and_Cultural_References#Ultima_VII Additional Link 2: http://web.archive.org/web/20080307160850/http://www.geocities.com/hoki_dragon/u7-scientology.html 44:10 - V8 Apple II Story Link: https://www.thedrive.com/news/life-size-chevy-454-v8-made-of-lego-runs-on-ancient-8-bit-hardware Full Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-x7YFMWnBQ 56:13 - Community Question of the Week 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing! https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro ☕Or just buy us a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/ Follow your hosts! Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmcretro Youtube https://youtube.com/rmcretro https://www.youtube.com/005agima Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/rmcretro Subscribe to the audio version of the show! 📻 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-retro/id1526487568?uo=4 📻 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2OPQ3cADaB92E9SpRdTe5y 📻 Deezer: www.deezer.com 📻 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yZjQ5ODlmOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw 📻 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2f4989f8/podcast/rss 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFMx-JitepTttWc-ABHhu8A/ 📻 All other services: https://anchor.fm/thisweekinretro This Week in Retro is a weekly roundup of the hottest stories from the world of retro gaming and computing, voted on by you, the listener! Hosted by Neil from RMC, Chris from 005 AGIMA and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles. Episode Credits Parts of "Lego Chevy 454 V-8 Engine - Part 1" courtesy of TechnicallyEvan Link to full video: https://youtu.be/F-x7YFMWnBQ "Free vector tire tracks with grunge texture set" Image by macrovector on Freepik: https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/tire-tracks-with-grunge-texture-set_13153711.htm#query=tyre%20marks&position=0&from_view=keyword&track=ais

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The merging of two technologies can sometimes create something wonderful, in this case it is dot matrix printer the size of a pickup truck, that you can drive and print messages as you go. Could this be the future of road signage? What is the first easter egg in a game that you remember finding? Can you use an Apple II to control a V8? You can if the V8 is made of Lego. All this plus the usual nonsense and the Community Question Of The Week. Our show is sponsored by Pixel Addict Magazine. The next issue is just about ready to print so we should have some new articles to talk about soon. In the meantime we hope you will head over to https://www.pixel.addict.media/ and subscribe. 00:00 - Show Opening A500 Mini Housekeeping Link: https://gamingretro.co.uk/you-can-now-play-atari-st-emulator-games-on-a500-mini/ 09:09 - Trucking PrintersStory Link: https://hackaday.com/2023/06/22/is-this-the-worlds-largest-dot-matrix-printer/ 29:50 - The Ultimate Easter EggStory Link: https://ultimacodex.com/2023/06/eating-magic-mushrooms-makes-you-fly-in-serpent-isle/Additional Link 1: https://wiki.ultimacodex.com/wiki/Easter_Eggs_and_Cultural_References#Ultima_VIIAdditional Link 2: http://web.archive.org/web/20080307160850/http://www.geocities.com/hoki_dragon/u7-scientology.html 44:10 - V8 Apple IIStory Link: https://www.thedrive.com/news/life-size-chevy-454-v8-made-of-lego-runs-on-ancient-8-bit-hardwareFull Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-x7YFMWnBQ 56:13 - Community Question of the Week 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing!https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro ☕Or just buy us a coffee!https://ko-fi.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/ Follow your hosts!Twitter:https://twitter.com/rmcretro Youtubehttps://youtube.com/rmcretrohttps://www.youtube.com/005agima Twitchhttps://www.twitch.tv/rmcretro Subscribe to the audio version of the show!📻 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-retro/id1526487568?uo=4📻 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2OPQ3cADaB92E9SpRdTe5y📻 Deezer: www.deezer.com📻 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yZjQ5ODlmOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw📻 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2f4989f8/podcast/rss📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFMx-JitepTttWc-ABHhu8A/📻 All other services: https://anchor.fm/thisweekinretro This Week in Retro is a weekly roundup of the hottest stories from the world of retro gaming and computing, voted on by you, the listener! Hosted by Neil from RMC, Chris from 005 AGIMA and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles. Episode Credits Parts of "Lego Chevy 454 V-8 Engine - Part 1" courtesy of TechnicallyEvanLink to full video: https://youtu.be/F-x7YFMWnBQ "Free vector tire tracks with grunge texture set" Image by macrovector on Freepik: https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/tire-tracks-with-grunge-texture-set_13153711.htm#query=tyre%20marks&position=0&from_view=keyword&track=ais

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