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EPISODE · May 27, 2023 · 1H 18M

Size Matters! - This Week In Retro 125

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

We are back to chat about going to the pub to game using both their kit and your own. We then move on to looking at some new, old-school, handheld PC devices. Finishing with a story about how the Miami F1GP was captured to floppy disk! All this and the Community Question Of The Week. We are sponsored by Pixel Addict magazine. The latest issue is on its way and it takes a look at how people are preserving retro tech and software. They just added some new binders to the Merch section of their store. Please support them by visiting https://www.pixel.addict.media/  00:00 - Show Opening New Toy Smell explanation: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/13hxajp/new_toy_smell/ Tiny 486 update (yes it plays Doom): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDDZUhJ8iyY  12:50 - Gaming Down The Pub Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bncBV1KkJk Additional Link: https://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/23534447.retro-game-arcade-barcadia-opens-old-prince-wales-pub/ 34:35 - Diddy DOS Story Link: https://hackaday.com/2023/05/15/new-dos-pcs-in-2023/ 49:10 - Say Cheese! Story Link: https://petapixel.com/2023/05/16/f1-bans-fans-pro-camera-so-he-brings-a-floppy-disk-camera-instead/ Additional Link: https://spectrum.ieee.org/first-digital-camera-history  1:07:13 - 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.

We are back to chat about going to the pub to game using both their kit and your own. We then move on to looking at some new, old-school, handheld PC devices. Finishing with a story about how the Miami F1GP was captured to floppy disk! All this and the Community Question Of The Week. We are sponsored by Pixel Addict magazine. The latest issue is on its way and it takes a look at how people are preserving retro tech and software. They just added some new binders to the Merch section of their store. Please support them by visiting https://www.pixel.addict.media/  00:00 - Show Opening New Toy Smell explanation: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/13hxajp/new_toy_smell/ Tiny 486 update (yes it plays Doom): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDDZUhJ8iyY  12:50 - Gaming Down The PubStory Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bncBV1KkJkAdditional Link: https://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/23534447.retro-game-arcade-barcadia-opens-old-prince-wales-pub/ 34:35 - Diddy DOSStory Link: https://hackaday.com/2023/05/15/new-dos-pcs-in-2023/ 49:10 - Say Cheese!Story Link: https://petapixel.com/2023/05/16/f1-bans-fans-pro-camera-so-he-brings-a-floppy-disk-camera-instead/Additional Link: https://spectrum.ieee.org/first-digital-camera-history  1:07:13 - 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.

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