Pocket Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum - This Week In Retro 267
· 1 h 11 min · Episode 264
Episode Pocket Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum - This Week In Retro 267
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Sports sim pioneer Kevin Toms (Football Star* Manager) is in the guest chair as we talk about the incredible staying power of 1982's blockbuster computer launches, the Commodore 64 and Sinclair ZX Spectrum, soon to be released in handheld format. We also look at the incredible R&D legacy of Xerox PARC, the impact of the BBC Computer Literacy Project, the latest from Commodore and FujiNet, a surprising workstation on FPGA, and a great deal more!
Check out Kevin's website for the latest Football Star* Manager info: https://kevintoms.games/
00:00 - Show Opening
06:40 - 1982 In The Palm Of Your Hand Story Link: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/04/the-c64-and-zx-spectrum-are-being-reimagined-as-nintendo-style-clamshell-handhelds C64C Ultimate: https://commodore.net/c-you-soon-commodore-64-ultimate-line-up-expands-with-c64c-edition-later-this-year/
33:27 - Zero For Xerox Story Link: https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-xerox-invented-the-gui-and-lost-it/ Dramatization: https://youtu.be/VpY2fBitQcw
43:16 - Housekeeping - News links found below
48:58 - The Trojan Mouse Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZjNHnYFqOA
01:05:39 - Community Question of the Week
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News In Brief Links
Open source PC-DOS 1.0: https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-open-sources-dos-1-0-much-more-than-the-code/
The end of Ask: https://mashable.com/article/ask-jeeves-shut-down
FujiNet firmware update: https://fujinews.substack.com/p/major-firmware-update-from-the-fujinet
The 7th Guest remake trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwA5q-oDT3k
Windows 9x Subsystem For Linux: https://codeberg.org/hails/wsl9x
Apple Lisa on FPGA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jNQDcpHc68
Lego Sega Genesis: https://segabits.com/blog/2026/05/01/lego-sega-releasing-sega-genesis-console-on-june-1/
Galaxian3 emulator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH3uyB_WhEo
Episode Credits
"Commodore 16" by Marcin Wichary is licensed under CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=openverse.
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