Obsoleet s02e02 – RISC OS on the Raspberry Pi Show Notes In this episode, we run RISC OS on the Raspberry Pi. About the Raspberry Pi – http://www.raspberrypi.org/ Operating system images for download – http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/ Win32 Disk Imager for writing to the SD Card on a Windows PC – http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager…

Obsoleet s02e01 – Commodore Floppy Copy Show Notes First episode for the new season, using some footage shot last year. This episode focuses on backing up your Commodore disks to create images which can then be archived or played on an emulator. Showcases the ZoomFloppy, used to connect a Commodore Disk Drive to a modern computer. http://www.go4ret…

The Audiosode Show Notes Segments: 8-Track Tapes Book Review Flexies “8-Track Tapes” Shows the basics of 8-track tapes. Uses a Sears player/recorder. Music was recorded on to tape with an iPod connected to the input jacks on the tape deck. “Book Reviews” Kingpin – Kevin Poulsen Ghost in the Wires – Kevin Mitnick “Flexies” Shows two flexi discs comp…

The Digisode Show Notes Segments: Minidiscs ‘Secrets of a Super Hacker’ Review Digitizing VHS âMinidiscsâ Shows the basics of Minidisc Net-MD players, transferring to Minidsic from the computer, and playback on a Minidisc deck. Players used were: MZ-NE410, MZ-N510, MDS-JE500 (deck) The SonicStage software can be found here, forums.sonyinsider.com/f…

“The Belatesode” Show Notes Segments: CEDs Part II Holiday Reviews Commodore 1702 “CEDs Part II” Shows the operation of several CED players including: RCA Selectavision SKT 200 RCA Selectavision SJT 100 RCA Selectavision SFT 100 Zenith CED VP2000 “Holiday Reviews” Reviews several items: – “From Betamax to Blockbuster” by Joshua Greenberg – “Phone L…

“The Perspectivsode” Show Notes Segments: VHS Basics Payphone Anatomy Quadraphonics “VHS Basics” Makes use of a RCA Selectavision VCR and a Phillips Magnavox VCR. The segment talks about the history of VHS format and introduces the VCR and VHS tape. “Payphone Anatomy” Segment shows the inside and outside of a Protel payphone. This phone is a COCOT …

“The Monstersode” Segments: Scrap Stereo System Project (Shinmaryuu) Laserdisc Lives Old School BBSing (Patt) “Scrap Stereo System Project” Questions go to @Shinmaryuu on twitter. My scrap stereo system project and how to buy a old school stereo system components. My stereo is made up of a MCS (JC Penny Store) brand all in one system which includes…

Segments: Betamax Basics Vocoding with the Stylophone Reel-to-Reel Players “Betamax Basics” used a Sanyo Betacord VCR 4400, and a broken Sony Betamax SL-HF550. The blank tapes were Kodak and Sony brands with the number L-750. This segment focused on using the Betamax player while providing a brief history. “Vocoding with the Stylophone” used a Styl…

Segments: Pocket Tone Dialers CEDs Portable Radio Station “Pocket Tone Dialers” used a Portatouch2 tone dialer, a Radioshack tone dialer, and a Bell model 500 rotary telephone. The Radioshack tone dialer appears to be modified to relay sound to an audio jack. Also featured was an iPod Video, and a Sony cassette recorder. To relay sound so the camer…

Show Notes Segments: Lineman’s Handset Cable Descramblers and Filters Podcasting on the Cheap “Lineman’s Handset” used a lineman’s handset, Bell model 500 rotary telephone, and a telephone wall jack. Both the handset and the phone were wired to the wall jack. To relay sound so the camera could hear it, a recorder telephone pickup (Radioshack part 4…