
๐ Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! ๐ We're sharing gigawatts of retro tech news and discussion this week. Don your visor and get immersed in a virtual arcade courtesy of the Rave environment offering over 1,200 emulated titles. Learn the daily grind of an RBMK nuclear reactor operator through the extensive reproduction efforts of Chernobyl Family , and get the hosts' breakdown of Retro Games Ltd.'s unusual video FAQ for followers of THEA1200. Our newsbriefs are especially diverse, covering everything from the IBM System/360 to the Atari Jaguar and original PlayStation. 00:00 - Show Opening 02:16 - Headset-ting The High Score Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-97U6fvwLHg 15:40 - We Have Uranium-235 At Home Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JSP_gVXZTs Update: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiMzGRs8q2Q RBMK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RBMK 26:21 - Housekeeping - News links found below 34:23 - THEA1200 Q&A Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atZFmK9aOCI Disk sizes explained: https://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=79606 Disk sizes explained, again: https://www.amigaforever.com/kb/16-120 45:24 - Community Question of the Week ๐Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing! https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro ๐ธ TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/ Follow your hosts! Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/davevelociraptor.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/jasoncompton.bsky.social Youtube: Chris - https://www.youtube.com/@005AGIMA Jason - https://www.youtube.com/@TheRetroAdventurers Audio Podcast: https://retroadventurers.podbean.com/ Subscribe to the audio version of the show! ๐ป Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-retro/id1526487568?uo=4 ๐ป Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2OPQ3cADaB92E9SpRdTe5y ๐ป Podbean: https://twir.podbean.com ๐ป Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/en/show/5734337 ๐ป RSS: https://feed.podbean.com/TWIR/feed.xml ๐ป YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@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 Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles. News In Brief Links Callback Accessibility: https://www.accessibility.org.au/opinion-commodore-callback-is-not-keeping-up-with-support-for-people-with-disability/ How Blind People Use An iPhone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtE2NfFZK2g PS1 16Mb RAM Upgrade: https://www.generationamiga.com/2026/07/05/playstation-1-16mb-ram-upgrade-pushes-sonys-classic-console-beyond-its-original-limits/ RISCBoy Github: https://github.com/Wren6991/RISCBoy Legacy Of The BBC Micro: https://www.nesta.org.uk/report/the-legacy-of-bbc-micro/ Atari Jaguar Run Linux: https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/dev-ports-linux-to-ataris-notorious-jaguar-console-from-1993-the-first-64-bit-console-features-2mb-of-ram-13-3-mhz-cpu-and-tom-and-jerry-co-processors-the-jag-was-notoriously-difficult-to-program-and-flopped Vic-20 Sabre Wulf: https://www.sleepingelephant.com/ipw-web/bulletin/bb/viewtopic.php?t=11578 NEC CRT From Japan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk0Nk1KJuSc IBM System/360 3D: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0FY3CDCw1o
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