It's Checkmate For The Amiga - This Week In Retro 272

About this episode

The episode features guest Jason Timmons discussing the Checkmate Amiga case and teletext differences between the US and UK.

This week's guest Jason Timmons has quietly built up Vintage Computer Festival Midwest (https://vcfmw.org/) into the world's largest annual retro computing event. He joins the crew to talk about the end the line for the revived Checkmate Amiga case, the surprising differences in teletext penetration in the United States vs. the United Kingdom, and a look at the "overrated?" Amiga 500 Batman Pack. Visit https://www.addict.media/ for your copy of Pixel Addict magazine. 00:00 - Show Opening 09:48 - Checkmate Check OutStory Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOssyAw8LoQ 33:05 - Teletext Admiration SocietyStory Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCZEHoolBCg 54:18 - Housekeeping - News links found below 58:23 - Holy Clickbait Batman!Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QY3Ud7zNQM 01:17:38 - Community Question of the Week 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing!https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/ Follow your hosts!Bluesky:https://bsky.app/profile/davevelociraptor.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasoncompton.bsky.social Youtube:Chris - https://www.youtube.com/@005AGIMAJason…

People in this episode

Hosts: Chris, Jason, Dave, Duncan Styles

Guest: Jason Timmons

Topics covered

• retro computing
• Amiga
• teletext
• vintage technology
• community engagement

Keywords

• Checkmate Amiga
• teletext
• Amiga 500
• vintage computing
• retro technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Vintage Computer Festival Midwest, Pixel Addict, TWiR Sub Reddit

Products: Checkmate Amiga case, Amiga 500 Batman Pack

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