SID Tunes Better Than Arcade? - This Week In Retro 234

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First the floppy and now the optical, can disks survive? The Texas Instruments TI99, did it ever stand a chance? Can arcade Commando be improved with the Commodore 64 SID tune? All this and more in your weekly retro computing round up.

00:00 - Show Opening

01:47 - Are Disks Immortal?

Story Link: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/new-jersey-prisoner-laments-reliance-on-floppy-disks-for-appeals-documents-which-limits-file-size-to-1-44-mb-prisoners-allowed-20-floppy-disks-in-cell-but-usb-flash-sticks-are-banned

SD Floppy Disk Concept: https://www.techradar.com/pro/this-creative-concept-reinvents-the-1-44mb-floppy-disk-as-a-modern-storage-device-a-holder-for-todays-sd-cards-packing-terabytes-of-storage

End Of LG Blu Ray:https://youtu.be/HTNCYrLEezA?si=tBAKAUAkLyfc8OSw

16:32 - The Rise and Fall of Texas Instruments’ TI/99

Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlLQ_YifDl8

Additional Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0Jtv8hvau4

Online TI99 Emulator: https://js99er.net/#/

36:22 - Housekeeping - News links found below

41:46 - Making The Arcade Port Better By Using SID Music

Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewyzM-H286U

51:04 - Community Question of the Week

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News In Brief Links:

UK Loves Retro: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/25/straight_outta_1996_why_were/

Vic-20 ISA: https://hackaday.com/2025/08/26/vic-20-gets-isa-slot-networking/

IRC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UbKenFipjo

Evoids: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3140290/Evoids/

Amiga No CPU Challenge: https://github.com/askeksa/NoCpuChallenge

Byte Visual Archive: https://byte.tsundoku.io/