THEA1200 Questions Answered - This Week In Retro 277

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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

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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