Rare Encounter

Breaking ground, spelunking for tech, and mining for CoD.

Executive producer: Carolyn Blaney

Show Notes

'Weirdo Cat Lovers of Cleveland' may soon get their own Ohio license plate

Weirdo Cat Lovers of Cleveland

US vegetable prices increase nearly 40% because of drought and inflation | Daily Mail Online

The vegetables will foreclose on you!

'Vagina on a chip' mimics biome of organ so scientists can test drugs for bacterial infections | Daily Mail Online

These are not tasty chips nor do they compute.

Passengers Kicked Off Flight for Saying 'Penis' Think Penalty Too Stiff

Toonami: Midnight Run – Saturday Night Cartoons | 1999/2000 | Full Episodes With Commercials - YouTube

Lots and lots of trains!

Reverse-engineering a 1960s cordwood flip flop module with X-ray CT scans

Not Scan of the Month but powered by the same equipment.

Flip-flop (electronics) - Wikipedia

What kind of circuit is a flip flop anyway?

68030 prototype at 1 MHz - 18 boards of TTL - Hardware - Retro Computing

Ever wondered how they mocked up and tested processor designs in the 70s and 80s?

68030 breadboard - Google Drive

More photos.

MOnSter 6502

Could you make a 6502 processor out of discrete transistors? Yes, and it's cool as fuck.

Biomotor Unitron for Neo Geo Pocket Color (1999) - MobyGames

Groundbreaking held for new Apple Farm Service facility - Miami Valley Today

World of Commodore 2022 – TPUG

Another year, another sweet collection of Commodore and Amiga loot.

VIC-II Kawari

Another classic computer chip "rescued" by FPGA recreation.

Apple Farm Service | Ag & Construction Equipment Specialists