Episode 111 is a lot about my old BBS, The Gas Chamber, and a little about my new forum, The Gas Chamber. It is not about real gas chambers at all.

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TheGasChamber.robohara.com (Forum)

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In light of Sony’s recent decision to end production of 3 1/2 floppy disks, Episode 110 of You Don’t Know Flack is all about floppy disks — from the history of floppies to specific memories and stories I have regarding them.

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Sony Announces the End of 3.5 Floppies
YouTube: Don’t Copy That Floppy
YouTube: The Singing 1541 Floppy Drive
USB Floppy RAID
The FC5025 Floppy Controller

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In Episode 109 of You Don’t Know Flack I discuss the 1541 Ultimate, along with several other solutions for loading D64 images on real Commodore 64 computers.

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The Boring Beige Box Podcast
The Retroist Podcast
The Retrobits Podcast
Game Galaxy Arcade

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Episode 108 of You Don’t Know Flack is all about pc-based Multitrack Recording. This episode contains many samples from songs I’ve recorded over the past fifteen years.

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Join our forum at TheGasChamber.robohara.com

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In Episode 107 of You Don’t Know Flack, I compare and contrast two recent purchases of mine: Amazon’s Kindle 2, and Acer’s Aspire 9″ Netbook.

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Kindle 2 Screen Saver Hack
Comic Book Covers
MobiPocket.com, home of MobiCreator
Project Gutenberg

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In Episode 106 of You Don’t Know Flack, I cover all facets of the writing of my two books, Commodork: Sordid Tales from a BBS Junkie and Invading Spaces: A Beginner’s Guide to Collecting Arcade Games.

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My Book: Commodork: Sordid Tales from a BBS Junkie
My Book:

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In Episode 105 of You Don’t Know Flack, I talk about my experiences with Boss BBS, and the Boss’ experiences with the long arm of the law.

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In Episode 104 of You Don’t Know Flack, I cover the topic of Console Copiers, those unique little devices “from the back alleys of Hong Kong” that allowed owners to load, save, and dump video game cartridges.

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17 Mistakes Microsoft Made in the Xbox Security System (Video)
Hohocon
Rob Webb’s Console Copier Page

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In Episode 103 of You Don’t Know Flack, I talk all about the arcades of my youth.

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Episode 102 of You Don’t Know Flack, in honor of Gary Gygax (1938-2008), is dedicated to Dungeons and Dragons. In this 35 minute episode you’ll get lots of D&D stories, a few D&D videogame references, and some ninja-related sound effects.

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Dungeons and Dragons Cartoon (w/intro)
Revenge of the Ninja climax

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