Rich Wisneksi

GenCon 2026

Ryan heads to GenCon. Rich plays some C64

EV Adventures and Wifi

Rich takes his ID Buzz Colorado. Ryan is off to Origins. Ryan builds a PaulaNet Rich gets a new Amiga case.

VCF East 2026

Rich and Ryan went to VCF East 2026! We saw Planes, Trains and Automobiles on this adventure.

Happy Valentines Day 2026

Rich and Ryan are in love with Tech! Come see what is getting big hugs from us this time.

Welcome 2026

We are back for 2026! Rich talks about his trip to Germany and Ryan has played with some hardware.

Swap Meet Galore 2025

Ryan and Rich go hunting at some swap meets. What did we find? Wait Ryan found a Tandy? Rich picks up another C64? Are there Amigas?

AmiWest 2025

Ryan drags Rich to an Amiga convention! What did we find??

Texas Two Step

Ryan, Amy and Larry go to visit Rich and Rob in Texas for some good time partying.

VCF Midwest 2025

Rich and Ryan head off the VCF Midwest 2025!

New stuff in the Mail

Rich and Ryan talk about what all comes in the Mail. What did we do and create?

Back in a in action to settle again

Rich can print! Ryan makes progress on an A4000. Talk a little about the new A1200 as what we know and the Commodore 64 Ultimate. Rich gets logical.

GenCon 2025

Ryan heads to GenCon 2025. We both talk about used games

The Answer

Rich and Ryan talk about Amiga, C64, Programming and some places we have been.

Programming and Adventures

Rich takes another adventure to some neat Retro adventures. Ryan works on some hardware and software.

Adventuring outside

Rich talks about some Vintage Computers while Ryan is off on an adventure to Origins!

Adventuring inside

Rich and Ryan have some Adventuring with RPGs. Ryan has updates on AMail. Rich is going to build a Cyberdeck.

A shootout at OK Chantilly

Ryan hosts another meetup in Chantilly and there be some good battling. Rich has some great updates on his SX-64! We both buy some new toys.

Woes Fun and Cars

Ryan talks about his Amiga 600. Rich share SX-64 challenges. Ryan gets ready for his meetup. Rich does some programing but does he do it in his VW?

Creation and Cleanup

How is Rich’s SX64 going? Ryan digs into the A4000 from TX what did he find? Can Rich balance his budget on his C64? Is Ryan a Mad scientist find out here.

Happy Pi Day

Ryan finally posts more info about his A1000. Rich started digging into his SX64. Ryan is having another meetup in Northern VA! Ryan is off for a fund raising walk. Rich is sad about an ending convention.

Craigslist finds

Rich and Ryan both pick up some new projects and wow are they dirty! Lets see what they found?

Travels and Adventures

Does Rich finally make a DFW Retro Meetup? Ryan talks about his programming challenge? Uh oh Rich had a sad day with his VW. Ryan and Rich talk about some upcoming projects. VCF East folks are doing a hack a thon!

Building for the New Year

What have the mad scientists been up to over the holiday break? There are activities going on in the lab what are they?

Revisiting the working

Ryan’s Amiga 2000 needed some attention. Why was it unhappy? What did Rich and Ryan buy?

Holiday 2024

Rich and Ryan talk about some new games Christmas games for both the Amiga and C64 along with some purchase ideas! Happy Holidays all and thank you for an awesome year!

Texas bound part 2

We continue our talk about Ryan’s Texas trip. What things did we break? We got a game in and ate a lot of BBQ. Check this out as these and other things will be answered here!

Texas bound part 1

Ryans trip to Texas again!! What adventures did we get into over this long weekend? Did we see animals? Did we laugh? Wait was that an arcade or 2? Check this out as these and other things will be answered here!

HDMI Basic and a trip

How is Ryan’s progress of his A1000 going? Rich is going on an adventure does he get lost? What did Ryan Pickup lately? Oh what special thing did Ryan get in the mail? Will there be BBQ in our future? Check out this episode to answers of all these questions and more!

Germany and Oktoberfest

Rich and Ryan train their warriors to battle. How do their warriors do??? Talk a little bit how things work and then let the battles begin!

Projects bought and made

What did Rich buy now? What did Ryan make? What neat find did Ryan find locally? Rich saves what? All of these will be answered and more in this episode.

Back to the past once again

Ryan is back to upgrading his Amiga 2000 what does he do now? Ryan picks up a new Pi where is that going to go? Rich expands his soldering skills. What does he make? Can Rich have a part of history? All of these and more in our adventures to the past once again.

Rich goes up the river without a paddle

Rich goes on a cruise. Does he get attacked by Pirates? Does he have to walk the plank? Who knows? When Rich makes it back from his cruise we find out how his VW is going? What challenges does he face? Rich also works on his c64c to make a game? How does that go?

The Gang goes gaming 2024

Ryan and Amy goto Origins and who do the find there? What did they do? How was it? Rich and Ryan are off to Gencon! What kind of adventures do we get into at GenCon? What was GenCon 2024 like? The gang sees some Magic do we disappear? Someone makes a guest appearance who could that be?

Ryan takes a road trip

Ryan catches up with Rich after a long 18 day trip on the road in his electric car! All the places he saw and the fun he had with other peeps in the friend group. Hold on this will be an all over the place episode.

Projects Mistakes and the Rabbit Hole

Rich and Ryan talk about some projects they are working on and talk about some of their mistakes. We follow up with a little bit of a rabbit hole discussion. What happens to the C64? Can Ryan fix an Amiga Tank Mouse? What has Rich bought now? Can Ryan fix an Amiga 4000 Desktop? Listen to see!

Updates Updates Updates

Ryan and Rich talk about some updates on some previous projects. How did they turn out? Where are they now?

Lets Get Social

We talk about what motivates us to share on social media? Some of our projects and where we can be found.

VCF East 2024 Haul

Rich and Ryan return to talk about VCF East 2024. What did we bring back? Did it all fit?

Visual Pixels Today

How do we connect our vintage machines to modern displays? We have pixels and how do we show them? Rich and Ryan talk about some of the devices they use to bring their pixels to life. These range from DIY to Plug and Play. Rich and Ryan also talk about our favorite monthly get together.

VCF East 2024 Part 2

Ryan and Rich jump on making a podcast on the way back from VCF East. Listen to our adventures on Day 2.

VCF East 2024 Part 1

Description: Ryan and Rich jump on making a podcast on the way back from VCF East. Listen to our adventures on Day 1 and 3. Day 2 will be .. to be continued in the next episode. Please excuse Rich as he was so pumped from the event.

Clickty Clack

How do you retro? Ryan and Rich review their individual preferences for restoring retro equipment .. and guess what they do not agree. Keyboards and those magical input devices are so amazon but such a pain when they do not work but repair is half the fun. CrimeCon @ AwesomeCon experience.

Double Digits

Join Ryan and Rich as they talk about upcoming conventions Magfest, VCF get togethers and dumb stuff Rich buys a new fun segment.

Happy New Year 2024

Rich and Ryan talk about the holidays. The projects we have been working on and Rich has an adventure.

Core Wars

Rich and Ryan train their warriors to battle. How do their warriors do??? Talk a little bit how things work and then let the battles begin!

BGGCon and Texas Danger

Ryan heads to Texas to see what trouble he can get into with Rich. We have plenty to talk about with BGGCon, BBQ and Vintage Computers! We also have a stop to see some Elephants, hear more about the VW and some great rolls at Cinnaholics.

Retro Wheeling

Rich and Ryan are discussing their respective Commodore adventures along with the info on their upcoming Corewar challenge, Crimecon and a special Retro topic... a VW Bus has joined one of our families!

Back to Retro It is Alive!

Rich and Ryan go back to the lab. Ryan is busy in the guts of his projects soldering and replacing old parts with new items. Rich is testing and testing away and loving his little Plus 4. We explore AI in the world of retro computing and its impact in general

GenCon 2023 Part 2

We talk about GenCon 2023. What gaming did we get into. Part 2 of 2

GenCon 2023 Part 1

We talk about GenCon 2023. What gaming did we get into. Part 1 of 2

Day at the Museum

We review the VCF Swap Meet and a visit to System Source Museum. Hot takes this episode boxes and old cables. Plus fun projects living on our workbenches.

Welcome to The Show

In our inaugural episode, we introduce the podcast, discuss what's coming up, and share our vision for the show.

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