🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠 The SEGA Neptune, the could have been Mega Drive/Genesis with X32 hardware built in has been created, and it looks awesome. Can AI be used to help with COBOL programming? How did we get our game hints and maps before the internet made it oh so easy to cheat? All of the above plus a look a few other retro computing/gaming/tech stories and your answers to the Community Question Of The Week! Here is footage from the recent Perth Amiga User Group (PAUG) meet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPw88IMiJ_Q 00:00 - Show Opening 09:38 - COBOL Locks Horns With AIStory Link: https://www.pcmag.com/articles/ibms-plan-to-update-cobol-with-watson 24:53 - Pokey MapsStory Link: https://www.eurogamer.net/the-history-of-game-hints-pages-before-the-internet-took-over 40:11 - Dave's Housekeeping 46:22 - The Doomed Sega Neptune RisesStory Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz_8-sqxLjs 01:03:40 - Community Question of the Week 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing!https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro ☕Or just buy us a coffee!https://ko-fi.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/ Follow your hosts!Twitter:https://twitter.com/rmcretro Youtube:https://youtube.com/rmcretrohttps://www.youtube.com/005agima Twitch:https://www.twitch.tv/rmcretro Subscribe to the audio version of the show!📻 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-retro/id1526487568?uo=4📻 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2OPQ3cADaB92E9SpRdTe5y📻 Deezer: www.deezer.com📻 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yZjQ5ODlmOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw📻 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2f4989f8/podcast/rss📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFMx-JitepTttWc-ABHhu8A/📻 All other services: https://anchor.fm/thisweekinretro This Week in Retro is a weekly roundup of the hottest stories from the world of retro gaming and computing, voted on by you, the listener! Hosted by Neil from RMC, Chris from 005 AGIMA and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles. Episode Credits Parts of "SEGA CANCELED this console in 1995, so I made one in 2023 | SEGA Neptune" courtesy of Macho Nacho Productions.Full Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz_8-sqxLjs