Floppydays Vintage Computing Podcast

In this special joint podcast, live from VCF Southeast 3.0, we discuss our favorite parts of the show, play a game of “Never Have I Ever”, and more!   Podcast Title: “Inverse Antic Personal Computing Floppy Maccast”   Hosts: Antic - Randy Kindig, Kevin Savetz, Brad Arnold Floppy Days - Randy Kindig Inverse Atascii - Wade Ripkowski History of Personal Computing - David Greelish RetroMacCast - James Savage  

Hi Everyone, and welcome to this special edition of The History of Floppy Days… uh, I mean, One o’clock, Two o’clock, Three o’clock Personal Computing! No, that’s not right… No… wait, it’s the combo podcast of Floppy Days AND The History of Personal Computing podcast! We’re live, here at the Vintage Computer Festival Southeast and I’m your host, David Greelish! Please join me in welcoming my co-hosts, Jeff Salzman and Randy Kindig!   We have three significant machines to discuss on this special podcast, as we’re celebrating three significant milestones in the history of personal computing this year. First, it’s the fiftieth anniversary of the DEC pdp-8, then it’s the fortieth anniversary of the Altair 8800, and lastly, it’s the thirtieth anniversary of the Commodore Amiga.   Links:   PDP-8 Bernhard Baehr's PDP-8/E Simulator for Macintosh - http://www.bernhard-baehr.de/pdp8e/pdp8e.html Willem van der Mark's PDP-8/E Simulator in Java - http://www.vandermark.ch/pdp8/index.php?n=PDP8.Emulator A very portabl

Welcome to the Floppy Days Podcast.  My name is Randy Kindig and I’m your host.  This is an interview-only episode of Floppy Days.  I was recently at Vintage Computer Festival Southeast 3.0 in Roswell, GA, and I had a chance to sit down with John Linville.  John is a legend in the Tandy Color Computer circles and has produced a cartridge for the CoCo containing a fun game called Fahrfall.  This is an exciting development for the CoCo community and John tells us all about it.   Links   Internet Archive link, where you can play Fahrfall - https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_coco_fahrfall   Fahrfall blog - http://fahrfall.blogspot.com/   John’s Other Blogs - http://vdgtricks.blogspot.com/, http://retrotinker.blogspot.com/   Most up-to-date Fahrfall gameplay video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc3iKXOxUH8

Welcome to part 2 of the now 3 part episode covering the Atari 400 & 800 computers.  This episode will cover Web sites, emulation, books, software, magazines, tech specs, and much more.  I’m very happy to have pretty much the entire Atari 8-bit podcasting group as special guest hosts helping me cover these topics.  This includes Wade from Inverse Atascii, Rob of Player/Missile, Jack of RCR, Kevin from Antic, and Brad from Antic.  We also have memories from Bill of Antic.  Enjoy!!   Links Mentioned in the Show:   New Acquisitions MCX-128 for MC-10 (YouTube, FozzTexx) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW5d5C2F-88 CoCo List - coco@maltedmedia.com “Z80 Microcomputer Handbook” by William Barden, Jr. - http://www.amazon.com/Z-80-Microcomputer-Handbook-William-Barden/dp/0672215004 Juiced.GS (Quarterly Apple II Journal) - https://juiced.gs/ “Fundamentals of TI-99/4A Assembly Language” by M.S. Morley - http://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-TI-99-4A-assembly-language/dp/0830617221 News Fahrfall - new car

Hello, welcome to the Floppy Days Podcast.  My name is Randy Kindig and this a special interview show to help get the word out about an upcoming event: Vintage Computer Festival Southeast.  This will be the third iteration of this event and I talk with Earl Baugh, of the Atlanta Historical Computing Society.  He tells us all about the event, including special guest speakers that will be there, exhibits, gaming areas, a workshop where you can learn to solder and much more.  If you can make it to Roswell, Georgia, the weekend of May 2 & 3, 2015, I highly recommend that you drop in and enjoy the show.   Links   VCF East 3.0 - http://www.vintage.org/2015/southeast/   Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/20859909/help-fund-the-vintage-computer-festival-southeast-0

Hello, welcome to Floppy Days Episode #34.  This is a special bonus episode and the topic of this show is the upcoming (as of this podcast) 2015 24th Annual "Last" Chicago CoCoFest on April 25 & 26 at the Heron Point Convention Center in Lombard, IL.  I interview Bob Swoger, secretary of the Glenside Computer Club, which sponsors the show.  He talks all about the show and he gives the scoop about what you can expect to see there.  Although the intent of this episode was to primarily cover the CoCoFest, it turns out that Bob has a very interesting and storied history with vintage computers.   One final note: The "Man from Canada" mentioned by Bob several times is Markus Blumrich of Grandora, SK, Canada.   I hope you enjoy it.   Links: Glenside Computer Club - http://ncmedals.com/glenside/index.htm Cloud9, Cool Stuff for Your CoCo - http://www.cloud9tech.com/ CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts - http://five.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/coco LogiCall - http://ncmedals.com/glenside/LogiCall.html Vintage

I’m particularly excited to be bringing you this 2-part episode because I will be covering the Atari 400 & 800 computers.  This first episode will cover the history of these machines and next month I will cover Web sites, emulation, books, software, magazines, tech specs, and much more.  Even more exciting, for both episodes I have several special guest hosts helping me cover these topics.  I think you’re going to enjoy these.   Links Mentioned in the Show:   New Acquisitions Raspberry Pi - http://www.raspberrypi.org/ A2CLOUD - http://appleii.ivanx.com/prnumber6/category/a2cloud/ A2SERVER - http://appleii.ivanx.com/a2server/ Apple II Pi - http://schmenk.is-a-geek.com/wordpress/ Arduino - http://www.arduino.cc/ “Collectible Microcomputers” by Michael Nadeau - http://www.amazon.com/dp/0764316001/?tag=flodaypod-20 Network cartridge for the Atari 8-bits by Mark Dusko and Dan Winslow - Antic Interview #21 - (http://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-interview-21-the-atari-8-bit-podcast-dan-winslow-mar

Evan Koblentz comes on and talks all about the upcoming Vintage Computer Festival East 10.0.   Special co-hosts Earl Evans (Retrobits & RCR) and Michael Mulhern (RCR).   Links and stuff: VCF East at vintage.org - vintage.org/2015/east/ VCF East Facebook - facebook.com/vcfeast VCF East Twitter - twitter.com/vcfeast   Evan’s book project:   the campaign - https://fundrazr.com/campaigns/3wNcc Facebook - facebook.com/abacustosmartphone Twitter - twitter.com/abacustophone

I wanted to bring to you this month a special interview-only episode which is a bit different.  My guest on this show is Mr. Eric Enge, who was an executive at Phoenix Technologies, most well-known as the company that clean-roomed an IBM PC compatible ROM BIOS and helped spark an era of IBM PC clones.  This is a piece of computer history that may not be particularly well-known, but was an important milestone nonetheless.  Enjoy.   Links: Phoenix Technologies - http://www.phoenix.com/ Phoenix Technologies at wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Technologies Stone Temple Consulting (Eric’s site) - https://www.stonetemple.com/about-eric-enge/ Eric at LinkedIN - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericenge  

Hi, everyone and welcome to a special interview-only episode of Floppy Days.  My name is Randy Kindig and I’m the host of this podcast.  This interview is with Paul Ceruzzi, curator of Aerospace Electronics and Computing at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C and author of several computer history books.  Those books include “A History of Modern Computing”, “Computing: A Concise History”, “Landmarks in Digital Computing: A Smithsonian Pictorial History” and more.  Paul also sits on the Honorary Council of the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA.   Links Paul’s personal website - http://www.ceruzzi.com/ The MIT Press Catalog of Paul Ceruzzi - http://mitpress.mit.edu/authors/paul-e-ceruzzi Computer History Museum Honorary Council - http://www.computerhistory.org/honorary/?fn=Paul&ln=Ceruzzi Paul E. Ceruzzi Collection on Konrad Zuse - http://discover.lib.umn.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=umfa;cc=umfa;rgn=main;view=text;didno=cbi00219 http://www.amazon.com/e

Hello and welcome to episode 29 of Floppy Days.  My name is Randy Kindig and I’m the host of this podcast.  This is a special interview-only episode of Floppy Days.  I’m very excited to have with me today the authors of the various editions of the computer history book entitled “Fire in the Valley”; that being Paul Freiberger and Michael Swaine.  I think a majority of the listeners will be familiar with the book.  I have mentioned it several times before on this podcast and have used it as a reference for the vintage computers I’ve covered.  Many listeners will also be familiar with the movie “The Pirates of Silicon Valley” starring Anthony Michael Hall as a young Bill Gates and Noah Wyle as a young Steve Jobs which was made based on the book.  I was amazed when I recently contacted the authors about coming onto Floppy Days and both of them immediately responded that they would be happy to.  Pay special attention to our conversation at the end of the interview, which may hint at something special to come on F

Main Topic: The TRS-80 Model II   At this point in the podcast run, we are still in the late 1970’s time frame, and the TRS-80 Model II falls into that time frame for its release.  As usual, we’ll cover the history, technical specs, peripherals, Web sites, books, emulation and much, much more.  I am joined by special guest host Myles Wakeham who will help me cover this machine.  But first, I’ll cover new acquisitions, news, feedback, and an interview with Myles before diving into the TRS-80 Model II. Links Mentioned in the Show: New Acquisitions Holmes Engineering IM-2 TRS-80 Model I Memory Upgrade - http://www.trs-80.org/holmes-internal-memory/ News CoCo Coding Contest - http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/CoCoCoding_1980_Contest The MISE Project - http://home.comcast.net/~bartlett.p/MISE/ DynoSprite - https://www.github.com/richard42/dynosprite RetroChallenge - http://www.wickensonline.co.uk/retrochallenge-2012sc/ VCF East X - http://www.vintage.org/2015/east/exhibit.php Feedback OSI C

Main Topic: The OSI Challenger series of computers   At this point in the podcast run, we are still in the late 1970’s time frame, and the OSI machines fall into that time frame for their release.  No vintage computer historical journey would be complete without including these very important machines.  As usual, we’ll cover the history, technical specs, peripherals, Web sites, books, emulation and much, much more.  I am joined by special guest host Terry Stewart of the Classic Computers website who will help me cover these machines.  In addition, we are joined by OSI aficionados Mark Csele and David Fenyes who share their first-hand memories of the OSI.  But first, I’ll cover new acquisitions, news, and feedback before diving into the OSI.   Links Mentioned in the Show:   New Acquisitions/What I’ve Been up to TI-99 Extended BASIC Suite cartridge - http://www.ebay.com/itm/Extended-Basic-v2-7-Suite-Cartridge-/231378985072 Microsoft BASIC II for the Atari 8-bit - http://en.wikipedia.org/wi

This is a special interview-only show with none other than Terry Stewart, aka Tezza, of the classic-computers.org.nz Web site.  Terry is long-time member of the vintage computing community and has done the community a great service by producing excellent videos about each member of his extensive vintage computer collection.  If you haven’t had a chance to see any of Terry’s videos, you definitely should check them out; they’re on YouTube and you can subscribe to his channel.  You should also check out his Web site, which has tons of useful information about each machine as well as troubleshooting tips, a forum, and much more.   Terry was kind enough to co-host the Floppy Days episode on the OSI Challenger series of computers and since the episode ran a little long I decided to pull out the interview into its own show.   Please enjoy and let Terry know that you appreciate the great work that he does.   Terry’s Classic Computers - http://classic-computers.org.nz New Zealand Computer Museum - http://www.techvana

Special interview-only episode with Pepe Tozzo, author of Retro-Electro: Collecting Technology from Atari to Walkman. Book "Retro-Electro: Collecting Technology from Atari to Walkman" at Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/dp/0789313022/?tag=flodaypod-20

News, upcoming vintage computer shows, feedback.  Special co-host Jim Battle of compucolor.org and audio clips from Graham and Garry Epps!   Main topic: The CompuColor II   Links Mentioned in the Show:   What I’ve Been Up To/New Acquisitions VCF Midwest -  http://starbase.globalpc.net/eccc/, https://www.facebook.com/events/257907004391707/ TI CC-40 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments_Compact_Computer_40 TI PC-200 Printer - http://www.datamath.org/Sci/Galaxy/PC-200.htm   News Kickstarter Funded ‘Commodore 64: A Visual Compendium’ Hits Online Stores - http://www.funstock.co.uk/commodore-64-a-visual-commpendium-c64-book SpeccyJam website - http://www.speccyjam.com/ SpeccyJam 2014 Games page - http://www.speccyjam.com/games/ The Living Computer Museum is hiring a Sr. Vintage Software Developer - http://www.livingcomputermuseum.org/TemplateMain.aspx?contentId=45 Reddit’s Retrobattlestations BASIC week is back on its 3rd edition - http://www.reddit.com/r/retrobattlestations/comments/2

KansasFest 2014 through the eyes of a first-timer!

News, upcoming vintage computer shows, feedback.   Main topic: The APF Imagination Machine   Links Mentioned in the Show:   News KansasFest - http://www.kansasfest.org Book “Apple Files” by David Miller - http://www.amazon.com/dp/0835901912/?tag=flodaypod-20 Book “Apple II the DOS Manual Disk Operating System” by Apple Computer - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002QTD2SA/?tag=flodaypod-20 CFFA3000 - http://dreher.net/?s=projects/CFforAppleII&c=projects/CFforAppleII/main.php Book “The HP Way - How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our Company” by David Packard - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0097V3ELU/?tag=flodaypod-20 Model I System Expansion (MISE) - http://home.comcast.net/~bartlett.p/MISE/ F18A VGA for the TI-99/4A - http://codehackcreate.com/archives/30 VCF Midwest -  http://starbase.globalpc.net/eccc/, https://www.facebook.com/events/257907004391707/ VCF East 10.0 - http://www.midatlanticretro.com/   Feedback RetroChallenge 2014 Summer Challenge - http://www.wickensonline.co.uk/retrochallenge-2012

In this special joint podcast, live from KansasFest 2014, we discuss our favorite parts of KFest, play a game of 2 Truths and 1 Lie, and more!   Podcast Title: “Retro Open ANTICHertz Mac Quarter Poly Floppy Drop”   Hosts: Antic - Randy Kindig, Kevin Savetz Drop III Inches - Mike Maginnis, Paul Hagstrom Floppy Days - Randy Kindig IndieSider - Ken Gagne No Quarter - Carrington Vanston, Mike Maginnis 1 MHz - Carrington Vanston Open Apple - Mike Maginnis, Quinn Dunki Polygamer - Ken Gagne Retro Computing Roundtable - Carrington Vanston, Paul Hagstrom, Steve Weyhrich RetroMacCast - John Leake   Intro Song -  “Lazy Hazy Crazy KFest” lyrics created and sung by Steve Weyhrich

Bonus episode. Interview with Peter Bartlett, TRS-80 Model I enthusiast and creator of the Model I System Expander (MISE).   MISE is a fantastic device that gives the TRS-80 hi-res graphics, VGA, compact flash storage, joystick port, networking and more.   Links mentioned in the episode: The MISE Project - http://home.comcast.net/~bartlett.p/MISE/ Ira Goldklang's TRS-80 Revived Site - http://trs-80.com/ 80-GRAFIX high-resolution add-on for the Model I - http://www.trs-80.org/80-grafix/ Alpha Products joystick for the Model I - http://www.trs-80.org/alpha-joystick/ Armored Patrol (joystick game) - http://www.trs-80.org/armored-patrol/ Elliot Burton - http://www.pressherald.com/2014/03/20/death_takes_a_generous__colorful_thread_from_fabric_of_portland_/