Floppydays Vintage Computing Podcast

Bonus episode this month. Interview with Apple II Enthusiast Ken Gagne about KFest, Open Apple Podcast, Juiced.GS and more.   Open Apple Podcast - http://www.open-apple.net/ KansasFest - http://www.kansasfest.org/ Juiced.GS - https://juiced.gs/  

Main topic: The VideoBrain Family Computer.  Special guest host Jeff Salzman (Vintage Volts)!   Links Mentioned in the Show:   News EasyFlash 3 - http://skoe.de/easyflash, http://go4retro.com/products/easyflash TRS-80 MISE - http://home.comcast.net/~bartlett.p/MISE/ Kfest - http://www.kansasfest.org/ VCF Midwest - http://starbase.globalpc.net/eccc/, https://www.facebook.com/events/257907004391707/ A2CLOUD - http://appleii.ivanx.com/prnumber6/category/a2cloud/ A2SERVER - http://appleii.ivanx.com/a2server/ ProTERM is now officially free - http://lostclassics.apple2.info/announcements/19/proterm-a2/ ADTPro - http://adtpro.sourceforge.net/ Raspple II - http://appleii.ivanx.com/rasppleii/ Apple II Pi - http://schmenk.is-a-geek.com/wordpress/   Intro Jeff Salzman RetroChallenge 2014 Summer Challenge - http://www.wickensonline.co.uk/retrochallenge-2012sc/   Bumper Clip of VideoBrain from Today Show in 1978 with Jane Pauley - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmxrtUuZa-4   Tech Specs Fai

Recorded live from VCFSE 2.0 in Roswell, GA!  Main topic: The Exidy Sorcerer.  Special guest host David Greelish! Links Mentioned in the Show: Books 32 BASIC Programs for the Exidy Sorcerer by Tom Rugg - http://www.amazon.com/32-BASIC-programs-Exidy-Sorcerer/dp/0918398355 Emulation JSorcerer - Java based - http://www.liaquay.co.uk/sorcerer/ Multi-Emulator Super System (MESS) - http://www.mess.org/ Current Web Sites The Exidy Sorcerer as seen in Tezza’s Classic Computer Collection - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEnsYJOjh2k Exidy Sorcerer Hardware Review from Creative Computing - http://www.trailingedge.com/~dlw/comp/exidyrv.html Exidy Sorcerer at oldcomputers.net - http://oldcomputers.net/sorcerer.html The Trailing Edge - Exidy Sorcerer information (documentation, catalogs, price lists, ROMs) - http://www.trailingedge.com/exidy/ The Exidy Sorcerer at DigiBarn - http://www.digibarn.com/collections/systems/exidy-sorcerer/ The Center for Computing History - history, books, magazine articl

Third part on the Apple II: News New acquisitions Feedback Books, Software, Modern Upgrades, Online Stores, Emulation, Current Web Sites Special guest host Carrington Vanston!! Items mentioned in this episode: News Throwback Network - http://www.throwbacknetwork.net “CoCo: The Colorful History of Tandy’s Underdog Computer” by Boisy Pitre and Bill Loguidice - http://www.amazon.com/dp/1466592478/?tag=flodaypod-20 “West Of Eden, The End of Innocence at Apple Computer" by Frank Rose - http://www.amazon.com/dp/0615278841/?tag=flodaypod-20 "Ready Player One: A Novel” by Ernest Cline - http://www.amazon.com/dp/0307887448/?tag=flodaypod-20 New Acquisitions “Color Computer Graphics” by William Barden, Jr. - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006Y3B06/?tag=flodaypod-20 “Complete Rainbow Guide to OS-9” by Dale Puckett and Peter Dribble Vintage Computer Shows Vintage Computer Festival East: http://www.midatlanticretro.org/ http://sturgeon.css.psu.edu/~mloewen/Oldtech/VCF-East2014/ http://wsud

Hello, welcome to Floppy Days Episode #15.  This is a bonus episode and the topic of this show is the upcoming (as of this podcast) 2014 Vintage Computer Festival Southeast 2.0 near Atlanta Georgia on May 3rd and 4th.  I interview Lonnie Mimms and Flash Corliss about the show and they give you the highlights about what you can expect to see there.  I hope you enjoy it.   VCFSE 2.0 - http://www.vintage.org/2014/southeast/ Computer Museum of America - http://www.computermuseumofamerica.com/ VCFSE 2.0 Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/20859909/help-fund-the-vintage-computer-festival-southeast?ref=live Atlanta Historical Computing Society - http://atlhcs.org/

This is a special bonus episode and the topic of this show is the upcoming (as of this podcast) 2014 23rd Annual "Last" Chicago CoCoFest.  I interview John Mark Mobley about the show and he gives the scoop about what you can expect to see there.   Glenside Computer Club - http://glensideccc.com/newindex.shtml Cloud9, Cool Stuff for Your CoCo - http://www.cloud9tech.com/ CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts - http://five.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/coco

Second part on the Apple II: New acquisitions News Tech specs, peripherals, magazines, user groups, shows Special guest host Carrington Vanston!! Items mentioned in this episode: New Acquisitions CoCo SDC card - http://cocosdc.blogspot.com/ Review of CoCo SDC card - http://tandycoco.com/blog/archives/401 80 Micro’s Review Guide - http://www.amazon.com/dp/0913531006/?tag=flodaypod-20 Radio Shack BASIC Computer Language by David Lien - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000VA0WF2/?tag=flodaypod-20 TRS-80 User’s Manual for Level 1 by David Lien - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00072VR44/?tag=flodaypod-20 TRSDOS & Disk BASIC Reference Manual Machine Language Disk I/O and Other Mysteries by Michael J. Wagner BASIC Computer Games TRS-80 Edition by David Ahl - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EWUL8WI/?tag=flodaypod-20 The Custom TRS-80 and Other Mysteries by Dennis Kitsz - http://www.amazon.com/dp/0936200022/?tag=flodaypod-20 TRSDOS 2.3 Decoded and Other Mysteries by James Farvour - http://www.

Special Bonus episode!  Interview with Boisy Pitre and Bill Loguidice about their new book "CoCo: The Colorful History of Tandy's Underdog Computer." Links: “CoCo: The Colorful History of Tandy’s Underdog Computer” by Boisy Pitre and Bill Loguidice - http://www.amazon.com/dp/1466592478/?tag=flodaypod-20 CoCo book Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/groups/cocobook/

1 year anniversary of Floppy Days!!  Special Bonus Episode!  I talk with Evan Koblentz of MARCH, who gives us a preview of the upcoming VCF East 9.1. Links and Info: VCF East 9.1 - http://www.midatlanticretro.orgEvan Koblentz email - evan@snarc.net NOTE: Evan misspoke about Bil Herd's Friday session. It is not just CRT repair. It's overall video issues, of which CRT is just one part.

First part on the Apple II: Personal memories of the Apple II. New acquisitions. News. Feedback. History of the Apple II. Special guest host Steve Weyhrich, the man who literally wrote the book on Apple II history!!  Links mentioned in this episode:  New Acquisitions “Sophistication and Simplicity” Book by Steven Weyhrich on Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/dp/0986832278/?tag=flodaypod-20 “CoCo: The Colorful History of Tandy’s Underdog Computer” Book by Boisy Pitre and Bill Loguidice on Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/dp/1466592478/?tag=flodaypod-20 BASIC Faster and Better and Other Mysteries - http://www.trs-80.com/wordpress/books/#andothermysteries Compute’s Atari Collection, Book 1 - http://www.atarimania.com/documents-atari-atari-400-800-xl-xe--books_1_8.html  Vintage Computer Shows Vintage Computer Festival East - http://www.midatlanticretro.org/ Chicago CoCoFest - http://www.glensideccc.com/cocofest/index.shtml Vintage Computer Festival Europa -

Second part on the TRS-80 Model I: Personal memories from Terry Stewart (Tezza). Second part on the history of the machine, beginning with its introduction. Second part of the interview with David and Theresa Welsh of Priming the Pump. News, tech specs, peripherals, software, books, magazines, emulation, Web sites, modern-day upgrades. Special guest host Earl Evans!!   Links mentioned in this episode:   New Acquisitions CFFA3000 CF interface for the Apple II -http://www.dreher.net SIDE 2 CF interface for Atari 8 bits - http://www.lotharek.pl MyIDE II CF interface for Atari 8 bits - http://www.atarimax.com   Vintage Computer Shows World of Commodore - http://www.tpug.ca/category/woc/ Vintage Computer Festival East - http://www.midatlanticretro.org/ Chicago CoCoFest - http://www.glensideccc.com/cocofest/index.shtml Vintage Computer Festival Europa - http://www.vcfe.org/E/ KansasFest - http://www.kansasfest.org/   Other News “Sophistica

News, reviews, and a discussion of the TRS-80 Model I: personal memories history up to its introduction interview with David and Theresa Welsh (Part I), authors of "Priming the Pump: How TRS-80 Enthusiasts Helped Start the PC Revolution"     Links Mentioned in the Show: VCF Midwest - http://vcfmw.org 2013 Chicago TI International World Faire - http://www.chicagotiug.com/tiki-index.php?page=Faire World of Commodore - http://www.tpug.ca/category/woc/ Vintage Computer Festival East - http://www.midatlanticretro.org/ Chicago CoCoFest - http://www.glensideccc.com/cocofest/index.shtml Vintage Computer Festival Europa - http://www.vcfe.org/E/ KansasFest - http://www.kansasfest.org/ CFFA3000 - http://www.dreher.net “CoCo: The Colorful History of Tandy’s Underdog Computer” Book by Boisy Pitre and Bill Loguidice on Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/dp/1466592478/?tag=flodaypod-20 "Vintage Game Consoles: An Inside Look at Apple, Atari, Commodore, Nintendo, and the Greatest Gaming Platforms of Al

News and a completion discussion of VCF Midwest 8.0: personal memories feedback new acquisitions upcoming shows new vintage computer books overview of VCFMW interviews with attendees of the show (Jim Leonard and Jason Timmons)    Links Mentioned in the Show: VCF Midwest - http://vcfmw.org 2013 Chicago TI International World Faire - http://www.chicagotiug.com/tiki-index.php?page=Faire World of Commodore - http://www.tpug.ca/category/woc/ Vintage Computer Festival East - http://www.midatlanticretro.org/ Chicago CoCoFest - http://www.glensideccc.com/cocofest/index.shtml Vintage Computer Festival Europa - http://www.vcfe.org/E/ KansasFest - http://www.kansasfest.org/ Suburban Chicago Atarians (SCAT) - http://www.scatarians.org/ Toronto PET User's Group (TPUG) - http://www.tpug.ca/ Southwest Regional Association of Programmers (SWRAP) - http://swrap.org/ Glenside TRS-80 Color Computer Club - http://glensideccc.com/newindex.shtml CFFA3000 - http://www.dreher.net Cloud 9 CoC

News, reviews, and a discussion of the Commodore PET: history peripherals tech specs books/magazines/software emulation user groups current Web sites   Links mentioned in the show: Better World Books - http://www.betterworldbooks.com VCF Midwest - http://vcfmw.org 2013 Chicago TI International World Faire - http://www.chicagotiug.com/tiki-index.php?page=Faire World Longest Yard Sale - http://www.127sale.com Historically Brewed book by David Greelish - http://www.classiccomputing.com/CC/HB_Book.html The Commodore Pet at wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_pet Commodore's version of PET history - http://www.commodore.ca/products/pet/commodore_pet.htm Book, Commodore a company on the edge by Brian Bagnall - http://www.amazon.com/Commodore-Company-Edge-Brian-Bagnall/dp/0973864966 VICE Emulator - http://sourceforge.net/projects/vice-emu/?source=directory Chicago B128 Users Group (CBUG) software archive - http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/b/CBUG/ Toronto PET

New podcasts, upcoming vintage computer shows, new additions to my vintage computer collection, listener feedback, my stories about the American Computer Museum, and an interview with George Keremedjiev (director of the American Computer Museum)   Links mentioned in the show: ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/ Next Without For Podcast (Earl Evans) -http://www.cyberears.com/podcasts/podcast_6066.xml Chicken Lips Radio Podcast (Earl Evans) -http://www.cyberears.com/podcasts/podcast_6067.xml 2013 KansasFest - http://www.kansasfest.org/ 2013 Commodore Vegas Expo - http://www.portcommodore.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=commvex:start 2013 Vintage Computer Festival Midwest 8.0 - http://vcfmw.org/ 2013 Chicago TI International World Faire - http://www.chicagotiug.com/tiki-index.php?page=Faire Indiana Computer Museum on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/IndianaComputerMuseum?hc_location=stream Indiana Computer Museum Indiegogo Campaign - http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/in

Links mentioned in the show: wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_I Stan Veit's History of the Personal Computer, by Stan Veit -http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1566640237 Fire in the Valley, The Making of the Personal Computer, by Freiberger & Swaine -http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0071358927 Steve Wozniak talks Apple I (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3cpgwcQCYc Leo Laporte & Sellam Ismail highlight the Apple I (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNd9t0oLtFk (Cnet.com) Wozniak: $666.66 seemed like a good idea - http://news.cnet.com/1606-2-5937610.html Briel Computers Replica 1 - http://www.brielcomputers.com/wordpress/?cat=30 MESS Emulator - http://www.mess.org/ OpenEmulator - http://www.openemulator.org/ Mike Willegal's Apple I Registry - http://www.willegal.net/appleii/apple1-originals.htm Mike Willegal's Mimeo Replica - http://www.willegal.net/appleii/apple1-kit.htm Mike Willegal's Apple I Information Website - http://www.willegal.net/apple

Personal memories, history, technical specs, peripherals, magazines/books/software, fun with the machine, modern upgrades & repairs, emulation, current Web sites, letters from listeners.   Links mentioned in the show: TI-59 email list - ti59@lists.ti59.com TI58/59 manuals at rskey.org - http://www.rskey.org/CMS/index.php/the-library/12 TI59 compiler by Guillaume Tello - http://gtello.pagesperso-orange.fr/ti58_e.htm TI59 emulator by GemTree Software - http://www.ti59.com/ti59.exe TI58c/59 site by Pierre Houbert, including TI58c emulator - http://83.156.189.247/ti58c/index.php?langue=EN Vertigo java-based emulator - http://www.n3times.com/vertigo/# TI59 emulator by Alain Zanchetta - http://www.zanchetta.net/ Programming The TI-59 and HP-41 Calculators by Paul Garrison - http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Ti-59-Hp-41-Calculators-Garrison/dp/0830624422 Sourcebook for Programmable Calculators by Texas Instruments - http://www.amazon.com/Sourcebook-Programmable-Calculators-Texas-Instruments/dp/

Bill Gates' recollections of the Altair and Altair BASIC, history of the machine, specifications, peripherals, cost of the machine, magazines/books, connectivity to modern computers, emulation, simulation, replicas, current Web sites.   Links mentioned in the show: wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altair_8800 Stan Veit's History of the Personal Computer, by Stan Veit - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1566640237 Gates' memories of the Altair on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqAg0GJLPGk David Greelish, "Ed Roberts Interview With Historically Brewed Magazine" - http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Historically-Brewed-David-Greelish/dp/0615538126 Computer Notes - http://www.virtualaltair.com/virtualaltair.com/vac_comp_notes.asp The Tenth anniversary of the Altair 8800, with Forrest Mims III (helped form MITS), January, 1985 Computers & Electronics - http://www.1000bit.it/support/manuali/altair/pe0185er.pdf Cracking Open the Altair 8800, Cnet - http://news.cnet.com/2300-11386_3-6204

Discussion of what's to come in this new vintage computing podcast.  Also, a discussion of the vintage computers in the host's collection.