Floppydays Vintage Computing Podcast

donate at https://www.patreon.com/FloppyDays  Welcome to Floppy Days #116 for July, 2022.  And I’m your host, Randy Kindig.  I hope everyone is staying safe. Thank you so much, Mark Hacker, for providing your thoughts and memories about the ZX Spectrum to kick off this episode. As mentioned in the last show, 1982 was a landmark year for home computers, as there were some significant introductions in this year.  One of the most impactful computers released at this time was the ZX Spectrum; in the UK by the iconic Sir Clive Sinclair.  This episode is the continuation of a multi-episode arc that covers the Spectrum through all the usual topics.  In fact, there’s such a rich history leading up to the introduction of the Spectrum, and through its lifetime in the market, of which many in the US may not be aware, that we’re going to be spending three (3) full episodes just on its history.  This is the second of those, with the first having been the interview with John Grant of Nine Tiles, who played a part in the de