Floppy Days Vintage Computing Podcast
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Floppy Days 90 - Lee Felsenstein Interview
April 26, 2019 02:03 - 1 hour - 37.5 MBEpisode 90 - Interview with Lee Felsenstein (Osborne 1) Welcome to episode 90 of the Floppy Days Podcast for April, 2019. In the timeline for personal computer introductions, we are now in the year 1981. For this episode, and actually the next couple as well, we are going to be talking about the Osborne 1. The Osborne 1 was the first commercially successful portable microcomputer, released on April 3, 1981 by Osborne Computer Corporation. It was powered by the Z80 CPU, weighed 24.5 l...
Floppy Days 89 - The Apple III - Part 3 with David Fradin
February 03, 2019 19:39 - 55 minutes - 25.6 MBThe Apple III - Part 3 with David Fradin Welcome to episode 89 of the Floppy Days Podcast, where we love our computers and programmable calculators of the 70’s and 80’s (and even into the 90’s). As mentioned on the last episode, we’ve moved in to the year 1981 for computer introductions and have been discussing the much maligned but misunderstood Apple III for the past couple of shows. This episode will be the last in the series about that machine. This episode we focus on an interview ...
Floppy Days 88 - The Apple III, Part 2 with Paul Hagstrom
December 30, 2018 13:49 - 1 hour - 48.7 MBFloppy Days Episode 88 - The Apple III - Part 2 Hi, all, and welcome to Floppy Days #88 for December, 2018. I’m your host, Randy Kindig, and it’s hard to believe that 2018 is coming to an end. I hope you all had a great year! As stated in the last show, we are into the year 1981 for computer introductions and we are covering the Apple II’s more powerful sibling, the Apple III. This is part 2 of the 2-part series and will again have Paul Hagstrom, prolific podcaster himself, to help me c...
Tandy Assembly 2018 Ads
November 04, 2018 20:45 - 10 minutes - 4.66 MBTandy Assembly - http://www.tandyassembly.com Ian Mavric - [email protected] PSKI Software - http://www.pski.net
Floppy Days 87 - The Apple III - with Paul Hagstrom
November 04, 2018 15:57 - 2 hours - 71.3 MBThe Apple III - Part 1 Hello, everyone, and welcome to Episode 87 of the Floppy Days Podcast for November, 2018. In the timeline, we continue to cover machines that were released in the year 1980. The topic of this show is a machine that while it came from a very well-known computer company, was never popular enough to make a large splash in the computer market. Nevertheless, it was an important piece in the history of personal computers and I’m happy to bring it to you this month. Of co...
Floppy Days 86 - The Sinclair ZX80 Part II with Earl Evans
August 11, 2018 16:00 - 2 hours - 65.5 MBThe Sinclair ZX80 and ZX81 Welcome to the Floppy Days Podcast with myself, Randy Kindig, and a whole host of vintage computers surrounding me, each one wanting their time in the limelight. This will be part 2 of the 2-part series on the Sinclair ZX80 & 81 computer line. Once again, I will have one of the grand-daddy’s of vintage computer podcasting, Earl Evans, co-hosting with me as we complete the journey through one of the historically significant computers from across the pond. We wil...
Tandy Assembly 2018 Ad
July 11, 2018 03:22 - 45 seconds - 702 KBAdvertisement for Tandy Assembly 2018 November 10 & 11, 2018 in Springfield, OH http://www.tandyassembly.com
Floppy Days 85 - Interview with John Grant, developer of ZX80 OS-BASIC
July 08, 2018 03:03 - 1 hour - 35.4 MBInterview with John Grant - Developer of the OS & BASIC for the Sinclair ZX80 In the last show Earl Evans and I covered part I of the Sinclair ZX80/81 line of home computers; its history and tech specs. Before delving into part II, we’re going to have a topic-relevant interview this month. I was able to, with the help of Kevin Palser, track down and interview Mr. John Grant, a man whose name we mentioned several times last month when going through the Sinclair ZX80 history. You see, John...
Floppy Days 84 - The Sinclair ZX80 with Earl Evans
May 31, 2018 03:25 - 2 hours - 60.1 MBThe Sinclair ZX-80 Hello and welcome to the Floppy Days Podcast for May, 2018, where we remind everyone of the days when everyone knew how to program a computer, not just use it for social media. My name is Randy Kindig and I host this podcast. We are coming near the end of the computers to be covered on this podcast that were introduced at the beginning of the 8-bit era, when things really started to take off, that being the year 1980. This month, we will be talking about a limited, i...
Floppy Days Special Promo for VCF East XIII with Evan Koblentz
May 13, 2018 22:29 - 19 minutes - 8.97 MBThis is a special promo episode of Floppy Days for the upcoming VCF East XIII show, May 18-20, 2018. I speak with VC Federation Executive Director Evan Koblentz about the show. Please attend if you can! VCF East Web Site Connor Krukosky Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45X4VP8CGtk
Floppy Days 83 - The Intellivision Keyboard Component with Paul Nurminen of Intellivisionaries
April 16, 2018 03:05 - 2 hours - 66 MBThe Intellivision Keyboard Component Hello everyone and welcome to Floppy Days #83 for April, 2018. My name is Randy Kindig and I host this little retrospective on vintage computers. I’m stepping outside the normal timeline for this particular episode in order to cover a vintage gaming console and an upgrade that could be purchased for it that turned it into a home computer. The gaming console is the Intellivision and the upgrade was called the Intellivision Keyboard Component. This sys...
Floppy Days 82 - The Acorn Atom with Roland Leurs
March 01, 2018 03:41 - 1 hour - 36.7 MBThe Acorn Atom and the Fifth Year of Floppy Days 1980 was a very prolific year for the development of personal computers around the globe and we continue to cover machines made in that year. This month’s topic is a machine that was never made available in the United States. It was popular in parts of Europe and particularly in the Netherlands. The machine: The Acorn Atom. This is the first non-US machine I’ve covered and I have plans to cover other machines that were made outside of No...
Floppy Days 81 - David Needle, technology reporter
February 01, 2018 04:07 - 38 minutes - 17.5 MBDavid Needle, technology reporter David Needle is a technology reporter and editor based in Silicon Valley. He has worked for a variety of publications including: Computer World InfoWorld Personal Computing Information Week Computer Currents He has interviewed many technology giants of the early computer days, such as: Steve Jobs Bill Gates Dan Bricklin Jack Tramiel Nolan Bushnell Steve Leininger This interview occurred on November 3, 2016 Links: Dave interviews St...
Floppy Days 80 - Tandy Pocket Computers, Part 2 with Ian Mavric
December 31, 2017 05:28 - 1 hour - 34.9 MBTandy Pocket Computers, Part 2 Welcome to episode 80 of the Floppy Days Podcast, for December, 2017! This episode is part 2 of the coverage of the TRS-80 pocket computer line. In the timeline we’re still in the year 1980, with the first of the pocket computer line, the PC-1, having been released in that year. Again, the TRS-80 icon known as Ian Mavric will be walking through various aspects of that computer line with me. We will be covering newsletters, magazines, emulation, Web sites...
Floppy Days 79 - Tandy Pocket Computers, Part 1 with Ian Mavric
November 30, 2017 01:41 - 1 hour - 32.3 MBTandy Pocket Computers, Part 1 Web site: http://floppydays.com email: [email protected] Twitter: @floppydays Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/floppydays on iTunes and Stitcher (www.stitcher.com) part of the Throwback Network (www.throwbacknetwork.net ) Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/I5bhao6ixoxkzq52qlku5mfb43q?t=FloppyDays_Vintage_Computing_Podcast Links Mentioned in the Show: New Acquisitions Amiga RGB to SCART cable - http://amigakit.amiga.store...
Floppy Days 78 - Interview with Stewart Cheifet, Computer Chronicles
October 27, 2017 20:25 - 1 hour - 27.6 MBStewart Cheifet, Computer Chronicles Links: Stewart Cheifet Productions - http://cheifet.com/ Email - [email protected] Twitter - www.twitter.com/cheifet Facebook - www.facebook.com/cheifet Watch episodes of COMPUTER CHRONICLES - http://www.archive.org/details/computerchronicles Watch episodes of NET CAFE - http://www.archive.org/details/netcafe Stewart’s interview on Triangulation with Leo Laporte - https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation/episodes/114
Floppy Days 77 - The Commodore Vic-20, Part II
September 28, 2017 03:42 - 1 hour - 44.8 MBThe Commodore Vic-20, Part II Web site: http://floppydays.com email: [email protected] Twitter: @floppydays Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/floppydays on iTunes and Stitcher (www.stitcher.com) part of the Throwback Network (www.throwbacknetwork.net ) Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/I5bhao6ixoxkzq52qlku5mfb43q?t=FloppyDays_Vintage_Computing_Podcast Links Mentioned in the Show: New Acquisitions Vic-20 Final Expansion - http://www.lemon64.com/forum/...
Tandy Assembly Ads and Sponsors
September 01, 2017 03:59 - 5 minutes - 2.36 MBThis is a special set of ads for the Tandy Assembly show coming to Chillicothe, OH October 7 & 8. Thank you to all our sponsors. http://www.tandyassembly.com
Floppy Days 76 - Interview with Ian Mavric, TRS-80
August 12, 2017 15:12 - 56 minutes - 25.7 MBInterview with Ian Mavric, TRS-80 Recycler This is an interview-only episode of Floppy Days. I was able to catch up with someone well-known in the TRS-80 community, Mr. Ian Mavric, or Mav for short. Mav bills himself as a TRS-80 recycler who also sells a lot of upgrades for the TRS-80 line of computers, including the FreHD, hi-res boards, the Quinnterface and others. He’s also a member of the TRS-80 Trash Talk Podcast and writes for the TRS8BIT newsletter. Mav is very active in the TRS...
Floppy Days 75 - VCFSE 5 Post-show with Thomas Liebert, Jon Guidry, Amiga Bill & Anthony
July 08, 2017 17:19 - 1 hour - 48.4 MBVintage Computer Festival Southeast 5.0 Post-show Hi, everyone and welcome to episode #75 of the Floppy Days Podcast. I’m your host, Randy Kindig. It’s July, 2017, and I have a special episode for you where I cover the VCFSE 5.0 show that took place April 29-30 this year in Roswell, Georgia. When I say I “cover” the show, what I really mean is that I give you a limited perspective of the show from my eyes, as an exhibitor at the event. I will be talking about the exhibit I was a part o...
Floppy Days 74 - Giacomo Vernoni, Commodore Vic 20: A Visual History
June 12, 2017 03:34 - 37 minutes - 17.2 MBInterview with Giacomo Vernoni, author Commodore Vic 20: A Visual History Hello and welcome to the Floppy Days Podcast. I’m Randy Kindig, your host. This is a special interview-only episode. I was able to track down Giacomo Vernoni(Jockamo VERnoni), a computer historian who recently published a book called “Commodore Vic 20: A Visual History”. As I’ve been covering the Vic-20 on recent shows, it thought it was very timely and that it would be great to interview someone who is very fami...
Floppy Days 73 - The Commodore Vic-20, Part I
May 29, 2017 22:06 - 1 hour - 49.6 MBThe Commodore Vic-20, Part I Hello, everyone, and welcome to Episode 73 of the Floppy Days Podcast, where modern computers are simply considered peripherals to the classic computers. My name is Randy Kindig. In the computer timeline, we’re still squarely in the year 1980. In that year, a breakthrough computer, with a great keyboard, color graphics and sound was announced for under $300. Of course, if you’ve been listening to the last few episodes of the podcast, you know that we’re tal...
Floppy Days 72 - Neil Harris, Vic-20 Commando Team
April 27, 2017 03:50 - 1 hour - 33.9 MBInterview with Neil Harris, Member of the Vic Commando Team Welcome to the Floppy Days Podcast, where classic computers will always have a home. My name is Randy Kindig. This is the final of four consecutive episodes where I talked to gentlemen who were either involved with the development of the historically significant Commodore Vic-20, or who have written books on its history. In this episode Neil Harris is my guest. Neil was a key member of the Vic Commando Team within Commodore, t...
Floppy Days 71 - Brian Bagnall, Commodore: A Company on the Edge
March 31, 2017 03:00 - 1 hour - 35.2 MBInterview with Brian Bagnall, Author “Commodore, A Company on the Edge” Welcome to the Floppy Days Podcast, where old computers survive to tell another tale. My name is Randy Kindig. In the previous couple of episodes, I covered the history of the Vic-20 computer with the help of Neil Harris, Brian Bagnall, and Michael Tomczyk. Although I used some audio clips from each of those gentlemen to walk through the history timeline, I actually have a full-blown interview with each that I want ...
Floppy Days 70 - Michael Tomczyk (Vic-20)
March 01, 2017 00:00 - 2 hours - 62.5 MBInterview with Michael Tomczyk, Vic-20 Commando Team Leader at Commodore Welcome to the Floppy Days Podcasts, where old computers are the best computers and new old computers are even better. Last month, I covered the history of the Vic-20 computer with the help of Neil Harris, Brian Bagnall, and Michael Tomczyk. Although I used some audio clips from each of those gentlemen to walk through the history timeline, I actually have a full-blown interview with each that I want to share with yo...
Floppy Days 69 - The Commodore Vic-20, History with Michael Tomczyk, Neil Harris, Brian Bagnall
January 29, 2017 22:45 - 1 hour - 29.6 MBThe Commodore Vic-20 - History, with Brian Bagnall, Michael Tomczyk, and Neil Harris Welcome to episode 69 of the Floppy Days Podcast, where our computers may be old, but that’s why we love them. In the vintage computer timeline, we are in 1980. The next computer I want to discuss that debuted that year is the Commodore Vic-20. The Vic-20 is significant because it was the first color computer to sell for less than $300, at a time when other home computers with color graphics were 2 to ...
Floppy Days 68 - Interview with Bill Kemper, HP Series 80 Software Engineer
January 01, 2017 19:40 - 38 minutes - 17.6 MBInterview with Bill Kemper, HP Employee and HP Series 80 Software Engineer Hello, again, and welcome to episode 68 of the Floppy Days Podcast. This will be a fairly short, interview-only show. As a final piece of the recent series of podcasts on the HP Series 80 family of machines, I was able to sit down and talk with Mr. William Kemper. Bill worked directly on software for the HP Series 80 and later was the manager of software engineering for the line until it was canceled. He then co...
Floppy Days 67 - The HP85B Computer, Part 3, with Everett Kaser and Vassilis Prevelakis
November 26, 2016 00:00 - 2 hours - 61.8 MBThe HP Series 80 (HP83/85/86/87) This episode is the third and final in a series about the Hewlett Packard HP-85 computer, or more accurately, the entire line of similar computers known as the HP Series 80. Once again, I have the tremendously knowledgeable duo of Everett Kaser and Vassilis Prevelakis helping me impart information to you about that venerable line of historically significant desktop computers. In this episode, we will primarily be covering tech specs, peripherals, expansio...
Floppy Days 66 - VCFMW 11 Live Event Diary
November 01, 2016 03:00 - 1 hour - 33.4 MBWelcome to Episode 66 of the Floppy Days Podcast, where we try to relive our youth by talking about computers nearly as old as we are. Vintage Computer Festival Midwest #11 recently happened on Sep. 10 and 11, 2016 in Elk Grove Village, IL and I managed to find my way there again this year. Once again, I had an incredible time at the event and thought I’d share some of it with you. I managed to get a few interviews, meet several people I had never met before, catch up with old friends, an...
Floppy Days 65 - Week of the KFest with Mike Whalen
October 07, 2016 07:00 - 1 hour - 73.7 MBWelcome to Episode 65 of the Floppy Days Podcast, where a summer computer camp for middle-aged geeks is the highlight of our year. My name is Randy Kindig. This is a very special edition of Floppy Days produced and contributed by my good friend Mike Whalen and it includes sound bites from many of the attendees of this year’s annual week-long KansasFest Apple II event that always happens in Kansas City, Missouri. Mike is a long-time Apple II and retro-computer fan and one of the hosts of t...
Floppy Days 64 - The HP85B Computer, Part 2, with Everett Kaser and Vassilis Prevelakis
September 01, 2016 02:04 - 1 hour - 47.1 MBThe HP-85B Microcomputer, Part 2 Hello, and welcome to episode 64 of the Floppy Days Podcast, where old computers come to live. I’m Randy Kindig and I’m happy to bring you this episode this month. This episode is Part 2 about the HP Series 80 line of microcomputers. Last month I interviewed 2 well-known members of the HP Series 80 community, Everett Kaser former HP engineer who worked on the Series 80 and runs kaser.com and Vassilis Prevelakis of series80.org. This month, they are back...
Floppy Days 63 - VCF Midwest 11 Preview with Jason Timmons
August 28, 2016 04:52 - 56 minutes - 25.9 MBVintage Computer Festival Midwest 11, Sep 10-11, 2016, Elk Grove Village, IL This a special interview show to help get the word out about an upcoming event: Vintage Computer Festival Midwest. This will be the eleventh iteration of this event and I talk with Jason Timmons, one of the main organizers of the event. He tells us all about the event, including guest speakers that will be there, exhibits, vendors and much more. If you can make it to the Chicago area the weekend of September 10...
Floppy Days 62 - The HP85B Computer, with Everett Kaser and Vassilis Prevelakis
July 27, 2016 03:26 - 1 hour - 36.3 MBWelcome to episode 62 of the Floppy Days Podcast, where a little smoke once in a while is a hazard of the hobby. In the vintage computer timeline, we are still in the 1979 to 1980 timeframe. This month we are covering the HP-85 desktop computer, or actually the entire series of which the HP-85 was a part known as the HP Series 80. I struck gold when I found the two gentlemen who are co-hosting this episode with me. First is Everett Kaser, who worked for HP for 20 years and was intimatel...
Floppy Days 61 - VCF West with Earl Evans and Evan Koblentz
July 26, 2016 03:45 - 46 minutes - 21.1 MBVCF West Official Site - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-west-xi/
Floppy Days 60 - The HP41C Calculator, Part II, with Richard Nelson and Gene Wright
June 11, 2016 03:30 - 2 hours - 64.1 MBWelcome to episode 60 of the Floppy Days Podcast, where vintage in the term vintage computers simply means “cool”. My name is Randy Kindig. I am happy to bring you this month the follow-up or second of two episodes on the HP41C programmable calculator. Once again, I have two stellar members of the HP41 community, Richard J. Nelson and Gene Wright, with me to bring you all the information you care to know about the HP41. That includes a wrap-up to the history of the machine, tech specs, b...
Floppy Days 59 - The HP41C Calculator, Part I, History with Richard Nelson and Gene Wright
May 14, 2016 04:51 - 1 hour - 38 MBHello, all, and welcome to the next installment of the podcast that says “vintage electronics: I WANT IT”. I’m Randy Kindig and I’m your host. This episode is the first of a 2-parter on the Hewlett Packard HP-41 line of programmable calculators. The HP-41 is a seminal example of programmable calculators from the late 70’s and into the 80’s and is still very desirable and sought after today. I was lucky enough to find 2 gentlemen to co-host who are well-known among the active HP calculato...
Floppy Days 58 - Ralph Rees, Editor, VAST TI-99 Newsletter Interview
April 24, 2016 07:00 - 27 minutes - 12.6 MBRalph Rees, Editor, VAST TI-99 Newsletter Hi, everyone and welcome to episode 58 of the Floppy Days Podcast. I’m Randy Kindig. To sort of finish off the TI-99 series of episodes I’ve been running, I have an interview-only show for you this month. This interview is with Ralph Rees, president and newsletter editor of the VAlley of the Sun TI-99ers (VAST) back in the 1990’s. He produced his high quality newsletter directly on a TI-99 system and received quite a few compliments about it whi...
Floppy Days 57 - VCFSE4 Podcasters Roundtable
April 12, 2016 02:57 - 34 minutes - 15.6 MBWelcome to this special episode of Floppy Days, live from Vintage Computer Festival Southeast 4.0! A group of podcasters at the show got together and did this fun little podcast. Learn more about the show and about your favorite podcasters.
Floppy Days 56 - TI99 Emulation, Web Sites with Chris Schneider and Rich Polivka
March 29, 2016 12:29 - 1 hour - 41.7 MBWelcome to episode 56 of the Floppy Days Podcast where old computers come to life again. I’m Randy Kindig. I want to thank Ian Baronofsky and Rick Reynolds for providing their thoughts and memories of the TI-99 computer. This is the fifth and final installment in a series of episodes on the TI-99/4A home computer. This episode will cover TI-99 ads, user groups and shows, emulation, buying one today, community, and Web sites. My very special co-hosts for this episode are again two well-k...
Floppy Days 55 - VCFSE 4 Preview with Earl Baugh
March 14, 2016 03:36 - 44 minutes - 20.2 MBHello, welcome to Floppy Days Podcast #55. This a special interview show to help get the word out about an upcoming event: Vintage Computer Festival Southeast version 4. My special guest is 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 April 2 & 3, 2016, I high...
Floppy Days 54 - TRS-80 Trash Talk Podcast Promo
March 03, 2016 04:18 - 28 minutes - 13 MBHello and welcome to a special episode (#54) of the Floppy Days Podcast. For this episode, I am announcing involvement in a new podcast that I’m very excited about. Peter Cetinski, a well-known figure in the TRS-80 community as a result of some great software that he’s written for the platform, contacted me and others about doing a podcast about the TRS-80 line. This is a major line of historically significant computers and has sorely needed its own podcast. I wanted to help kick off the...
Floppy Days 53 - Interview with Don French, Co-designer of the TRS-80 Model I
February 21, 2016 23:42 - 1 hour - 38.3 MBThis is a special interview-only episode. I’m very happy to announce that my special guest for this show is Don French, co-designer of the TRS-80 Model I computer and long-time Tandy employee. Don has a long and storied history with Tandy. The TRS-80 Model I, the machine that saved Tandy and spawned a long line of historically significant computers, was his brainchild. He worked closely with Steve Leininger to develop the Model I. In addition, you’ll hear that he worked with Bill Gates,...
Floppy Days 52 - TI99 Software,Books,Magazines with Chris Schneider and Rich Polivka
February 21, 2016 02:38 - 1 hour - 86.6 MBWelcome to episode 52 of the Floppy Days Podcast where we talk about our beloved old computers like some guys talk about their old cars. I’m Randy Kindig. I want to thank Michael Glaser for providing his thoughts and memories of the TI-99 computer. No, this hasn’t suddenly turned into a TI-99 podcast. However, this IS the fourth in a series of what now will be 5 episodes on the TI-99/4A home computer. There just turned out to be so much material on this very interesting machine and so m...
Floppy Days 51 - TI99 Tech Specs, Modern Upgrades with Tursi
January 25, 2016 01:48 - 1 hour - 77.1 MBThe TI-99/4A - Tech Specs, Peripherals, Modern Upgrades with Tursi This show is a continuation of the on-going series about the TI-99/4A computer. In the last couple of episodes, I had TI-99 fans Jim Fetzner and Mark Wills on the show and interviewed them about their experiences with the TI-99 and then we covered the history of the machine. In this show, I have a new co-host, Mike Brent, better known as Tursi or Harmless Lion, the creator of the Classic 99 emulator and so much more. Aft...
Floppy Days 50 - TI-99 History
December 20, 2015 19:00 - 1 hour - 101 MBThe TI-99/4A - History, with Jim Fetzner and Mark Wills This is the second in a multi-part series on the TI-99/4A computer. For this history segment, I was lucky enough to find a couple of people who have an incredible history with the TI-99, Jim Fetzner and Mark Wills. Jim has an extensive, multilingual library of all things TI and possesses some very interesting hardware items related to the TI-99. Mark is the author of TurboForth for the TI-99/4A and has been involved in the TI-99/4A ...
Floppy Days 49 - TI99, Interview with Jim Fetzner and Mark Wills
November 16, 2015 04:15 - 1 hour - 65.4 MBThe TI-99/4A - History, Interview with Jim Fetzner and Mark Wills In the home computer timeline, I’m currently covering computers released in the era from 1979 to 1980. Next up is the TI-99/4A. When I went to research the TI-99 I found an incredible amount of information about the machine and an involved, vibrant community surrounding it. As a result, I pulled in as many experts as I could find to be involved in providing information about this very interesting machine. I got so much i...
Floppy Days 48 - Kevin Savetz Interviews Wayne Green
October 24, 2015 07:00 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MBWelcome to a special interview-only episode of the Floppy Days Podcast. For this show, we have an interview conducted by Kevin Savetz, interviewer-extraordinaire from the Antic Podcast. Kevin conducted this interview 2 years ago. Since the interviewee and topic are not Atari-related, but are very much vintage computer related, Kevin and I thought perhaps Floppy Days would be a good medium for publishing this interview. Wayne Green, Computer Magazine Publisher Wayne Green was founder o...
Floppy Days 47 - Tandy CoCo, Part 3
October 19, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 96.9 MBThis episode is part 3 of a 3-part series on the Tandy Color Computer, also known as the CoCo. I have special guest hosts to help me again this month: John Linville and Neil Blanchard of the “CoCo Crew Podcast”. Join us as we discuss Coco magazines, books, software, modern upgrades, emulation, Web sites and much more. I also go over my new acquisitions, tell you about upcoming vintage computer shows and cover some podcast feedback. Finally, we also have audio segments from no less than ...
"History of Commodore Computers" Poster Now Available
October 10, 2015 21:21History of Commodore Computers poster I want to mention a special sponsor for this show: Bill Degnan and his vintagecomputer.net Web site. Vintagecomputer.net is the place to go for information about Historical Computers and Vintage Computer Restoration. Bill has a blog where he discusses various vintage computer topics and projects and it’s a great reference site. Bill also has put together a poster he calls “the History of Commodore Computers” which is the culmination of three years of...
Floppy Days 46 - Tandy CoCo, Part 2
September 20, 2015 15:30 - 1 hour - 85.3 MBThis episode is part 2 of a 3-part series on the Tandy Color Computer, also known as the CoCo. I have special guest hosts to help me this month: John Linville and Neil Blanchard of the “CoCo Crew Podcast”. Join us as we discuss Coco tech specs, peripherals and pulling it out of the box. I also go over my new acquisitions, a short overview of VCF Midwest 10 that occurred on August 29 & 30, tell you about upcoming vintage computer shows and cover some podcast feedback. Links Mentio...