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    Floppy Days Vintage Computing Podcast

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    Floppy Days Episode 23 - KansasFest Diary Sep 05, 2014
    Show notes

    KansasFest 2014 through the eyes of a first-timer!

    Floppy Days Episode 22 - The APF Imagination Machine Aug 20, 2014
    Show notes

    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-2012sc/

    • Terry Stewart’s RetroChallenge Entry - http://www.classic-computers.org.nz/blog/2014-06-30-fixing-C4P-ram-expansion-board.htm

    Emulation

    • APF emulator for the PC (Enrique Collado of Spain) - http://www.nausicaa.net/~lgreenf/apf0308.zip

    • MESS (emulation) - http://www.mess.org/

    Current Web Sites/Links/Mail Lists

    • Yahoo Mailing List - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apf_consoles_and_computers

    • Archive.org Console Library for the APF - https://archive.org/details/apfm1000_library

    • APF Imagination Machine Owner’s Manual - http://www.videogameconsolelibrary.com/images/Manuals/78_APF_Imagination_Machine-Manual.pdf

    • APF Technical Reference Manual - http://classictech.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/1980-apf-imagination-machine-technical-reference-manual-1-80.pdf

    • APF BASIC Language Reference Manual - http://hcvgm.org/Static/Manuals/APF/APF%20BASIC%20Language%20Reference%20Manual.pdf

    • APF Imagination Machine BASIC tokenized file - http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/APF_Imagination_Machine_BASIC_tokenized_file

    • commented APF BIOS by Adam Trionfo - http://hcvgm.org/Static/Hacking/Roms/APF_ROM.zip

    • Digital Press Video Game Database - http://www.digitpress.com/faq/apf.htm

    • Orphaned Games (Adam Trionfo) - http://www.orphanedgames.com/APF/

    • The Old Computer ROMs - http://www.theoldcomputer.com/roms/index.php?folder=APF/Imagination-Machine

    • APF Imagination Machine Demo at YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekzppKYQzcQ

    • Old-computers.com - http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=584

    • Homebrew Software - http://www.orphanedgames.com/APF/homebrew_cartridges/homebrew_cartridges.html

    • Newsletters/User Groups - http://hcvgm.org/APF_UserGroup.html

    • Info World May, 1980 - http://books.google.com/books?id=XT4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT13#v=onepage&q&f=true

    • Popular Science May, 1980 - http://bit.ly/1oKpRF1

    • article on Ed Smith, one of the designers of the APF, Black Enterprise, Dec. 1982 - http://bit.ly/1vUPSu2

    • Popular Science November, 1981 - http://bit.ly/1pv8pED

    References

    • Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APF_Imagination_Machine

    • APF Page (Larry Greenfield) - http://www.nausicaa.net/~lgreenf/

    • Home Computer and Video Game Museum (Lance Squire) - http://hcvgm.org/APF_Imagination_Machine.html

    Closing

    • Throwback Network - http://www.throwbacknetwork.net

    Floppy Days Episode 21 - Live from KansasFest! Jul 30, 2014
    Show notes

    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

    Floppy Days Episode 20 - Peter Bartlett TRS-80 Model I MISE Jul 21, 2014
    Show notes

    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_/
    Floppy Days Episode 19 - Interview with Apple II Fan Ken Gagne Jul 20, 2014
    Show notes

    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/
    Floppy Days Episode 18 - The VideoBrain Family Computer Jun 18, 2014
    Show notes

    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

    • Fairchild F8 Microprocessor - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_F8

    • Fairchild Semiconductor Website - http://www.fairchildsemi.com/

    • Fairchild Semiconductor on WikiPedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_Semiconductor

    • Fairchild Channel F System - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_Channel_F

    • APL Programming Language on WikiPedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APL_(programming_language)

    • “A Programming Language” Book on Amazon by Kenneth Iverson - http://www.amazon.com/dp/0471430145/?tag=flodaypod-20

    Emulation

    • Multi-Emulator Super System (MESS) - http://www.mess.org/

    • FPGA Implementation of the VideoBrain - kevtris on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac49BKNNlCo

    Current Web Sites

    • Bill Loguidice, Armchair Arcade - http://www.armchairarcade.com/neo/taxonomy/term/1135

    • AtariProtos.com - http://www.atariprotos.com/othersystems/videobrain/videobrain.htm

    • Article from Interface Age - http://bit.ly/1rBJMvi

    • November 1978 Popular Science ad for the VideoBrain - http://bit.ly/1nzsTMU

    • VideoBrain video on YouTube (Glankonian) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4GgAMdWN4Q

    • The Old Computer Museum - http://oldcomputermuseum.com/videobrain.html

    • Yahoo group - https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/channel_f_and_videobrain/info

    • VideoBrain info at orphanedgames.com - http://www.orphanedgames.com/videobrain/

    • The Old Computer.com ROM’s - http://www.theoldcomputer.com/roms/index.php?folder=VideoBrain/Family-Computer-101

    • VideoBrain Unwrapped by Kevin Horton - http://blog.kevtris.org/blogfiles/videobrain/videobrain_unwrapped.txt

    • Sean Riddle’s VideoBrain Info - http://www.seanriddle.com/videobrain.html

    References

    • Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videobrain

    • “Stan Veit’s History of the Personal Computer” by Stan Veit on Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/dp/1566640237/?tag=flodaypod-20

    Closing

    • Throwback Network - http://www.throwbacknetwork.net

    • Vintage Volts Website (Jeff Salzman) - http://vintagevolts.com/

    Floppy Days Episode 17 - The Exidy Sorcerer - Live from VCFSE 2.0 May 14, 2014
    Show notes

    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 articles - http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/5396/exidy-sorcerer-ii/

    • Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Exidy-Sorcerer-Computer/153210461406202

    • The Old Computer ROM and Emulation Site - downloads of many Sorcerer programs and ROMs - http://www.theoldcomputer.com/roms/index.php?folder=Exidy/Sorcerer

    • Archive.org - https://archive.org/search.php?query=exidy%20sorcerer

    • Sorcerer ROMs at NitroROMS - http://nitroroms.com/list/Exidy%20Sorcerer/by-name/page-1

    References

    • Golden Age Arcade Historian Blog - http://allincolorforaquarter.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-ultimate-so-far-history-of-exidy_20.html

    • Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exidy_Sorcerer

    Closing

    • Throwback Network (http://www.throwback.net)

    • Classic Computing Website (David Greelish) - http://www.classiccomputing.com

    Floppy Days Episode 16 - The Apple II (Part III) May 13, 2014
    Show notes

    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://wsudbrink.dyndns.org:8080/images/VCFE91/

      • http://www.go4retro.com/2014/04/11/back-from-the-vintage-computer-festival-east-9-1/

    • Chicago CoCoFest - http://www.glensideccc.com/cocofest/index.shtml

    • Vintage Computer Festival Europa - http://www.vcfe.org/E/

    • Vintage Computer Southest 2.0 - http://www.vintage.org/2014/southeast/

    • KansasFest - http://www.kansasfest.org/

    • VCF Midwest 9.0 Website - http://www.vcfmw.org/

    • VCF Midwest 9.0 More Info - http://starbase.globalpc.net/eccc/

    • VCF Midwest Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/events/257907004391707/

    Books

    • Compute’s First, Second and Third Book of Apple

    • Apple II User’s Guide by Lon Poole

    • Programming Surprises & Tricks for your Apple II/IIe Computer by David L. Heiserman

    • AppleSoft Tutorial from Apple, Inc. - based on Apple II BASIC Programming Manual by Jef Raskin; rewritten for AppleSoft by Caryl Richardson

    • Beneath Apple DOS by Don Worth and Peter Lechner - Beneath Apple DOS is intended to serve as a companion to Apple's DOS Manual, providing additional information for the advanced programmer or the novice Apple user who wants to know more about the structure of diskettes.

    • Apple II/IIe Computer Graphics by Ken Williams, founder and CEO of Sierra On-Line Inc

    • AppleSoft BASIC Toolbox by Larry Wintermeyer

    • Apple Graphics Games by Paul Coletta

    • Machine Language for Beginners by Richard Mansfield

    • Micro Adventure is the title of a series of books for young adult readers, published by Scholastic, Inc.

    • Golden Flutes & Great Escapes by Delton Horn

    • Sophistication and Simplicity, the Life and Times of the Apple II Computer by Steve Weyhrich, 2013 - http://www.amazon.com/dp/0986832278/?tag=flodaypod-20

    • The New Apple II User’s Guide by David Finnegan, 2012 - http://www.amazon.com/dp/0615639879/?tag=flodaypod-20

    • iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It, by Steve Wozniak and Gina Smith, 2006 - http://www.amazon.com/dp/0393061434/?tag=flodaypod-20

    • Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson, 2011 - http://www.amazon.com/dp/1451648537/?tag=flodaypod-20

    • WOZPAK Special Edition - http://www.amazon.com/dp/1304231321/?tag=flodaypod-20

    • What’s Where in the Apple by Prof. William F. Luebbert - http://www.whatswhereintheapple.com/

    Software

    • VisiCalc - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visicalc

    • AppleWorks - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppleWorks

    • Apple Writer - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Writer

    • ProTerm - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proterm

    • Zork Series - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zork

    • Apple Invaders - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS5JZulzFQE

    Modern Upgrades & Connectivity Options

    • ADT Pro - http://adtpro.sourceforge.net/

    • Apple II Game Server - http://sourceforge.net/projects/a2gameserver/

    • CFFA3000 - http://www.dreher.net/

    • Apple II Pi - http://schmenk.is-a-geek.com/wordpress/?p=167, https://ultimateapple2.com/

    • A2Server - http://appleii.ivanx.com/a2server/

    • A2Cloud - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYkOxe4mjHg

    • RaspApple - http://appleii.ivanx.com/

    • Uthernet Card - http://a2retrosystems.com/

    • a2mp3 card - http://www.brielcomputers.com/wordpress/?cat=21

    • Nishida Radio http://tulip-house.ddo.jp/DIGITAL/english.html

    • SDFloppy II from Bulgaria http://www.ebay.com/bhp/apple-disk-ii

    Online Stores

    • 16sector - http://16sector.com

    • Ultimate Apple II - https://ultimateapple2.com/

    • Option8 - https://www.tindie.com/stores/option8/

    • Nishida Radio http://tulip-house.ddo.jp/DIGITAL/english.html

    • Syndicomm - http://store.syndicomm.com/

    Emulation

    • Virtual II - http://www.virtualii.com/

    • Open Emulator - https://code.google.com/p/openemulator/

    • AppleWin - http://applewin.berlios.de/, http://sourceforge.net/projects/applewin.berlios/?source=recommended

    • JACE - http://sourceforge.net/projects/java-ace/

    • Virtual Apple II - Apple II in a browser - http://www.virtualapple.org/

    • MESS/JSMESS - Multi-Emulator Super System http://jsmess.textfiles.com/messloader.html?module=apple2e&scale=2

    Current Web Sites & Other Forums

    • Terry Stewart video on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENno_zzst2U

    • A2Central - http://www.a2central.com

    • MacGUI - http://www.macgui.com/

    • comp.sys.Apple2 - https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/comp.sys.apple2

    • Facebook group Apple II Enthusiasts - https://www.facebook.com/groups/5251478676/

    • IRC chat - http://widget02.mibbit.com/?server=irc.a2central.com:6667&channel=%23a2c.chat

    • Apple Fritter - http://www.applefritter.com/

    • Open Apple Podcast - http://www.open-apple.net/

    • Apple Archives - http://applearchives.com/

    • Apple II Scans - http://www.apple2scans.net/

    • Apple II Game Server Online - http://asciiexpress.net/gameserver/

    • Apple II Disk Server - http://asciiexpress.net/diskserver/

    • Brutal Deluxe Software - http://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/projects/cassettes/index.html

    • Every Apple Ad - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7JtADjbou7JBD9Ly_w3Mz9RTVVY2T_hy

    • Apple II Online - http://apple2online.com/index.php

    • The A2 Home Page for Apple II downloadable software! - http://www.a2-web.com/a2netsoft.html

    • Archive.org Apple II Disk Image Collection - https://archive.org/details/apple-ii-disk-collection

    • The Apple II Lost Classics Project - http://lostclassics.apple2.info/

    • Asimov software repository - http://mirrors.apple2.org.za/ftp.apple.asimov.net/

    Other Books/Sites Used for Reference

    • Apple II on Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_ii

    • “Sophistication and Simplicity” Book by Steven Weyhrich - http://www.amazon.com/dp/0986832278/?tag=flodaypod-20

    • Steve Weyhrich’s Apple II History Site -http://apple2history.org

    Floppy Days Episode 15 - VCFSE 2.0 Preview Apr 16, 2014
    Show notes

    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/
    Floppy Days Episode 14 - 2014 CoCoFest Preview Mar 31, 2014
    Show notes

    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
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