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://www.orphanedgames.com/videobrain/magazine_articles/videobrain_computer/VideoBrain%20-%20The%20Consumer%20Computer.pdf

• November 1978 Popular Science ad for the VideoBrain - http://books.google.com/books?id=OQEAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA133&lpg=PA133&dq=videobrain+family+computer+apl/s&source=bl&ots=_tmStYA0UG&sig=mxb5bqgWuA_NBVww1ywhpA1iNWY&hl=en&ei=rleIS8_hPN2mtgez8vi0DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CBQQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=videobrain%20family%20computer%20apl%2Fs&f=false

• 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/

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

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

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.amazon.com/dp/0936200073/?tag=flodaypod-20

• Microsoft BASIC Decoded and Other Mysteries by James Farvour - http://www.amazon.com/dp/0936200014/?tag=flodaypod-20

• Juiced GS - http://juiced.gs

Vintage Computer Shows

• 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/

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

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

Magazines

• A+

• Compute! Apple

• InCider

• Nibble - http://www.nibblemagazine.com/

• SoftDisk

• SoftTalk - http://www.softalkapple.com/

• Apple Assembly Line - http://www.txbobsc.com/aal/

• Call-A.P.P.L.E. magazine/newsletter - http://www.callapple.com/

• Juiced GS - http://juiced.gs

User Groups

• Washington Apple Pi - http://www.wap.org/

• A.P.P.L.E. - Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange  - http://www.callapple.com/

Shows

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

• Oz Kfest - http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6314728/www/ozkfest.net/The_Event.html

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

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.org
Evan 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 - http://www.vcfe.org/E/

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

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

Feedback

• World of Commodore - http://www.tpug.ca/category/woc/

• Paul Quirk Blog Covering World of Commodore - http://blog.retro-link.com/2013/12/world-of-commodore-2013.html

Other News

• David Greelish Historically Brewed ebook - http://www.classiccomputing.com/CC/HB_Book.html

History

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

The intro theme song is a parody of the Happy Days theme (all rights reserved) sung and produced by Dr. Steven Weyhrich.  The lyrics were developed jointly by Steve and Randy.

Altair, Apple, Floppy Days,

Commodore, Tandy, Floppy Days,

Atari, TI, Floppy Days,

The weekend comes, the disk drive hums

Ready to code for you!

These days were all

Happy and free (those floppy days)

The games we played,

You shared with me (those days)

Motorola, Intel, 6502

Graphics and text are there to view

Composite color or RGB

Program fun for you and me!

(instrumental)

IMSAI, PC, Floppy Days,

ST, Amiga, Floppy Days,

Junior, Sinclair, Floppy Days

Classic days, micro ways

Geekin' all week with you!

These days were all,

Happy and free (those floppy days)

The games we played

You shared with me (those days)

These Floppy Days are yours and mine

(These Floppy Days are yours and mine)

Floppy Days!