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Wed, 31 August 2016
The 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 to help me talk about the history of these fabulous machines. It’s a fascinating conversation with two gentlemen who have a lot of love of and knowledge about these machines. I want to thank Everett for providing the intro to this episode with his memories of the Series 80. Before getting into the meat of the program, I do intend to talk briefly about any new vintage computer acquisitions, upcoming shows and feedback. Ok, let’s fire up the ol’ HP-85 and see what we can learn. Links Mentioned in the Show: Co-hosts
New Acquisitions
Shows
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Sun, 28 August 2016
Vintage 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 & 11, 2016, I highly recommend that you drop in and enjoy the show. Links
Direct download: 63FloppyDays_2016_08_VCFMW11_with_Jason_Timmons.mp3
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Tue, 26 July 2016
Welcome 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 intimately involved in the development and support of the HP-85. Secondly, we have Vassilis Prevelakis, who runs one of the best resources about the HP Series 80 in existence today, hpseries80.org. Once we started talking, and I interviewed the two gentlemen, I realized we were going to need a multi-part show to cover the large amount of information and history around this significant platform. So, the first show will be the interview with Everett and Vassilis and next month we will get into history, tech specs, emulation, Web sites, and all of the other information I like to cover. Before we get into that, however, I will cover new acquistions, a little news, and some feedback I’ve received. Links Mentioned in the Show: New Acquisitions/What I’ve Been Up To
News
Feedback
Interview
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Mon, 25 July 2016
VCF West Official Site - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-west-xi/
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Fri, 10 June 2016
Welcome 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, books, software, newsletters, modern upgrades, emulation, current Web sites, and so much more. Before that, I do want to discuss a few new acquisitions that have come my way, as well as some feedback I’ve received from listeners. Links Mentioned in the Show: Books
Modern Upgrades
Emulation
Web Sites
Museum Document Sets - http://www.hpmuseum.org/cd/cddesc.htm
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Sat, 14 May 2016
Hello, 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 calculator community that exists today: Richard J. Nelson, who has written, edited, and published as much HP-41 material as anyone ever. And Gene Wright who is on the HP Handheld Conference Committee and he was a TI fan before becoming “hooked” on the HP-41. In this first part on the HP-41, I interview the co-hosts and then we cover the history of the calculator line in detail. Next month, with the same co-hosts, we will cover Web sites, emulation, software, and much more. To start out, as usual, I will cover my new vintage computer acquisitions, a little news, and some feedback. I hope you enjoy this and please let me know what you think. Links Mentioned in the Show: New Acquisitions
News
Upcoming Shows
Feedback
Interview and History
References
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Sun, 24 April 2016
Ralph 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 while it was still being published. Ralph still has an extensive TI-99 collection today. This interview was conducted on June 7, 2015. Links: The Western Horizon Technologies FTP server - ftp://ftp.whtech.com
Direct download: 58FloppyDays_2016_04_Ralph_Rees_Interview.mp3
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Mon, 11 April 2016
Welcome 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.
Direct download: 57FloppyDays_2016_04_VCFSE4_Podcasters_Roundtable.mp3
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Tue, 29 March 2016
Welcome 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-known figures in the TI-99 community: Chris Schneider, who produces the SHIFT838 newsletter and Rich Polivka, who manages the popular 99er.net Web site. They provide a ton of information about the amazing TI-994/A home computer. I hope you enjoy this. Links Mentioned in the Show: New Acquisitions
News
Feedback
Ads
User Groups and Shows
Emulation
Community
Web Sites
Direct download: 56FloppyDays_2016_03_TI99_Emulation_Web_Sites.mp3
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Sun, 13 March 2016
Hello, 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 highly recommend that you drop in and enjoy the show. Links VCF East 4.0 - http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-southeast-4-0/ Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/302393381/help-fund-the-vintage-computer-festival-southeast-1
Direct download: 55FloppyDays_2016_03_VCFSE4_Earl_Baugh.mp3
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