Floppy Days Vintage Computing Podcast

Floppy Days Episode 18 - The VideoBrain Family Computer


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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/

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