Floppy Days Vintage Computing Podcast

KansasFest 2014 through the eyes of a first-timer!

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

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

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_/

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/

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/

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