Floppy Days Vintage Computing Podcast

Episode 139 - Interview with Vic Tolomei, VP Software Development, Exidy Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/FloppyDays Sponsors: 8-Bit Classics   Arcade Shopper   Hello, and welcome to episode 139 of the Floppy Days Podcast, for May, 2024. This month I'm bringing you another interview episode; in the ongoing effort to document the story of Exidy and its Sorcerer computer.  I've already talked, in p...

Episode 138 - Interview with Hans Franke, VCF Europe and Computeum Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FloppyDays Sponsors: 8-Bit Classics   Arcade Shopper    Hello, and welcome to Episode 138 of the Floppy Days Podcast for April, 2024!  My name is Randy Kindig and I host this podcast about beautiful, obsolete, extremely interesting computers of 35 to 45 years ago, when computer diversity was abundan...

Post-VCF SoCal 2024 with Paul Nurminen Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FloppyDays Sponsors: 8-Bit Classics   Arcade Shopper    0 Floppy Days Tune 1 min 13 sec Vintage Computer Ads 1 min 43 sec Intro 2 min 53 sec bumper - Paul Nurminen 3 min 00 sec Discussion with Paul Nurminen 1 hr 20 min 00 sec Closing Hello, and welcome to episode 137 of the Floppy Days Podcast.  I'm Randy Kindig, the host of t...

Grundy NewBrain Peripherals thru Web Sites with Chris Despoinidis Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FloppyDays Sponsors: 8-Bit Classics   Arcade Shopper    0 Floppy Days Tune 1 min 13 sec Vintage Computer Ads 1 min 42 sec Intro 5 min 17 sec bumper - Chris Espoinidis 5 min 28 sec New Acquisitions 6 min 33 sec bumper - Gerald McMullon 7 min 16 sec Upcoming Computer Shows 12 min 01 sec bumper - Steve...

Grundy NewBrain Tech Specs with Chris Despoinidis Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FloppyDays Sponsors: 8-Bit Classics   Arcade Shopper    0 Floppy Days Tune 1 min 14 sec Vintage Computer Ads 1 min 43 sec Intro 5 min 38 sec bumper - Chris Espoinidis 5 min 51 sec New Acquisitions 16 min 32 sec bumper - Gerald McMullon 17 min 15 sec Upcoming Computer Shows 21 min 26 sec bumper - Steve O'Hara-Smith 2...

VCF SoCal 2024 Preview with Organizing Team Hello, and welcome to this bonus, interview-only episode of the Floppy Days Podcast.  My name is Randy Kindig; your host.  This episode is a discussion with most of the organizing team around the very first Vintage Computer Festival 2024 that is coming up February 17 & 18 in Orange, CA.  You'll hear how the show came about, why the particular location an...

Grundy NewBrain History with Gerald McMullon Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FloppyDays Sponsors: 8-Bit Classics   Arcade Shopper    0 Floppy Days Tune 1 min 14 sec Vintage Computer Ads 1 min 43 sec Intro 6 min 33 sec bumper - Gerald McMullon  7 min 15 sec New Acquisitions 13 min 55 sec bumper - Steve O'Hara-Smith  14 min 13 sec Upcoming Computer Shows 17 min 26 sec Interview with Gerald McMullon...

Grundy NewBrain History with Steve O'Hara-Smith Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FloppyDays Sponsors: 8-Bit Classics   Arcade Shopper    0 Floppy Days Tune 1 min 14 sec Vintage Computer Ads 1 min 43 sec Intro 6 min 14 sec bumper - Steve O'Hara-Smith 6 min 32 sec New Acquisitions 22 min 53 sec bumper - Gerald McMullon 23 min 36 sec Upcoming Computer Shows 26 min 51 sec Feedback 30 min 19 sec Interv...

The Grundy NewBrain History with John Grant Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FloppyDays Sponsors: 8-Bit Classics   Arcade Shopper    Hello, and welcome to episode 131 of the Floppy Days Podcast; where old computers get a new lease on life and have a purpose once again!  I'm Randy Kindig, your host on this journey to the late 70's through the 80's. We are currently covering computers that were rele...

Interview with Forrest Mims III, Electronics Author Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FloppyDays Sponsors: 8-Bit Classics   Arcade Shopper    Books: Forrest's first memoir "Siliconnections: Coming of Age in the Electronic Era" -  https://amzn.to/48wmIao   Forrest's best-selling book "Getting Started in Electronics" -  https://amzn.to/3LDExdY   Forrest's upcoming book "Maverick Scientist: My Adventu...

Paul Terrell - Exidy Part 2 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FloppyDays Sponsors: 8-Bit Classics   Arcade Shopper    Hello, and welcome to episode 129 for August, 2023 of the Floppy Days Podcast, with your host, Randy Kindig! If you're a regular listener, you'll know that we're in the middle of a series of episodes where we talk with Paul Terrell.  Paul has been credited with essentially jump-star...

Floppy Days Episode 128 - Paul Terrell - Exidy Part 1 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FloppyDays Sponsors: 8-Bit Classics   Arcade Shopper    Hello, and welcome to episode 128 for July, 2023 of the Floppy Days Podcast, with your host, Randy Kindig! If you're a regular listener, you'll know that we're in the middle of a series of episodes where we talk with Paul Terrell.  Paul has been credited wi...

Floppy Days 127 - James Shackel Estate Haul and Paul Terrell Intro Interview Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FloppyDays Sponsors: 8-Bit Classics   Arcade Shopper    Hello, and welcome to episode 127 for June, 2023 of the Floppy Days Podcast, with your host, yours truly, Randy Kindig! I doubt there are few listeners who don't know the name Paul Terrell.  Paul has been credited with essentially jum...

Floppy Days 126 - Interview with Bob Frankston, Co-developer of Visicalc Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FloppyDays Sponsors: 8-Bit Classics   Arcade Shopper    Hello, everyone!  Welcome to episode 126 of the Floppy Days Podcast, with yours truly, Randy Kindig, as the host. Everyone, and I mean everyone, listening to this podcast has surely heard of the ground-breaking application (for its time)...

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FloppyDays Sponsors: 8-Bit Classics   Arcade Shopper    Welcome to Floppy Days #125 for April, 2023.  And I'm your host, Randy Kindig. We are currently in the year 1982 for home computers.  This episode is the continuation of a multi-episode arc that covers the Sinclair ZX Spectrum through all the usual topics.  This is the seventh of those, with the first having b...

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FloppyDays Sponsors: 8-Bit Classics   Arcade Shopper    Welcome to Floppy Days #124 for March, 2023.  And I'm your host, Randy Kindig. We are currently covering the very productive year for home computers of 1982.  This episode is the continuation of a multi-episode arc that covers the Spectrum through all the usual topics.  This is the sixth of those, with the fir...

Floppy Days 123 - Amiga 1000, Parceiro and Podcast Tenth Anniversary! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FloppyDays Sponsors: 8-Bit Classics   Arcade Shopper    Welcome to episode 123 of Floppy Days for February, 2023, where classic computers are all the rage and we lovingly take you back to the days when computers were simpler and we were younger. This is a special show for me, because this month (...

NEC TREK PC-6001, Part II Please donate at: https://www.patreon.com/FloppyDays .  Welcome to Floppy Days #122 for January, 2023.  And I'm your host, Randy Kindig. We are currently covering the very productive year for home computers of 1982.  As regular listeners will know, we've been covering the ZX Spectrum and the myriad of information about that machine.  While we still have more information t...

Please donate at: https://www.patreon.com/FloppyDays .  Welcome to Floppy Days #121 for December, 2022.  And I'm your host, Randy Kindig.  Happy holidays to all! We are currently covering the very productive year for home computers of 1982.  As regular listeners will know, we've been covering the ZX Spectrum and the myriad of information about that machine.  While we still have more information to...

Dontate at Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/FloppyDays Welcome to Floppy Days #120 for November, 2022.  And I'm your host, Randy Kindig.  I hope everyone is well. We are currently covering the very productive year for home computers of 1982.  This episode is the continuation of a multi-episode arc that covers the Spectrum through all the usual topics.  I'm still unsure how many episodes we're goi...

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FloppyDays   Welcome to Floppy Days #119 for October, 2022.  And I'm your host, Randy Kindig.  I hope everyone is safe and sound... We are currently covering the prolific year (for home computers) of 1982.  This episode is the continuation of a multi-episode arc that covers the Spectrum through all the usual topics.  I don't even know yet how many episodes we're go...

"The Great Barn Find of 2022!" Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FloppyDays   Welcome to Floppy Days #118 for September, 2022.  And I'm your host, Randy Kindig.  I hope everyone is doing well.. I decided to take a 1-month break from the ZX Spectrum series of episodes, of which I'm currently in the midst, in order to talk about some other vintage computer activities with which I've been involved lat...

Dontate at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FloppyDays   Welcome to Floppy Days #117 for August, 2022.  And I'm your host, Randy Kindig.  I hope everyone is doing well.. Thank you so much, Andy Collins, for providing your thoughts and memories about the ZX Spectrum to kick off this episode.  Great work! We are currently covering the prolific year (for home computers) of 1982.  This episode is the...

donate at https://www.patreon.com/FloppyDays   Welcome to Floppy Days #116 for July, 2022.  And I'm your host, Randy Kindig. Mark Hacker provides his thoughts and memories about the ZX Spectrum to kick off this episode. As mentioned in the last show, 1982 was a landmark year for home computers, as there were some significant introductions in this year.  One of the most impactful computers released...

https://www.patreon.com/FloppyDays Please consider donating to keep Floppy Days going! ZX Spectrum Part 1 History with John Grant Welcome to Floppy Days #115 for June, 2022.  And I'm your host, Randy Kindig.  I hope everyone is doing well. As you know, we are generally following the timeline of computers as they were released to the world.  We have arrived in the year 1982.  1982 was a landmark ye...