Rob "Flack" O'Hara

You Don't Know Flack

Nostalgic stories about old video games, old computers, and occasionally ninjas.

Author

Rob "Flack" O'Hara

Category

Technology

Podcast website

podcast.robohara.com

Latest episode

Jul 3, 2026

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Episodes

YDKF Episode 131: Phun with Boxes 14.04.2013

Still on track! Episode 131 of You Don’t Know Flack is all about boxes — not the cardboard kind, but the phone phreaking kind. After […]

YDKF Episode 130: Pagers, PDAs, and Cell Phones 09.04.2013

After a slight detour, we’re back with episode 130! In this episode of You Don’t Know Flack I talk about my early experiences with pagers, […]

YDKF Episode 129: The El Reno Arcade Collection 24.03.2013

In Episode 129 of You Don’t Know Flack, I talk about the collection of arcade games (six, in all) that I owned back when I […]

YDKF Episode 128: Commodore 128 20.03.2013

For Episode 128 of You Don’t Know Flack it seemed fitting to talk about the Commodore 128, even though I didn’t personally own one back […]

YDKF Episode 127: BASIC Programming 11.03.2013

Episode 127 of You Don’t Know Flack is all about BASIC programming. In this week’s podcast I talk about some of the BASIC programs I […]

YDKF Episode 126: The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) 03.03.2013

This week’s show is all about the Nintendo Entertainment System — the NES, for short. In this episode you’ll get to hear about how and […]

YDKF Episode 125: The Video Game Crash of 1983 25.02.2013

On this episode of You Don’t Know Flack I talk about the Video Game Crash of 1983: what caused it, and why Imissed it. [Links] […]

YDKF Episode 124: Arkadia Retrocade 19.02.2013

This week’s show is about the Arkadia Retrocade in Fayetteville, Arkansas. I spent several hours at the Arkadia arcade yesterday. Here’s what I found! [Sponsor […]

YDKF Episode 123: The CFFA 3000 11.02.2013

Leaping from moderately mainstream to moderately obscure, this week’s episode of You Don’t Know Flack is dedicated to the CFFA 3000, a relatively new card […]

YDKF Episode 122: MAME Cabinets 10.02.2013

Episode 122 of You Don’t Know Flack covers the often requested topic of MAME Cabinets. In this episode I talk a little bit about what […]

YDKF Episode 121: Thrifting 28.01.2013

In Episode 121 of You Don’t Know Flack I talk about thrifting — this includes shopping at thrift stores, garage sales, antique malls and pawn […]

YDKF Episode 120: Radio Scanners 20.01.2013

Episode 120 of You Don’t Know Flack is about radio scanners, those little devices that allow you to eavesdrop on all the little conversations floating […]

YDKF Episode 119: Hohocon ’94 14.01.2013

Episode 119 is about Hohocon — specifically, Hohocon ’94, the last Hohocon (and the only one I attended). [Links] The Milwaukee 414’s (Wikipedia and in […]

YDKF Episode 118: The iCade 06.01.2013

Episode 118 is about a new piece of hardware used to play old video and arcade games — the iCade. Yes, it was designed to […]

YDKF Episode 117: Copyfests 06.09.2012

Going old school on this one, Episode 117 of You Don’t Know Flack is all about copyfests, those disk-swapping parties we used to throw back […]

YDKF Episode 116: Mr. Moonpie 21.06.2012

Episode 116 of You Don’t Know Flack tells the tale of Mr. Moonpie — who he was, and who he is. If you don’t know […]

YDKF Episode 115: Text Adventures 03.05.2012

Episode 115 of You Don’t Know Flack is all about text adventures. This episode is unique in multiple ways. Not only does it feature the […]

YDKF Episode 114: Arcade Auctions 05.04.2012

Episode 114 of You Don’t Know Flack is all about Arcade Auctions. In this episode I talk about my experiences of buying arcade games at […]

YDKF Episode 113: Apple Computers 03.11.2011

You Don’t Know Flack is back on track with Episode 113, which is about my personal experiences with Apple computers. The podcast spans my experiences […]

YDKF Episode 112: Photon 30.09.2010

Episode 112 is all about Photon: The Ultimate Game on Planet Earth. Laser Tag was a big part of my teen years and I could […]

YDKF Episode 111: The Gas Chamber 20.07.2010

Episode 111 is a lot about my old BBS, The Gas Chamber, and a little about my new forum, The Gas Chamber. It is not […]

YDKF Episode 110: Floppy Disks 12.05.2010

In light of Sony’s recent decision to end production of 3 1/2 floppy disks, Episode 110 of You Don’t Know Flack is all about floppy […]

YDKF Episode 109: 1541 Ultimate 27.04.2010

In Episode 109 of You Don’t Know Flack I discuss the 1541 Ultimate, along with several other solutions for loading D64 images on real Commodore […]

YDKF Episode 108: Multitrack Recording 20.04.2010

Episode 108 of You Don’t Know Flack is all about pc-based Multitrack Recording. This episode contains many samples from songs I’ve recorded over the past […]

YDKF Episode 107: The Kindle and the Acer 04.05.2009

In Episode 107 of You Don’t Know Flack, I compare and contrast two recent purchases of mine: Amazon’s Kindle 2, and Acer’s Aspire 9″ Netbook. […]

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