Floppy Days Vintage Computing Podcast

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.

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

Second part on the Apple II: New acquisitions News Tech specs, peripherals, magazines, user groups, shows Special guest host Carrington Vanston!! Items mentioned in this episode: New Acquisitions CoCo SDC card - http://cocosdc.blogspot.com/ Review of CoCo SDC card - http://tandycoco.com/blog/archives/401 80 Micro’s Review Guide - http://www.amazon.com/dp/0913531006/?tag=flodaypod-20 Radio Shack BASIC Computer Language by David Lien - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000VA0WF2/?tag=flodaypod-20 TRS-80 User’s Manual for Level 1 by David Lien - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00072VR44/?tag=flodaypod-20 TRSDOS & Disk BASIC Reference Manual Machine Language Disk I/O and Other Mysteries by Michael J. Wagner BASIC Computer Games TRS-80 Edition by David Ahl - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EWUL8WI/?tag=flodaypod-20 The Custom TRS-80 and Other Mysteries by Dennis Kitsz - http://www.amazon.com/dp/0936200022/?tag=flodaypod-20 TRSDOS 2.3 Decoded and Other Mysteries by James Farvour - http://www.amazon.com/dp/0936200073/?tag=flodaypod-20 Microsoft BASIC Decoded and Other Mysteries by James Farvour - http://www.amazon.com/dp/0936200014/?tag=flodaypod-20 Juiced GS - http://juiced.gs Vintage Computer Shows Vintage Computer Festival East - http://www.midatlanticretro.org/ 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/ Magazines A+ Compute! Apple InCider Nibble - http://www.nibblemagazine.com/ SoftDisk SoftTalk - http://www.softalkapple.com/ Apple Assembly Line - http://www.txbobsc.com/aal/ Call-A.P.P.L.E. magazine/newsletter - http://www.callapple.com/ Juiced GS - http://juiced.gs User Groups Washington Apple Pi - http://www.wap.org/ A.P.P.L.E. - Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange - http://www.callapple.com/ Shows Kansasfest - http://www.kansasfest.org/ Oz Kfest - http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6314728/www/ozkfest.net/The_Event.html 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

Special Bonus episode! Interview with Boisy Pitre and Bill Loguidice about their new book "CoCo: The Colorful History of Tandy's Underdog Computer." Links: “CoCo: The Colorful History of Tandy’s Underdog Computer” by Boisy Pitre and Bill Loguidice - http://www.amazon.com/dp/1466592478/?tag=flodaypod-20 CoCo book Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/groups/cocobook/

1 year anniversary of Floppy Days!! Special Bonus Episode! I talk with Evan Koblentz of MARCH, who gives us a preview of the upcoming VCF East 9.1. Links and Info: VCF East 9.1 - http://www.midatlanticretro.orgEvan Koblentz email - [email protected] NOTE: Evan misspoke about Bil Herd's Friday session. It is not just CRT repair. It's overall video issues, of which CRT is just one part.

First part on the Apple II: Personal memories of the Apple II. New acquisitions. News. Feedback. History of the Apple II. Special guest host Steve Weyhrich, the man who literally wrote the book on Apple II history!! Links mentioned in this episode: New Acquisitions "Sophistication and Simplicity" Book by Steven Weyhrich on Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/dp/0986832278/?tag=flodaypod-20 "CoCo: The Colorful History of Tandy's Underdog Computer" Book by Boisy Pitre and Bill Loguidice on Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/dp/1466592478/?tag=flodaypod-20 BASIC Faster and Better and Other Mysteries - http://www.trs-80.com/wordpress/books/#andothermysteries Compute's Atari Collection, Book 1 - http://www.atarimania.com/documents-atari-atari-400-800-xl-xe--books_1_8.html Vintage Computer Shows Vintage Computer Festival East - http://www.midatlanticretro.org/ Chicago CoCoFest - http://www.glensideccc.com/cocofest/index.shtml Vintage Computer Festival Europa - http://www.vcfe.org/E/ Vintage Computer Festival Southeast 2.0 - http://www.vintage.org/2014/southeast/ KansasFest -http://www.kansasfest.org/ Feedback World of Commodore - http://www.tpug.ca/category/woc/ Paul Quirk Blog Covering World of Commodore - http://blog.retro-link.com/2013/12/world-of-commodore-2013.html Other News David Greelish Historically Brewed ebook - http://www.classiccomputing.com/CC/HB_Book.html History Steve Weyhrich's Apple II History Site - http://apple2history.org

Second part on the TRS-80 Model I: Personal memories from Terry Stewart (Tezza). Second part on the history of the machine, beginning with its introduction. Second part of the interview with David and Theresa Welsh of Priming the Pump. News, tech specs, peripherals, software, books, magazines, emulation, Web sites, modern-day upgrades. Special guest host Earl Evans!! Links mentioned in this episode: New Acquisitions CFFA3000 CF interface for the Apple II -http://www.dreher.net SIDE 2 CF interface for Atari 8 bits - http://www.lotharek.pl MyIDE II CF interface for Atari 8 bits - http://www.atarimax.com Vintage Computer Shows World of Commodore - http://www.tpug.ca/category/woc/ Vintage Computer Festival East - http://www.midatlanticretro.org/ Chicago CoCoFest - http://www.glensideccc.com/cocofest/index.shtml Vintage Computer Festival Europa - http://www.vcfe.org/E/ KansasFest - http://www.kansasfest.org/ Other News "Sophistication and Simplicity" Book by Steven Weyhrich on Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/dp/0986832278/?tag=flodaypod-20 "CoCo: The Colorful History of Tandy's Underdog Computer" Book by Boisy Pitre and Bill Loguidice on Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/dp/1466592478/?tag=flodaypod-20 "Vintage Volts" Podcast by Jeff Salzman - http://vintagevolts.com Magazines TRS8BIT - http://trs-80.org.uk/Tandy_Page_2x.html Books "Priming the Pump: How TRS-80 Enthusiasts Helped Spark the PC Revolution" by Welsh, Theresa; Welsh, David (2011-02-23). The Seeker Books - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004P8JNIS/?tag=flodaypod-20 Modern Upgrades SVD, Semi Virtual Diskette - http://www.thesvd.com/SVD/index.php Model I System Expander (MISE) - http://home.comcast.net/~bartlett.p/MISE/ FreHD TRS-80 Hard Drive Emulator - http://www.vecoven.com/trs80/trs80.html Ian Mavric's TRS-80 Store http://ianmav.customer.netspace.net.au/trs80/emulator Alan Page Using the Raspberry Pi to emulate the TRS-80 floppy drive - http://virtualfloppy.blogspot.com/ Emulators TRS32 - http://www.trs-80emulators.com/ XTRS - http://www.tim-mann.org/xtrs.html SDLTRS - http://sdltrs.sourceforge.net/index.html Popular Websites Terry Stewart Model I video on YouTube - http://youtu.be/wgKWV8C3e7M Ira Goldklang's TRS-80 Revived Site - http://www.trs-80.com The Humongous TRS-80 Archive - http://www.classiccmp.org/cpmarchives/trs80.php Newsletter and manual downloads at TRS-80.ORG.UK - http://trs-80.org.uk/Tandy_Page_1x.html TRS-80.ORG - http://trs-80.org PlanetEmu TRS-80 Software Site - http://www.planetemu.net/roms/tandy-radio-shack-trs-80-model-1 MarmotKing TRS-80 Software Site - http://vintage.marmotking.com/trs80_m1/categories.html OLDCOMPUTER.COM - http://www.theoldcomputer.com/roms/index.php?folder=Tandy-Radio-Shack/TRS-80-Model-I/Various/ Other Sites Used for Reference TRS-80 Model I on Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80_Model_I

News, reviews, and a discussion of the TRS-80 Model I: personal memories history up to its introduction interview with David and Theresa Welsh (Part I), authors of "Priming the Pump: How TRS-80 Enthusiasts Helped Start the PC Revolution" Links Mentioned in the Show: VCF Midwest - http://vcfmw.org 2013 Chicago TI International World Faire - http://www.chicagotiug.com/tiki-index.php?page=Faire World of Commodore - http://www.tpug.ca/category/woc/ Vintage Computer Festival East - http://www.midatlanticretro.org/ Chicago CoCoFest - http://www.glensideccc.com/cocofest/index.shtml Vintage Computer Festival Europa - http://www.vcfe.org/E/ KansasFest - http://www.kansasfest.org/ CFFA3000 - http://www.dreher.net “CoCo: The Colorful History of Tandy’s Underdog Computer” Book by Boisy Pitre and Bill Loguidice on Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/dp/1466592478/?tag=flodaypod-20 "Vintage Game Consoles: An Inside Look at Apple, Atari, Commodore, Nintendo, and the Greatest Gaming Platforms of All Time." by Bill Loguidice and Matt Barton - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IMYW6T4/?tag=flodaypod-20 TRS-80 Model I Vintage TV Ad - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psA0vmQOoCI Computer Timeline @ OldComputers.net - http://www.oldcomputers.net F18A Graphics Board for TI-99/4A - http://codehackcreate.com/archives/30 TurboForth for the TI-99/4A - http://www.turboforth.net/ Forth Warrior for the TI-99/4A - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/213150-a-new-fun-way-to-learn-forth-forth-warrior/ TI-99/4A Game Shelf - http://tigameshelf.net/ TRS-80 Model III Vintage TV Ad - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR7R42S31xs “Priming the Pump: How TRS-80 Enthusiasts Helped Spark the PC Revolution” by Welsh, Theresa; Welsh, David (2011-02-23). The Seeker Books. -http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004P8JNIS/?tag=flodaypod-20

News and a completion discussion of VCF Midwest 8.0: personal memories feedback new acquisitions upcoming shows new vintage computer books overview of VCFMW interviews with attendees of the show (Jim Leonard and Jason Timmons) Links Mentioned in the Show: VCF Midwest - http://vcfmw.org 2013 Chicago TI International World Faire - http://www.chicagotiug.com/tiki-index.php?page=Faire World of Commodore - http://www.tpug.ca/category/woc/ Vintage Computer Festival East - http://www.midatlanticretro.org/ Chicago CoCoFest - http://www.glensideccc.com/cocofest/index.shtml Vintage Computer Festival Europa - http://www.vcfe.org/E/ KansasFest - http://www.kansasfest.org/ Suburban Chicago Atarians (SCAT) - http://www.scatarians.org/ Toronto PET User's Group (TPUG) - http://www.tpug.ca/ Southwest Regional Association of Programmers (SWRAP) - http://swrap.org/ Glenside TRS-80 Color Computer Club - http://glensideccc.com/newindex.shtml CFFA3000 - http://www.dreher.net Cloud 9 CoCo Products - http://www.cloud9tech.com CoCo Book on Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/dp/1466592478/?tag=flodaypod-20 "Vintage Game Consoles: An Inside Look at Apple, Atari, Commodore, Nintendo, and the Greatest Gaming Platforms of All Time." by Bill Loguidice and Matt Barton -http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IMYW6T4/?tag=flodaypod-20 PC Junior Vintage TV Ad - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaLXHjI9VWM Retro Innovations (Jim Brain) - http://store.go4retro.com/ Tandy Color Computer Vintage TV Ad - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2jRuh1bAxw

News, reviews, and a discussion of the Commodore PET: history peripherals tech specs books/magazines/software emulation user groups current Web sites Links mentioned in the show: Better World Books - http://www.betterworldbooks.com VCF Midwest - http://vcfmw.org 2013 Chicago TI International World Faire - http://www.chicagotiug.com/tiki-index.php?page=Faire World Longest Yard Sale - http://www.127sale.com Historically Brewed book by David Greelish - http://www.classiccomputing.com/CC/HB_Book.html The Commodore Pet at wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_pet Commodore's version of PET history - http://www.commodore.ca/products/pet/commodore_pet.htm Book, Commodore a company on the edge by Brian Bagnall - http://www.amazon.com/Commodore-Company-Edge-Brian-Bagnall/dp/0973864966 VICE Emulator - http://sourceforge.net/projects/vice-emu/?source=directory Chicago B128 Users Group (CBUG) software archive - http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/b/CBUG/ Toronto PET User's Group - http://www.tpug.ca/ World of Commodore – http://www.worldofcommodore.ca Terry Stewart (Tezza) video demonstration of PET 2001 - http://youtu.be/bBJNSX_DKvo Port Commodore - http://www.portcommodore.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=larry:comp:commodore:pet:start Edward Shockley's Pet B&P-series Website - http://www.insectria.org/b128.html CBM Pet File Archive - http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/pet/index.html PET Index at 6502.org - http://www.6502.org/users/andre/petindex/index.html

New podcasts, upcoming vintage computer shows, new additions to my vintage computer collection, listener feedback, my stories about the American Computer Museum, and an interview with George Keremedjiev (director of the American Computer Museum) Links mentioned in the show: ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast - https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com/ Next Without For Podcast (Earl Evans) -http://www.cyberears.com/podcasts/podcast_6066.xml Chicken Lips Radio Podcast (Earl Evans) -http://www.cyberears.com/podcasts/podcast_6067.xml 2013 KansasFest - http://www.kansasfest.org/ 2013 Commodore Vegas Expo - http://www.portcommodore.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=commvex:start 2013 Vintage Computer Festival Midwest 8.0 - http://vcfmw.org/ 2013 Chicago TI International World Faire - http://www.chicagotiug.com/tiki-index.php?page=Faire Indiana Computer Museum on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/IndianaComputerMuseum?hc_location=stream Indiana Computer Museum Indiegogo Campaign - http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/indiana-computer-museum/ Apple II History Websiste - http://apple2history.org/ Book “ Sophistication & Simplicity: The Life & Times of the Apple II Computer" by Steven Weyhrich - http://www.amazon.com/Sophistication-Simplicity-Times-Apple-Computer/dp/0986832278 MyTechBrief - http://www.mytechbrief.com/hardware/vintage-computers American Computer Museum - http://www.compustory.com/ American Computer Museum - http://www.compuseum.org/ American Computer Museum at Bozemannet.com - http://www.bozemannet.com/history_museums/computer_robotics_museum.php Forbes Interview with George Keremedjiev Concerning an Apple 1 Auction - http://www.forbes.com/sites/lynndouglass/2013/06/24/first-apple-computer-expected-to-sell-for-at-least-500000/

Links mentioned in the show: wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_I Stan Veit's History of the Personal Computer, by Stan Veit -http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1566640237 Fire in the Valley, The Making of the Personal Computer, by Freiberger & Swaine -http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0071358927 Steve Wozniak talks Apple I (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3cpgwcQCYc Leo Laporte & Sellam Ismail highlight the Apple I (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNd9t0oLtFk (Cnet.com) Wozniak: $666.66 seemed like a good idea - http://news.cnet.com/1606-2-5937610.html Briel Computers Replica 1 - http://www.brielcomputers.com/wordpress/?cat=30 MESS Emulator - http://www.mess.org/ OpenEmulator - http://www.openemulator.org/ Mike Willegal's Apple I Registry - http://www.willegal.net/appleii/apple1-originals.htm Mike Willegal's Mimeo Replica - http://www.willegal.net/appleii/apple1-kit.htm Mike Willegal's Apple I Information Website - http://www.willegal.net/appleii/apple1.htm Book: iWoz by Steve Wozniak - http://www.amazon.com/iWoz-Computer-Invented-Personal-Co-Founded/dp/0393330435 Book: Apple I Replica Creation: Back to the Garage by Tom Owad and Steve Wozniak - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/193183640X/applefritter-20 Apple I Auctions (Computer World) - http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9238865/Rare_working_Apple_1_computer_to_hit_auction_block_this_month May, 2013 Apple I Auction (NPR) - http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2013/05/26/186710754/apple-1-computer-fetches-671-000-at-auction Classic Computing Blog (David Greelish) - Lonnie Mims Interview -http://www.classiccomputing.com/CC/Blog/Entries/2012/12/10_Record_Breaking_Price_Paid_At_Auction_For_First_Apple_Computer_-_But_This_Collector_Owns_Two_Of_Them!.html CFFA1 Compact Flash Interface - http://dreher.net/?s=projects/CFforApple1&c=projects/CFforApple1/definition.php Apple I Owner's Club - http://www.applefritter.com/apple1 Joe Torzewski's Apple I Page - http://torzewski.tripod.com/apple1computer/

Personal memories, history, technical specs, peripherals, magazines/books/software, fun with the machine, modern upgrades & repairs, emulation, current Web sites, letters from listeners. Links mentioned in the show: TI-59 email list - [email protected] TI58/59 manuals at rskey.org - http://www.rskey.org/CMS/index.php/the-library/12 TI59 compiler by Guillaume Tello - http://gtello.pagesperso-orange.fr/ti58_e.htm TI59 emulator by GemTree Software - http://www.ti59.com/ti59.exe TI58c/59 site by Pierre Houbert, including TI58c emulator - http://83.156.189.247/ti58c/index.php?langue=EN Vertigo java-based emulator - http://www.n3times.com/vertigo/# TI59 emulator by Alain Zanchetta - http://www.zanchetta.net/ Programming The TI-59 and HP-41 Calculators by Paul Garrison - http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Ti-59-Hp-41-Calculators-Garrison/dp/0830624422 Sourcebook for Programmable Calculators by Texas Instruments - http://www.amazon.com/Sourcebook-Programmable-Calculators-Texas-Instruments/dp/0895120259 Personal Programming – A Complete Owner's Manual for TI Programmable 58/59 - http://www.amazon.com/Personal-Programming-Complete-Owners-Programmable/dp/0895120275 Programming Programmable Calculators by Harold S. Engelsohn - http://www.amazon.com/Programming-programmable-calculators-Harold-Engelsohn/dp/0810451050 TI59.com – http://ti59.com TI59 presentation at Vintage Computer Festival Europe 2007 by Bernd Ulmann - http://fafner.dyndns.org/~vaxman/publications/ti-59.pdf TI59 site by Bernd Ulmann - http://www.vaxman.de/my_machines/texas_instruments/ti-59/ti-59.html Battery repair at Datamath Calculator Museum - http://www.datamath.org/Batteries/BP1_Repair.htm Disassembly and cleaning instructions - http://www.marekczeszek.com/sitemap/homepage/ti-59-how-to/ti-59-how-to.htm TI59 Failures and Maintenance Tips - http://www.rskey.org/gene/calcgene/59diag.htm PPX-59 Software & Newsletter archive - http://www.datamath.org/Sci/WEDGE/PPX59-Newsletter.htm PPC Notes Newsletter - http://www.rskey.org/CMS/index.php/the-library/14 Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI-59

Bill Gates' recollections of the Altair and Altair BASIC, history of the machine, specifications, peripherals, cost of the machine, magazines/books, connectivity to modern computers, emulation, simulation, replicas, current Web sites. Links mentioned in the show: wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altair_8800 Stan Veit's History of the Personal Computer, by Stan Veit - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1566640237 Gates' memories of the Altair on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqAg0GJLPGk David Greelish, "Ed Roberts Interview With Historically Brewed Magazine" - http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Historically-Brewed-David-Greelish/dp/0615538126 Computer Notes - http://www.virtualaltair.com/virtualaltair.com/vac_comp_notes.asp The Tenth anniversary of the Altair 8800, with Forrest Mims III (helped form MITS), January, 1985 Computers & Electronics - http://www.1000bit.it/support/manuali/altair/pe0185er.pdf Cracking Open the Altair 8800, Cnet - http://news.cnet.com/2300-11386_3-6204753.html Altair Peripheral Emulator - http://home.comcast.net/~forbin376/ Altair32 Emulator - http://www.classiccmp.org/altair32/ Altair 8800 demonstration on YouTube, by Don Russ - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAhp_LzvSWk Virtual Altair Museum - http://www.virtualaltair.com/ SIMH Altair 8800 Simulator - http://www.schorn.ch/altair.html iAltair and iAltairHD Emulator for the iPhone/iPad, by Peter Schorn - http://www.schorn.ch/ialtair.html Hack A Day - http://hackaday.com/2010/04/26/altair-8800-pc-case-can-emulate-the-original-hardware/ Briel Computers (Altair replica) - http://www.brielcomputers.com/ Altair Group on Yahoo - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/altaircomputerclub/

Discussion of what's to come in this new vintage computing podcast. Also, a discussion of the vintage computers in the host's collection.