Floppy Days Vintage Computing Podcast
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Vintage computing podcast for all types of retrocomputers
Floppy Days Vintage Computing Podcast
2w ago
Post-VCF SoCal 2024 with Paul Nurminen
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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 this show. This episode is an adjunct to and follow up to the last episode (#136) of Floppy Days. In that episode, which covered the Grundy New Brain, I alluded to t ..read more
Floppy Days Vintage Computing Podcast
3w ago
Grundy NewBrain Peripherals thru Web Sites with Chris Despoinidis
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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 O’Hara-Smith 12 min 27 sec Peripherals 22 min 37 sec Using the Machine 33 min 14 sec User Groups/Newsletters 38 min 36 sec Books & Manuals 41 min 47 sec Software 44 min 11 sec A ..read more
Floppy Days Vintage Computing Podcast
2M ago
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 and time were selected, and what you can expect to see at the show. I’m excited to have a new VCF available in an area and time that should be fantastic to visit and be a part o ..read more
Floppy Days Vintage Computing Podcast
4M ago
Grundy NewBrain History with Steve O’Hara-Smith
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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 Interview with Steve O'Hara-Smith
71 min 46 sec Closing
Hello, and welcome to episode 132 of the Floppy Days Podcast; a podcast about home computers in the magical years of the late 70’s ..read more
Floppy Days Vintage Computing Podcast
5M ago
The Grundy NewBrain History with John Grant
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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 released in the year 1982; a banner year for personal computers.
Next up is a computer that few in the United States know much about. It was released in the UK and even there ..read more
Floppy Days Vintage Computing Podcast
6M ago
Interview with Forrest Mims III, Electronics Author
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Hello, and welcome to episode 130 of the Floppy Days Podcast for September 2023. I’m your host, Randy Kindig, and I’ll be bringing you this podcast as the beautiful fall weather and foliage descends on central Indiana. I love the podcast, and I love the computer shows that start popping up in the fall, which you’ll hear more about on this show.
I feel like I’ve been EXTREMELY lucky lately, in being able to get interviews wit ..read more
Floppy Days Vintage Computing Podcast
8M ago
Floppy Days Episode 128 - Paul Terrell - Exidy Part 1
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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 with essentially jump-starting the personal computer industry in many ways, not the least of which was by buying the original Apple I computer from the just-getting-started Steve ..read more
Floppy Days Vintage Computing Podcast
9M ago
Floppy Days 127 - James Shackel Estate Haul and Paul Terrell Intro
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Hello, and welcome to episode 127 for June, 2023 of the Floppy Days Podcast, with your host, yours truly, Randy Kindig!
I'd bet there are few listeners who don’t know the name Paul Terrell. Paul has been credited with essentially jump-starting the personal computer industry in many ways, not the least of which was by buying the original Apple I computer from the just-getting-started Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak and selling it i ..read more
Floppy Days Vintage Computing Podcast
10M ago
Floppy Days 126 - Interview with Bob Frankston, Co-developer of Visicalc
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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) Visicalc. Visicalc was the first spreadsheet computer program for personal computers, originally released for the Apple II by VisiCorp on October 17, 1979. It is co ..read more
Floppy Days Vintage Computing Podcast
1y ago
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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 been the interview with John Grant of Nine Tiles, the second and third being coverage of the history of the Spectrum with Alessandro Grussu, the fourth being the inter ..read more