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Hello, everyone, and welcome to another episode of Floppy Days, the show about home computers of the late 70’s through the 80’s.  The next machine up to cover on the timeline is the Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer, affectionately known as the CoCo.  Since there’s SOO much information to cover about this interesting machine, it will be a multi-parter, with the first episode covering the history of the CoCo.  I was lucky enough to get one of the authors of THE CoCo history book, my good friend Boisy Pitre, to come on the show and co-host this with me.  We’re going to cover the history of the CoCo from before its inception, through its introduction, until its eventual cancellation.  Boisy provides a fantastic perspective on the life and career of this machine and I think you’ll enjoy it.   Before delving into the main part of the show, I’ll cover a little bit of news, new acquisitions and feedback. Links Mentioned in the Show:   New Acquisitions FreHD - http://ianmav.customer.netspace.net.au/trs80/emulator BEST Electronics - http://www.best-electronics-ca.com/ News Uthernet II Order Page - http://www.a2retrosystems.com/order.htm Uthernet II FAQ - http://www.a2retrosystems.com/support.htm#faq Video from Terry Stewart on the Amstrad CPC 464 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOuPuE194fo&feature=em-subs_digest VCF Midwest 10 - August 29-30, 2015, Elk Grove Village, IL - http://vcfmw.org/ Chicago TI International World Faire - http://www.chicagotiug.com/tiki-index.php?page=Faire October 31, 2015, Evanston, IL Feedback WinUAE - http://www.winuae.net/ picture of Brent Santin’s Vic-20 setup - http://sleepingelephant.com/denial/wiki/images/d/d4/VIC-20_80_column_setup.jpg VIC-20 information Wiki - http://sleepingelephant.com/denial/wiki/index.php?title=DenialWIKI_Home VIC-20 Mega-Cart - http://mega-cart.com Doug Crawford’s blog for vintage activities: https://abitoutofplace.wordpress.com/ Tomy Tutor Information - http://www.floodgap.com/retrobits/tomy/ The Trash Compactor - http://www.trs-80.org/norcom-tc-iii/   Interview with Co-host Boisy Pitre CoCoRx  - https://github.com/boisy/CoCoRX “Swift for Beginners: Develop and Design” by Boisy Pitre - http://www.amazon.com/dp/0134044703/?tag=flodaypod-20 Twitter - @boisypitre Email - coco@toughmac.com “CoCo: The Colorful History of Tandy's Underdog Computer” by Boisy G Pitre, Bill Loguidice - http://www.amazon.com/dp/1466592478/?tag=flodaypod-20 Boisy’s Blog - http://latenightcoco.blogspot.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  

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/

  On this episode of Antic, the Atari 8-bit Podcast: an interview with Curt Vendel, Atari historian and co-author of “Atari, Inc: Business Is Fun” … and  an interview with Dennis Harkins, author of the APX program Message Display Program … and how a pack of bubble gum led to life with an Atari and a career in computers.   Links mentioned in this episode:   Recurring Links Floppy Days Podcast AtariArchives.org AtariMagazines.com Kevins Book “Terrible Nerd”   New Atari books scans at archive.org ANTIC feedback at AtariAge   What We’ve Been Up To "Compute's Atari Collection Volume 1" "CoCo: The Colorful History of Tandy's Underdog Computer" by Boisy G Pitre and Bill Loguidice “Sophistication and Simplicity, The Life and Times of the Apple II Computer” by Steven Weyhrich KansasFest Kampfgruppe Vintage Computer Festival Southeast (VCFSE) 2.0 Intellivisionaries Podcast Movie Musical Madness Kevin's black metal 850 interface "A Mind Forever Voyaging - a history of storytelling in video games" Atari User Magazine Kevin's Atari 400/800 Posters   News VCF East 9.1 Atari Gamer Magazine Atari Gamer Promotion on YouTube 30th Anniversary Edition of Boulder Dash TapStar Interactive Terry Stewart (Tez) HD remake  of Atari 400 Video on YouTube Band Of Outsiders Atari Clothing Article Band of Outsiders Website Atari 800 mentioned on Colbert Report Video Atari 800 on Colbert Report Discussion on AtariAge Google and YouTube Atari Easter Eggs Learning Curve programming articles Learning Curve Discussion on AtariAge Nolan Bushnell interview NOMAM 2014 programming contest for 10 line games Bill Kendrick - Paddleship Entry for NOMAM Archive.org Computer Magazines Archive.org Computer Newsletters Archive.org Game Magazines Archive.org Manuals Archive.org The Business Case: Applications and Programs for the Home Office   Tips KDOS Atari Encyclopedia History of Atari Computers from CIO Magazine Bits of the Past store   Interview - Curt Vendel Atari Museum Atari History Book Website “Atari Inc.: Business is Fun (Volume I)” by Curt Vendel, Marty Goldberg at Amazon   Interview - Dennis Harkins Unedited Dennis Harkins Interview   Closing Taste My Beeper 1-bit GTIA Music Mash-up of the Beastie Boys and the music from Ballblazer  

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  

On this episode of Antic, the Atari 8-bit Podcast: we delve into the mystery of floppy drives, talk with Paul Nurminen about his love of Atari, and rescue adventure games off of cassette tape.Links mentioned in this episode: Recurring Links Floppy Days Podcast AtariArchives.org AtariMagazines.com Kevins Book “Terrible Nerd” New Atari books scans at archive.org ANTIC feedback at AtariAge Intro A8CAS atari.org Tape Preservation Project cassette discussion on atariage Altirra emulator Atari800Win-Plus emulator Adventure Creator War Games magazine research "CoCo: The Colorful History of Tandy's Underdog Computer" by Boisy G Pitre and Bill Loguidice "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 "Vintage Games: An Insider Look at the History of Grand Theft Auto, Super Mario, and the Most Influential Games of All Time" by Bill Loguidice and Matt Barton Audio on a Record Atari800MacX emulator Vintage Computer Festival Southeast (VCFSE) 2.0 Vintage Computer Festivals ATR8000 Atlanta Science Festival SpartaDOS “Atari Roots” by Mark Andrews “Atari BASIC Source Book” by Bill Wilkinson “Sophistication and Simplicity, The Life and Times of the Apple II Computer” by Steven Weyhrich Atari Pool disks Intellivisionaries Podcast Paul Nurminen's Website with Atari programs B&C ComputerVisions News Atari Dump Hunt on hold More Atari Dump Atari Chapter 11 News VI for SpartaDOS Revival Mini Revival Survival! Kickstarter Homebrew Heroes Magazine New Fandal Site Atari Blast! update Incognito Board Incognito Board Third Run “30 Years Later, One Man Is Still Trying To Fix Video Games” article on Chris Crawford The!Cart New 7800 Stuff at archive.org Vintage Volts Podcast Atari Gamer Magazine Tips Running the Atari800 emulator on the Raspberry Pi   Atari BBS’s via telnet

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