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We have come to the end of our Retro City Festival coverage/content. Time for us to put our stuff in a hanky at the end of a stick and hit the road.
As we begin to wind down our output from this year's Retro City Festival, we have put together a "potpourri" of interviews with some really awesome people.
It's 2019, so we're taking a quick look back and how we collected in 2018, setting goals for 2019, and we're also talking about two conventions that each of us visited this year: MAGFest and Retro City Festival.
In this Bonus podcast between Season 1 and Season 2, Steve takes his family to the Retro City Festival in Pomona, CA . Mild, family friendly hijinks ensue.
In this Bonus podcast between Season 1 and Season 2, Steve takes his family to the Retro City Festival in Pomona, CA . Mild, family friendly hijinks ensue.
We took the show on the road to our first Retro City Festival! We check out an amazing selection of retro games and arcade machines, listened to some amazing vidja game metal tunes by Super MADNES, and met up with an awesome retro gaming podcast, Autofire Power Hour! "Strength in Gaming are real gamers. We've burst from the womb with dice in one hand, a tit in the other, and the glow of bits in our eyes. We are here to tell it like it is, no bullshit, just the fucking truth. This is Strength in Gaming!" HOSTS: Salvador Madrigal, Samson Lancaster GUEST: Brian of Autofire Power Hour Live Music: Super MADNES Music: n8bit Become a Patron of STR CAST Donate to Extra-Life
Floppy Days Episode 88 - The Apple III - Part 2 Hi, all, and welcome to Floppy Days #88 for December, 2018. I’m your host, Randy Kindig, and it’s hard to believe that 2018 is coming to an end. I hope you all had a great year! As stated in the last show, we are into the year 1981 for computer introductions and we are covering the Apple II’s more powerful sibling, the Apple III. This is part 2 of the 2-part series and will again have Paul Hagstrom, prolific podcaster himself, to help me cover this machine. We will continue where we left off the last show, and will cover magazines, books, software, emulators, Web sites and a whole lot more. Stay tuned to learn more than you ever wanted to know about the Apple III. New Acquisitions/What I’ve Been Up To Tandy Assembly 2018 - http://www.tandyassembly.com/index.html Bartlett Labs (Peter Barlett) - MISE/M3SE/MIRE - http://bartlettlabs.com/ Ian Mavric - The Right Stuff - http://members.iinet.net.au/~ianmav/trs80/ Peter Cetinski - http://pski.net/category/retro/ Brendan Donahe - CoCoVGA - http://www.cocovga.com/ Jim Brain - Retro Innovations - http://store.go4retro.com/ Thomas McLaren - Digital Dinos - http://www.digitaldinos.com/ ZZap!64 Annual 2019 book - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/47744432/zzap-64-annual-2019-the-next-chapter TI-59 & gummy wheel repair kit - https://www.ebay.com/itm/TEXAS-INSTRUMENTS-TI-59-CALCULATOR-CARD-READER-GUMMY-WHEEL-REPAIR-KIT/264101043234 Soldering Station - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07D57JT3F Atari 8-bit SIO cables - https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=128 Atari 8-bit SIO2SD p https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=58 Atari 8-bit S-Drive Max - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01EUVJYME Atari 410 Cassette Drive belt - https://www.ebay.com/itm/123508444012?ViewItem=&item=123508444012 Pi1541 - https://www.ebay.com/itm/PiDRIVE-Raspberry-Pi-HAT-1541-1581-Commodore-64-128-Vic-20-Emulator-OLED-Pi1541-/332860073409 Amiga External Drive Cable and Boot Selector - http://www.amibay.com/showthread.php?88687-Gotek-Floppy-Drive-External-ROUND-cables Upcoming Shows The Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network will have three tables at the second annual Retro City Festival, taking place January 5-6, 2019 at the famous Fairplex, Expo Hall 9, 1101 W McKinley Ave. in Pomona, California (east of Los Angeles). - http://retrocityfestival.com - a yearly celebration of video game history VCF Pacific Northwest 2019 will take place March 23-24, 2019 at Living Computers: Museum+Labs in Seattle, Washington. Details can be found at http://www.vcfed.org/vcf-pnw. Feedback “Sophistication and Simplicity: The Life and Times of the Apple II Computer” by Steven Weyhrich - https://www.amazon.com/Sophistication-Simplicity-Times-Apple-Computer/dp/0986832278 Jupiter Ace resources - https://jupiter-ace.co.uk Popular Magazines/Newsletters Apple III Dimensions (Apple) - https://www.apple2scans.net/magazines/apple-dimensions/ - 4 issues (tied to the recall/upgrade program) OnThree - https://www.apple2scans.net/magazines/on-three/ - ‘83 to ‘90 - Bob Consorti put in link to interview on Drop III Inches Open Apple Gazette - https://www.apple2scans.net/magazines/open-apple-gazette/ - ‘82 to ‘84 Apple Orchard - http://yesterbits.com/scans/apple-orchard-magazine/ - ‘80 to ‘84 Call-A.P.P.L.E. - https://www.callapple.org - ‘78 to (‘90, ‘02 to ‘11, ‘15 to) present Softalk - https://archive.org/details/softalkapple - ‘80 to ‘84 Washington Apple Pi Journal - https://www.wap.org/journal/showcase/ -‘79 to ‘94 Books Osborne-McGraw Hill Guide to your Apple III - Stanley M. Miastkowski - http://www.apple2scans.net/apple-iii-documents/osborne-mcgraw-hill-guide-to-your-apple-iii/ Exploring Business BASIC - an almost-book by Taylor Pohlman: http://www.apple2scans.net/apple-iii-documents/exploring-business-basic/ "Using Apple Business Computers" by Kenniston Lord Jr - https://www.ebay.com/itm/1984-Operating-Programming-Apple-III-Computers-rare-book-on-the-Apple-III-/252985598982 Business BASIC for the Apple III by Eddie Adamis - https://www.amazon.com/Business-BASIC-Apple-Eddie-Adamis/dp/0471883883 — http://www.apple2scans.net/apple-iii-documents/business-basic-for-the-apple-iii/ BASIC Keywords for the Apple III also by Eddie Adamis - http://www.apple2scans.net/apple-iii-documents/basic-keywords-for-the-apple-iii/ [nearly identical to other Adamis book, just sorted differently] Software Resource Guide for Apple III and Apple III Plus Harware and Software (Apple): http://www.apple2scans.net/apple-iii-documents/resource-guide-for-apple-and-apple-plus-hardware-and-software/ Software - http://apple3.org/iiisoftware.html Ads & Appearances Night Shift (1982) - Chuck, the morgue night attendant, uses Visicalc on an Apple III to keep his girls' finances in order. Dick Cavett TV ads - Apple IIII easy to use - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOk-gA_j_Cw Dick Cavett TV Ad - Electronic Worksheet - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk80YJ0H-ZU - Modern Upgrades CFFA2 / CFFA3000 - http://dreher.net/?s=projects/CFforAppleII&c=projects/CFforAppleII/main.php , http://dreher.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=490 Floppy Emu - https://www.bigmessowires.com/floppy-emu/ SD Floppy II - http://www.a2heaven.com/webshop/index.php?rt=product/product&product_id=124 X/ProFile - Profile/Widget Emulator Board for Apple Lisa&Apple3 - https://www.ebay.com/itm/X-ProFile-Profile-Widget-Emulator-Board-Apple-Lisa-Apple3-Hundreds-SOLD-/202428018286 - $369.99 APPLE III PROFILE INTERFACE - (this is a vintage era card) - http://vintagemicros.com/catalog/apple-profile-interface-p-170.html Emulators Sara - http://www.blackcatsystems.com/software/sara.html MESS/MAME - https://www.mamedev.org/release.html See also: apple3rtr https://github.com/datajerk/apple3rtr “Ready to Run” Open Emulator - https://github.com/OpenEmulatorProject/OpenEmulator-OSX , Unofficial snapshot builds: https://archive.org/details/OpenEmulatorSnapshots Buying One Today Interview with Bob Cook, Founder and former President of Sun Remarketing - https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/the-classic/classiccomputingcom-bob-cook-fmin7S5wdps/ Community Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/appleiii/ Twitter Drop III inches (podcast twitter feed): https://twitter.com/drop_iii_inches Forums Applefritter - https://www.applefritter.com/forum/84 - Apple II and III forum Podcasts Drop III Inches - http://drop-iii-inches.com Open Apple - http://www.open-apple.net - Apple II podcast but with occasional Apple III mentions Current Web Sites Centre for Computing History - http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/210/Apple-III/ Vintage Micros - http://vintagemicros.com/catalog/apple-c-29.html Apple3.org - http://www.apple3.org/ - Documents, magazines, software, emulators, ads Washington Apple Pi Apple III FAQ - https://www.wap.org/a3/a3library/a3faq.html Yesterbits Apple III Software and Scans - https://yesterbits.com/topics/apple-iii-software-and-scans/ Mike Maginnis 6502Lane - http://www.6502lane.net/ David T. Craig scans of a vast amount of material, internal documentation - https://archive.org/search.php?query=dtca3%2A Apple ///: A New Beginning by Apple Computer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY7HRyXgeek Why I Failed with the Apple III and Steve Jobs Succeeded With the Macintosh - https://blog.aha.io/why-i-failed-with-the-apple-iii-and-steve-jobs-succeeded-with-the-macintosh/ by David Fradin, Apple III Product Manager https://twitter.com/davidfradin1 https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidfradin/ The One Thing Melinda Gates Will Keep Forever Is an Apple III - https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/a22824572/melinda-gates-apple-iii Archive.org - https://archive.org/search.php?query=apple+iii Cult of Mac - https://www.cultofmac.com/?s=apple+iii Digibarn - http://www.digibarn.com/collections/systems/appleIII/index.html - Apple III documentation, manuals, interviews, photos References https://www.mac-history.net/computer-history/2007-07-14/apple-iii-and-apple-iie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_III http://www.vectronicsappleworld.com/archives/appleii/0002.php http://lowendmac.com/2015/apple-iii-chaos-apples-first-failure/ http://www.applelogic.org/AIIIDesignBugs.html
This time, it’s a triple feature. First, just a quick mention of our stop at January’s Claremont Packing House Comic Book & Collectible Show (https://www.facebook.com/ClaremontPackingHouseComicBookShow/). Next, we get surprised by the brand new Retro City Festival (http://retrocityfestival.com/). Lastly, we journey to Hollywood for the world premiere screening of “Making Fun – The Story of Funko” […]
The boys are back from holiday madness to discuss some recent game time. And to announce our first appearance as a podcast at the Retro City Festival in Pomona CA, January 20 and 21. Check out retrocityfestival.com for more info!
I talk to Steve Torres about what it takes to make a gaming convention and what is happening at Retro City Festival