History of Personal Computing and Floppy Days performed a live recording of podcast at Vintage Computer Festival SouthEast 3.0 outside of Atlanta, GA. Present were Randy Kindig of Floppy Days podcast, along with David Greelish and Jeff Salzman (from the remote HoPC offices in Pennsylvania). Without further ado, here is the podcast. Show notes will be added in the near future after everyone recovers from the weekend! 🙂
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Podcast Episode 16: TRS-80 Color Computer and Sinclair ZX Spectrum

Now that we’re firmly into the 1980’s, David and Jeff continue to cover computer systems that can be considered next-generation platforms, introducing color versions to existing model lines. We introduce to you Radio Shack’s first Color Computer, expanding the infamous original monochrome TRS-80 line of computers. Along with that, we hop over the great pond and introduce the successor to the Sinclair ZX80 and ZX81, the Sinclair’s ZX Spectrum series of computers.
Links mentioned in the show include:
- Vintage Computer Festival Southeast 3.0
- World of Spectrum
- ZX Spectrum Vega
- Bluetooth ZX
- List of ZX Spectrum emulators
- Glenside Color Computer Club
eBay links (you may need to scroll down the linked pages to see the full auction)
Links to lists of SOLD items may differ from items mention in the show content
- David
- Jeff
Send feedback to feedback@HistoryOfPersonalComputing.com – We really want to hear from you by email or send an audio comment! Also, as we cover these computers, we would love to receive your high-quality pictures of the machines we’ve covered, so please start sending them in. You can find our podcast RSS feed at http://www.historyofpersonalcomputing.com/feed/podcast. Also, please write a review on iTunes or help us spread the word with Facebook, Google + or Twitter. Perhaps you’re in a specialty discussion group – tell them!
Special Episode: VCF East 10.0
In this special episode, David and Jeff take a break from their respective work and event activities. The regularly scheduled podcast will continue next week.
Meanwhile, David interviews Jeff on his experiences as an exhibitor attending the Vintage Computer Festival East 10.0
Links mentioned in this show include:
- Vintage Computer Festival East 10
- Friday, April 17 – Sunday, April 19, Wall, New Jersey
- Vintage Volts VCF 10 personal writeup
- http://hackaday.com/2015/04/23/vcf-east-x-the-mega-mix/
- http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/04/ars-timetravels-through-vintage-computer-festival-east/
- https://www.youtube.com/results?lclk=month&search_query=vintage+computer+festival+east&filters=month
- “The Guru Meditation: pre-show video and 30 Years of Amiga
- Douglas Crawford – “Visicalc” – pre-show video
- VCFEast Apple Showcase
- Fairlight CMI
- The “Magic of Papertape”
- Vintage Computer Festival Southeast 3.0
- Saturday, May 2 & Sunday, May 3, Roswell, Georgia
- https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/20859909/help-fund-the-vintage-computer-festival-southeast-0
- https://www.facebook.com/vcfse?fref=nf
- VINTAGE COMPUTER FESTIVAL MIDWEST 10
Send feedback to feedback@HistoryOfPersonalComputing.com – We really want to hear from you by email or send an audio comment! Also, as we cover these computers, we would love to receive your high-quality pictures of the machines we’ve covered, so please start sending them in. You can find our podcast RSS feed at http://www.historyofpersonalcomputing.com/feed/podcast. Also, please write a review on iTunes or help us spread the word with Facebook, Google + or Twitter. Perhaps you’re in a specialty discussion group – tell them!
Podcast Episode 15 – Part 2: Commodore 64

Are you keeping up with the Commodores? Well we are… and HOW! Join us on this, part two of Episode 15, where David discusses its next generation cousin, the Commodore 64, and we do our eBay finds.
For your convenience (and maybe due to our laziness), we’ll put an identical set of shownote links in each part.
In this show, we decided to try and loosen up a bit with a little more active commentary (which unfortunately lead to its length). If you find this particular episode’s style better than the older shows, or prefer the original style, please let us know by contacting us through the many forms of feedback mentioned at the bottom of these shownotes.
Links mentioned in the show include:
- Intel Compute Stick
- Vintage Computer Festival East 10
- VIC Chip General Info
- VIC Chip Detailed Register Info
- Commodore 64 – The Best Selling Computer In History
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64#Specifications
- Quantum Link
- Failed “New” C64
- Color 64C cases (Kickstarter) – ended
- Put your Commodore 64 Online
- Commodore Free magazine – Issue 86 (pdf)
- Flash based C64 on the web
- DTV – The Commodore Direct-to-TV
eBay links (you may need to scroll down the linked pages to see the full auction)
Links to lists of SOLD items may differ from items mention in the show content
- David
- Jeff
Send feedback to feedback@HistoryOfPersonalComputing.com – We really want to hear from you by email or send an audio comment! Also, as we cover these computers, we would love to receive your high-quality pictures of the machines we’ve covered, so please start sending them in. You can find our podcast RSS feed at http://www.historyofpersonalcomputing.com/feed/podcast. Also, please write a review on iTunes or help us spread the word with Facebook, Google + or Twitter. Perhaps you’re in a specialty discussion group – tell them!
Podcast Episode 15 – Part 1: Commodore VIC-20

Are you keeping up with the Commodores? Well we are… and HOW! Join us on this, part one of Episode 15, where Jeff waxes on about his very first computer, the Commodore VIC-20.
For your convenience (and maybe due to our laziness), we’ll put an identical set of shownote links in each part.
In this show, we decided to try and loosen up a bit with a little more active commentary (which unfortunately lead to its length). If you find this particular episode’s style better than the older shows, or prefer the original style, please let us know by contacting us through the many forms of feedback mentioned at the bottom of these shownotes.
Links mentioned in the show include:
- Intel Compute Stick
- Vintage Computer Festival East 10
- VIC Chip General Info
- VIC Chip Detailed Register Info
- Commodore 64 – The Best Selling Computer In History
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64#Specifications
- Quantum Link
- Failed “New” C64
- Color 64C cases (Kickstarter) – ended
- Put your Commodore 64 Online
- Commodore Free magazine – Issue 86 (pdf)
- Flash based C64 on the web
- DTV – The Commodore Direct-to-TV
eBay links (you may need to scroll down the linked pages to see the full auction)
Links to lists of SOLD items may differ from items mention in the show content
- David
- Jeff
Send feedback to feedback@HistoryOfPersonalComputing.com – We really want to hear from you by email or send an audio comment! Also, as we cover these computers, we would love to receive your high-quality pictures of the machines we’ve covered, so please start sending them in. You can find our podcast RSS feed at http://www.historyofpersonalcomputing.com/?feed=podcast. Also, please write a review on iTunes or help us spread the word with Facebook, Google + or Twitter. Perhaps you’re in a specialty discussion group – tell them!