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Only 12 days left! Please help support getting this book printed about the little-known Sphere computer!
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Go Computer Now! – The Story of Sphere Computers
A book telling the extraordinary story of Sphere, a 1970s Utah personal computer maker far ahead of its time—until its sudden collapse.
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November 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
ANTIC #122 has been published!
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ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast: ANTIC Episode 122 - Atypical Kay
ANTIC Episode 122 - Atypical Kay In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast… we introduce a new format for the news, there’s lots of archiving going on, new software and hardware for ou...
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October 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Read all about Floppy Days in the October, 2025 edition of the excellent @computesgazette !
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COMPUTE!'s Gazette: Halloween Spooktacular - October 2025
Explore the spooky side of vintage computing with the October 2025 issue of COMPUTE!'s Gazette. This Special Spooktacular Issue delves into the haunted Dodleston Source Code , the art of creating 8-bi...
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October 16, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Magazine 162 of ABBUC (Atari Bit Byter User Club) has an article written by yours truly, about my podcasting efforts over the years. The rest of the issue has some other great stuff too 😀 . You must be an ABBUC member to download (if you're not a member you should be!!)
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ABBUC – Atari Bit Byter User Club
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September 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Want to know more about working at Apple? We know Woz was a jokester; hear more from the memoir of Chuck Mauro, who was there as Woz's assistant! Part 1 of the interview now available for all!
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(video) Floppy Days 153 Chuck Mauro - Early Apple Employee - Interview Part 1
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August 30, 2025 at 1:47 AM
New interview (part 1) with Chuck Mauro, Apple Employee #57 and a whole lot more! Chuck worked with Steve Wozniak and many other well-known people and invented many things. Video available for Patreon supporters.
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Floppy Days Vintage Computing Podcast: Floppy Days 153 - Interview with Chuck Mauro, Apple Employee 57, Entrepreneur and Author
Floppy Days 153 - Interview with Chuck Mauro, Part 1 Patreon: Sponsors:        New Acquisitions and What I’ve Been Up To KFest -   CoCo 5V USB adapter - Tim Hallo...
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July 31, 2025 at 2:58 PM
New acquisitions! Each of these items will be talked about in more detail on upcoming episodes of the Floppy Days Podcast!
July 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
KFest Virtual Edition 2025 starts tomorrow (Sat. July 19). I did an interview with Chuck Mauro, an early Apple employee and founder of Advanced Logic Systems, among many other things. A 45-min segment of that interview is at 12:15 p.m. Eastern. Hope you can be there!
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Schedule | KansasFest
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July 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
R.I.P to Theresa Welsh, co-author, with her husband David, of the cherished book "Priming the Pump: How TRS-80 Enthusiasts Helped Spark the PC Revolution". I had the honor of meeting her and David and getting them to come to Tandy Assembly in 2019.
July 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
ANTIC #118 is published! (Trigger Warning!!) Atari die-hards will please note that there are Commodore references! (ataripodcast.libsyn.com/antic-episod...)

Also, stick around at the end of the podcast for some outtakes this month! Who says we don't have fun hosting this podcast?!!!
ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast: ANTIC Episode 118 - Trigger Warning
ANTIC Episode 118 - Trigger Warning In this episode of ANTIC The Atari 8-Bit Computer Podcast…we have lots of user feedback and user projects to report on, we talk about a postage stamp-sized Atari co...
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July 1, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Was the HP-97 the best desktop programmable calculator/printer EVER made??? Listen to Wlodek and I and find out!
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Floppy Days Vintage Computing Podcast: Floppy Days 152 - The HP97 Programmable Calculator - Part 3 - With Wlodek Mier-Jedrzejowicz
HP-97/67 Programmable Calculator, Part 3 With Wlodek Mier-Jedrzejowicz Patreon: Sponsors:        Videos of this and other episodes at the YouTube channel:   Hello, an...
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July 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Now available for all: video of interview with Dan Bricklen, one of the duo who created the first spreadsheet: VisiCalc, way before Lotus 1-2-3 and the modern Microsoft Excel!!
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(video) Floppy Days 146 - Interview with Dan Bricklin, VisiCalc
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June 3, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Video interview with Paul Terrell, Part 4, the man who started the Byte Shop, kickstarted Apple and worked with Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, now available for all to view!
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(video) Floppy Days 145 - Paul Terrell, The Byte Shop - Part 4
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June 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Find all about the reboot of Compute's Gazette Magazine!
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Floppy Days Vintage Computing Podcast: Floppy Days 151 - Interview with James Nagle, Reboot of Computes Gazette
Interview with James Nagle, Reboot of Compute’s Gazette Magazine Patreon: Sponsors:        Hello, and welcome to episode 151 of the Floppy Days Podcast for May, 2025.&nbsp...
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June 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
New episode of Next Without For Podcast!
TOPIC: Atari 8-bit Development Environments
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Show 015 - Atari 8-Bit Programming
Randy and Earl discuss the various options for modern programming on Atari 8-bit systems, including the Atari 400/800 and their successors! ...
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May 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Floppy Days Vintage Computing Podcast: Floppy Days 150 - Interview with David Greelish, Apple Lisa Documentary
Interview with David Greelish, Apple Lisa Documentary Patreon: Sponsors:       Hello, and welcome to episode 150 of the Floppy Days Podcast for April, 2025.  My name is R...
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May 2, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Floppy Days 144, video interview with Don French and Steve Leininger (developers of the TRS-80 Model I), now available for everyone!
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(video)Floppy Days 144 - Interview with Don French & Steve Leininger, Co-Designers of TRS-80 Model I
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March 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Floppy Days 143 - Paul Terrell, the Byte Shop Part 3, video interview now available for everyone!:
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(video) Floppy Days 143 - Paul Terrell, The Byte Shop - Part 3
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March 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Floppy Days 149 is out!
The HP97 Programmable Calculator with Wlodek Mier-Jedrzejowicz
Video available for Patreon supporters
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Floppy Days Vintage Computing Podcast: Floppy Days 149 - The HP97 Programmable Calculator - Part 2 - With Wlodek Mier-Jedrzejowicz
The HP97 Programmable Calculator - Part 2 - With Wlodek Mier-Jedrzejowicz Patreon:   Video version of the episode at YouTube:   Sponsors:        New Acquisitions ...
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March 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
@davidkarlin.bsky.social hi David! I’m ready to schedule interview for @floppydays.bsky.social podcast. Please ping me
March 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Latest Floppy Days, with early access video of Wlodek’s interview and HP97 history discussion available for Patreon supporters:
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Floppy Days Vintage Computing Podcast: Floppy Days 148 - HP97 History and Memories with Wlodek Mier-Jedrzejowicz and Everett Kaser
HP-97 Programmable Calculator History and Memories with Wlodek Mier-Jedrzejowicz and Everett Kaser  Patreon: Sponsors:       Hello, and welcome to episode 148 of the Flopp...
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March 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Video interview with Paul Terrell, who kickstarted the early Apple by purchasing a batch of Apple I computers for his shop.
Subject: The Byte Shop (Part 2)
Now available for everyone after having been early access for Patreon supporters!
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(video) Floppy Days 141 - Paul Terrell, The Byte Shop - Part 2
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February 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
New episode of Next Without For Podcast!
The History of BASIC
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Show 014 - The History of BASIC
Randy and Earl cover the history of the BASIC programming language, including its origins, and the wide adoption of BASIC on 8-bit systems i...
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February 25, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Feb. 17, 2025 was the 12th anniversary of the publication of the first episode of the Floppy Days Podcast! Thanks, everyone, for the support all these years!
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Floppy Days Vintage Computing Podcast
Vintage computing podcast for all types of home computers from the late 70's through the 80's. Covers the Apple II, Commodore PET, and TRS-80 Model I to the Commodore 64, Atari 800, TI-99, Tandy CoCo...
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February 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Another ANTIC Interview Episode! Giann Velasquez of Atariteca!
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ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast: ANTIC Interview 453 - Giann Velasquez, Atariteca
ANTIC Interview 453 - Giann Velasquez, Atariteca Hello, and welcome to this interview-only episode of ANTIC, The Atari 8-bit computer podcast.  I’m Randy Kindig, your host for this episode. Giann...
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February 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM