Oldskooler Ramblings

Did I forget to mention that I co-hosted four episodes of the Floppy Days podcast 18 months ago? I’ve become somewhat of an expert on the IBM PC over the decades, so when Randy Kindig wanted to cover the 40th anniversary of the IBM PC, he reached out to me to help with tech research and modern-day hobbyist developments. Along the way, he asked if I could co-host those episodes, and having a face for radio, I agreed.

We didn’t want to leave anything out, so we covered everything and broke it up into four parts, which aired from December 27th 2021 to March 31st 2022:

https://floppydays.libsyn.com/floppy-days-109-the-ibm-pc-5150-tech-specs

https://floppydays.libsyn.com/floppy-days-110-the-ibm-pc-5150-part-2-with-jim-leonard

https://floppydays.libsyn.com/floppy-days-111-the-ibm-pc-5150-part-4-with-jim-leonard

https://floppydays.libsyn.com/floppy-days-112-the-ibm-pc-5150-part-5-with-jim-leonard

I recorded all of my parts locally, but Randy was happy with the stream quality, so he used the stream as the audio. As for the content, over the series it goes from historical and technical, to modern topics such as how to get started, where to find systems, modern homebrew hardware, networking, etc.

Give them a listen on your next cross-country trip to a vintage computer festival.