Floppy Days 86 - The Sinclair ZX80 Part II with Earl Evans

The Sinclair ZX80 and ZX81

Welcome to the Floppy Days Podcast with myself, Randy Kindig, and a whole host of vintage computers surrounding me, each one wanting their time in the limelight.  This will be part 2 of the 2-part series on the Sinclair ZX80 & 81 computer line. Once again, I will have one of the grand-daddy's of vintage computer podcasting, Earl Evans, co-hosting with me as we complete the journey through one of the historically significant computers from across the pond.  We will be covering the normal topics from where we left off the last show, so we'll be talking about peripherals, software, books & magazines, ads, emulators, Web sites and whatever else comes to mind. Before we do that, though, I do want to talk a bit about my new acquisitions and projects, let you know about upcoming shows so you can make your plans, and I might even have a little feedback.

I want to thank Ian Bucknell for providing his thoughts and memories of the ZX81.

Links Mentioned in the Show:

Memories

• Ian Bucknell's Frankensteined ZX81 and other retro-computers - https://imgur.com/a/dD4xq

New Acquisitions/Projects

• REX for Tandy Model 100/102 - http://bitchin100.com/wiki/index.php?title=REX
• Atari ST RGB to SCART cable - https://www.ebay.com/itm/Atari-ST-High-Quality-RGB-Scart-Lead-Video-Cable-TV-AV-Lead-2mtr/250978089310
• High Resolution VGA Cable for Atari ST - https://www.ebay.com/itm/142767407804
• Sofia Atari 8-bit video board - http://atariage.com/forums/topic/274004-sophia-revc-dvi-board/

Upcoming Shows

• VCF West - https://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-west/ , August 4-5, 2018 - Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA
• Commodore Vegas Expo v14 - http://www.commodore.ca/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=12676 , Aug. 11-12, 2018, Las Vegas, NV
• VCF Midwest - http://www.vcfmw.org/ - September 15-16, 2018, Elk Grove Village, IL
• Portland Retro Gaming Expo - http://www.retrogamingexpo.com/ - Oregon Convention Center on October 19-21, 2018
• Tandy Assembly - http://www.tandyassembly.com , Nov. 10-11, Springfield, OH
• TI International World's Faire - http://ctiug.sdf.org/ - Nov. 10, Evanston Public Library, Evanston, IL
• World of Commodore - https://www.tpug.ca/category/woc/ - December, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Peripherals and Expansion

• list of ZX81 Peripherals in the Centre for Computing History collection - http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/cgi/archive.pl?type=Peripherals&platform=ZX81
• Early Sinclair ZX81 peripheral adverts - http://www.retrogamescollector.com/early-sinclair-zx81-peripheral-adverts/
• Cheetah 32K RAM Expansion
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