Main topic: The VideoBrain Family Computer.  Special guest host Jeff Salzman (Vintage Volts)!
 
Links Mentioned in the Show:
 
News


EasyFlash 3 - http://skoe.de/easyflash, http://go4retro.com/products/easyflash


TRS-80 MISE - http://home.comcast.net/~bartlett.p/MISE/


Kfest - http://www.kansasfest.org/


VCF Midwest - http://starbase.globalpc.net/eccc/, https://www.facebook.com/events/257907004391707/


A2CLOUD - http://appleii.ivanx.com/prnumber6/category/a2cloud/


A2SERVER - http://appleii.ivanx.com/a2server/


ProTERM is now officially free - http://lostclassics.apple2.info/announcements/19/proterm-a2/


ADTPro - http://adtpro.sourceforge.net/


Raspple II - http://appleii.ivanx.com/rasppleii/


Apple II Pi - http://schmenk.is-a-geek.com/wordpress/


 
Intro Jeff Salzman


RetroChallenge 2014 Summer Challenge - http://www.wickensonline.co.uk/retrochallenge-2012sc/


 
Bumper


Clip of VideoBrain from Today Show in 1978 with Jane Pauley - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmxrtUuZa-4


 
Tech Specs


Fairchild F8 Microprocessor - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_F8


Fairchild Semiconductor Website - http://www.fairchildsemi.com/


Fairchild Semiconductor on WikiPedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_Semiconductor


Fairchild Channel F System - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_Channel_F


APL Programming Language on WikiPedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APL_(programming_language)


“A Programming Language” Book on Amazon by Kenneth Iverson - http://www.amazon.com/dp/0471430145/?tag=flodaypod-20
 


Emulation


Multi-Emulator Super System (MESS) - http://www.mess.org/


FPGA Implementation of the VideoBrain - kevtris on YouTube -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac49BKNNlCo


 
Current Web Sites


Bill Loguidice, Armchair Arcade - http://www.armchairarcade.com/neo/taxonomy/term/1135


AtariProtos.com - http://www.atariprotos.com/othersystems/videobrain/videobrain.htm


Article from Interface Age - http://bit.ly/1rBJMvi


November 1978 Popular Science ad for the VideoBrain - http://bit.ly/1nzsTMU


VideoBrain video on YouTube (Glankonian) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4GgAMdWN4Q


The Old Computer Museum - http://oldcomputermuseum.com/videobrain.html


Yahoo group - https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/channel_f_and_videobrain/info


VideoBrain info at orphanedgames.com - http://www.orphanedgames.com/videobrain/


The Old Computer.com ROM’s - http://www.theoldcomputer.com/roms/index.php?folder=VideoBrain/Family-Computer-101


VideoBrain Unwrapped by Kevin Horton -  http://blog.kevtris.org/blogfiles/videobrain/videobrain_unwrapped.txt


Sean Riddle’s VideoBrain Info - http://www.seanriddle.com/videobrain.html


 
References


Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videobrain


“Stan Veit’s History of the Personal Computer” by Stan Veit on Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/dp/1566640237/?tag=flodaypod-20


 
Closing


Throwback Network - http://www.throwbacknetwork.net


Vintage Volts Website (Jeff Salzman) - http://vintagevolts.com/