Floppy Days 161 - Byte Shop Interviews

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FloppyDays

Sponsors:

• 8-Bit Classics 

• Arcade Shopper and https://thekeep.net 

• FutureVision Research 

• Tuc's Workbench 

Intro

• 30-minute video of sound bites for Byte Shop 50th Anniversary Event - https://youtu.be/ANR1fYicwxI 

New Acquisitions and What I've Been Up To

• Indy Vintage Computer Club - https://www.indyvcc.org 

• Midwest Computer Museum - https://www.midwestcomputermuseum.com 

• Power of Vintage - https://www.youtube.com/@powerofvintage9442 

• Tech Dungeon - https://www.techdungeon.xyz 

• 8bitdevices - https://www.8bitdevices.com/ 

• lightboxes:

• https://www.etsy.com/listing/4306784729/lightbox-for-retro-computer-video-games 

• https://www.ebay.com/str/techdungeon 

• https://www.ebay.com/itm/335958112556 

Upcoming Shows (thru June, 2026)

• VCF East - April 17-19 2026 - InfoAge Science and History Museums, Wall, NJ - https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/ 

• Midwest Gaming Classic - April 24-26 - Baird Center, Milwaukee, WI - https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/ 

• The Annual "Last" Chicago CoCoFEST! - April 24-25, 2026 - Holiday Inn & Suites Chicago-Carol Stream (Wheaton), Carol Stream, Illinois - https://www.glensideccc.com/cocofest/ 

• Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2026 - April 25-26 - Burbank, CA  - http://www.portcommodore.com/class 

• VCF Europe - May 1-3 - Munich, Germany - https://vcfe.org/E/ 

• Vintage Computer Festival Pacific Northwest 2026 - May 2-3 - Tukwila Community Center, South Tukwila, WA -  https://vcfpnw.org 

• VCF Southwest - May 29-31, 2026 - Westin Dallas Ft. Worth Airport - https://www.vcfsw.org/ 

• Retrofest 2026 - May 30-31 - Steam Museum of the Great Western Railway, Swindon, UK - https://retrofest.uk/ 

• INIT HELLO (Apple II) - June 19-21 - System Source Computer Museum, Hunt Valley, MD - https://init-hello.org/ 

• Vintage Computer Festival GB 2026 - June 19-21 - Leigh, Wigan, United Kingdom - https://www.facebook.com/events/25457837877216829/ 

• Vancouver Retro Gaming Expo - June 20 - New Westminster, BC, Canada - https://www.vancouvergamingexpo.com/index.html 

• Pacific Commodore Expo NW 2026 - June 20-21 - Old Rainier Brewery Intraspace, Seattle, WA - http://www.portcommodore.com/pacommex 

• Schedule Published on Floppy Days Website - https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSeLsg4hf5KZKtpxwUQgacCIsqeIdQeZniq3yE881wOCCYskpLVs5OO1PZLqRRF2t5fUUiaKByqQrgA/pub 

Feedback

• Stewart Cheifet tribute from S.M. Oliva - https://www.computerchronicles.blog/podcast/chronicles-revisited-podcast-018-the-publics-broadcaster/