Floppy Days 138 - Interview with Hans Franke, VCF Europe and Computeum

Floppy Days Vintage Computing Podcast

Episode 138 - Interview with Hans Franke, VCF Europe and Computeum

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Sponsors:

• 8-Bit Classics

• Arcade Shopper

What I’ve Been Up To

• Indy Classic Expo - http://www.indyclassic.org

• 8-Bit Classics - http://www.8bitclassics.com

• 80 column card for Atari 1090XL at Tindie from Brian Reifsnyder

New Acquisitions

• Coco MPI mention on an earlier episode (Episode 131)

• Cloud-9 - http://www.cloud9tech.com/

• Texas Instruments TI58 & TI59 calculators coverage on an earlier episode (Episode 3)

• TI58/59 battery pack mod from Bob Wolfson

• 2.4A power adapter for Atari XL/XE - https://www.8bitclassics.com/product/atari-xl-xe-2-4a-amp-power-adapter/

Upcoming Shows

• The 32nd Annual “Last” Chicago CoCoFEST! - May 4-5, 2024 - Holiday Inn & Suites Chicago-Carol Stream (Wheaton), Carol Stream, Illinois - https://www.glensideccc.com/cocofest/

• The Festival of Portable Computing - May 18-19 - Centre for Computing History, Cambridge, England - https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/72231/The-Festival-of-Portable-Computing-18th-19th-May-2024/

• CorgsCon (Columbus Ohio Retro Gaming Society) - June 1 - Kasich Hall – Ohio Expo Center, Columbus, OH - https://www.corgscon.com/

• Game Not Over 2024 - June 8-9 - Dunstall Park Racecourse in Wolverhampton, U.K. - https://retro.directory/browse/events/326-game-not-over-2024

• VCF Southwest - June 14-16, 2024 - Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center at UT Dallas - https://www.vcfsw.org/

• Boatfest Retro Computer Expo - June 14-16 - Hurricane, WV - http://boatfest.info

• Vancouver Retro Gaming Expo - June 22 - New Westminster, BC, Canada - https://www.vancouvergamingexpo.com/index.html

• Pacific Commodore Expo NW v4 - June 22-23 - Old Rainier Brewery Intraspace, Seattle, WA - https://www.portcommodore.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=pacommex:start

• Kickstart Amiga UK Expo - June 29-30 - Nottingham, UK - https://www.amigashow.com/

• KansasFest, the largest and longest running annual Apple II conference - July 16-21 (in-person), July 27-28 (virtual) - University of Illinois in Springfield, IL - https://www.kansasfest.org/

• Southern Fried Gaming Expo and VCF Southeast - July 19-21, 2024 - Atlanta, GA - https://gameatl.com/

• Nottingham Video Game Expo - July 20-21 - The Belgrave Rooms, Nottingham, U.K. - https://www.nottsvge.com/

• Fujiama - July 23-28 - Lengenfeld, Germany - http://atarixle.ddns.net/fuji/2024/

• Vintage Computer Festival West - August 2-3 - Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA - https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-west/

• VCF Midwest - September 7-8 - Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, IL - http://vcfmw.org/

• VCF Europe - September 7-8 - Munich, Germany - https://vcfe.org/E/

• Portland Retro Gaming Expo - September 27-29 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/

• Tandy Assembly - September 27-29 - Courtyard by Marriott Springfield - Springfield, OH - http://www.tandyassembly.com/

• AmiWest - October 25-27 - Sacramento, CA - https://amiwest.net/

• Chicago TI International World Faire - October 26 - Evanston Public Library (Falcon Room, 303), Evanston, IL - http://chicagotiug.sdf.org/faire/

• Retro Computer Festival 2024 - November 9-10 - Centre for Computing History, Cambridge, England - https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/72253/Retro-Computer-Festival-2024-Saturday-9th-November/

• Schedule Published on Floppy Days Website - https://floppydays.libsyn.com/current-year-vintage-computer-show-schedule

Interview with Hans Franke

• VCF Europe (VCFe.org)

• Computeum (Computeum )