{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Floppy Days 87 - The Apple III - with Paul Hagstrom","description":"The Apple III - Part 1 Hello, everyone, and welcome to Episode 87 of the Floppy Days Podcast for November, 2018. &amp;nbsp;In the timeline, we continue to cover machines that were released in the year 1980. The topic of this show is a machine that while it came from a very well-known computer company, was never popular enough to make a large splash in the computer market. &amp;nbsp;Nevertheless, it was an important piece in the history of personal computers and I\u2019m happy to bring it to you this month. Of course, the machine that we\u2019re talking about, as you already know from the excellent memories intro by Mike Maginnis, is the Apple II\u2019s more powerful brother, the Apple III. I\u2019m very happy to have one of the well-known members of the Apple III community today, and co-host of the Apple III podcast \u201cDrop III Inches\u201d as well as a cohost of the RetroComputing Roundtable Podcast, Mr. Paul Hagstrom, assist me with this month\u2019s topic. New Acquisitions\/What I\u2019ve Been Up To  Little Darling Designs - (http:\/\/www.littledarlingdesigns.com) arcade joystick from Benj Edwards - &amp;nbsp;https:\/\/twitter.com\/benjedwards\/status\/1025119835179634689 Mega ST-1 -  https:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/ATARI-MEGA-ST-1-WITH-GOTEK-EMULATOR-VINTAGE-RETRO-COMPUTER-FULLY-WORKING\/283035614842 voltage up\/down transformer - https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004MPR3XQ ST trackball - atarifreakz on ebay -  https:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/Atari-520-1040-ST-STE-Mega-Falcon-computer-Amiga-500-600-1200-2000-Trackball\/163273344945 Mega ST manual - MyAtari on eBay -  https:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/Mega-ST-Owners-Manul-New-Mint-Atari-Original\/13089043845  Upcoming Shows  Tandy Assembly - http:\/\/www.tandyassembly.com , Nov. 10-11, Springfield, OH TI International World\u2019s 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  Feedback  DEC Legacy - http:\/\/declegacy.org.uk 3D Monster Maze Copyright -  https:\/\/www.sinclairzxworld.com\/viewtopic.php?f=4&amp;amp;t=2802  Peripherals  III Plus IIe - http:\/\/www.6502lane.net\/tag\/titan\/  References   https:\/\/www.mac-history.net\/computer-history\/2007-07-14\/apple-iii-and-apple-iie https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apple_III  http:\/\/www.vectronicsappleworld.com\/archives\/appleii\/0002.php  http:\/\/lowendmac.com\/2015\/apple-iii-chaos-apples-first-failure\/ http:\/\/www.applelogic.org\/AIIIDesignBugs.html  ","author_name":"Floppy Days Vintage Computing Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/www.floppydays.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/7427789\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/7427789"}