Floppy Days 153 - Interview with Chuck Mauro, Apple Employee 57, Entrepreneur and Author

About this episode

This episode features an interview with Chuck Mauro, an early Apple employee and entrepreneur.

Floppy Days 153 - Interview with Chuck Mauro, Part 1 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FloppyDays Sponsors: 8-Bit Classics Arcade Shopper FutureVision Research New Acquisitions and What I've Been Up To KFest - https://www.kansasfest.org CoCo 5V USB adapter - Tim Halloran: Tryout Cable at GitHub - https://github.com/hallorant/bigmit/tree/master/coco2usb#trying-out-the-usb-mod-with-the-tryout-cable Tim did a talk at Tandy Assembly 2021. You can find the slides here - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/19PG-rJjY0_h8iO4LEgI_-lZHJsW6ekmSQ-hHDLxJ2CU/edit?usp=sharing Video of USB Conversion by Tim - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfa4Db2OwE8 Upcoming Vintage Computer Shows VCF West - August 1-2 - Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA - https://vcfed.org/2025/03/05/vcf-west-2025-save-the-date/ VCF Midwest - September 13-14, 2025 - Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, IL - http://vcfmw.org/ Tandy Assembly - September 26-28 - Courtyard by Marriott Springfield - Springfield, OH - http://www.tandyassembly.com/ Portland Retro Gaming Expo - October 17-19 - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR - https://retrogamingexpo.com/ Chicago TI International World Faire…

People in this episode

Host: Randy Kindig

Guest: Chuck Mauro

Topics covered

• vintage computing
• interview
• Apple history
• entrepreneurship
• technology

Keywords

• Chuck Mauro
• Apple
• vintage computing
• entrepreneur
• interview

Sponsors

8-Bit Classics, Arcade Shopper, FutureVision Research

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Floppy Days

Books & works: Chuck's book

Places: Mountain View, CA, Schaumburg, IL, Springfield, OH, Portland, OR, Evanston, IL

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