David Troy, Toad Computers In this episode, I sit down with a long-time Atari dealer back in the 80's and 90's, Mr. David Troy. David ran the Toad BBS from 1984-1988 starting at the age of 12 and then in 1986 as a sophomore in high school, he and partner Ray Mitchell founded a small computer mail order firm specializing in the Atari line of computers.  They shortly moved into a storefront in Severna Park, Maryland and the company grew into a million dollar plus business until they closed shop in 1997. This interview took place February 27, 2016. Teaser Quotes "Commodore 1702 color monitors, that we sold to a company in Baltimore, that we later figured out was using them to install the monitors inside of peep show booths" "I remember one time we got some kind of a call from Minnesota where they needed, I think it was a battery pack for a Stacy portable, and they needed it like pronto because Prince was going to be pissed" "Jack Tramiel's son just called me up and blasted me out, you know this is the guy who designed the Commodore 64; he thought it was worth his time to call me up and bother me about this" Links David's Website - http://davetroy.com/ "Toad Computers Growing By Leaps And Bounds", October 18, 1990, Baltimore Sun - http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1990-10-18/news/0501210518_1_troy-atari-severna-park People Maps - http://peoplemaps.org/ Mailstrom - https://mailstrom.co/

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