As has been outlined on previous messages about this, the KansasFest board has been deliberating on what to do about this year’s annual gathering. Initially it was hoped that the world and national situation would be sufficiently improved by July that we could proceed as usual. However, it has become clear that the economic disruption […]
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Nox Archaist Kickstarter
6502 Workshop has announced that their Kickstarter campaign for Nox Archaist is scheduled to launch in September 2017. As unveiled at KansasFest, Nox Archaist will be available on Kickstarter in an old school plastic bag and a collector’s box edition*. There will be several box sets to choose from all of which will be loaded […]
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Portal for the Apple II – A Cake-acquisition Simulator
Vince Weaver has written an Applesoft rendition of Portal for the Apple II. “While attempting to travel to the future to get a copy of Portal 3. I accidentally traveled to alternate-1987 and obtained a copy of Portal 1 for the Apple II!”, Weaver says. “In actuality I originally just planned to do the end […]
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The Source Is Strong With This One – System 6.0.4.
Happy II Year! A New, New Release. But first I would like to address the auxtypo, er auxtype issue recently discovered with the 6.0.3. release. Sometimes there are many ways to accomplish the same task. Most of the time it matters not how it is done so we don’t think about it. The auxtype issue […]
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The Source Awakens .. System 6.0.3, a New Release
On the heels of the recent 6.0.2 build of the Apple IIgs System Disk set, comes the next revision. Many loose ends have been tied up and documentation has been updated with changes described in detail. This release has been packaged as six 800K disk images in BXY format (Shrinkit Compatible Binary II Encoded), .PO […]
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KansasFest 2015
KansasFest, the 27th annual convention dedicated to the Apple II computer, will gather from Tuesday, July 14, through Sunday, July 19. Users, programmers, hobbyists, and retrocomputing enthusiasts are invited to Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri, for six days and five nights of sessions, demos, announcements, contests, and camaraderie. Registration details and the identity of […]
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the ResetVector.com adds a General Files Section
A new files section has been added to the ResetVector.com, in an ode to the BBS era, the General Files section was where you could find files that were other than programs or graphic images. the Reset Vector’s new General Files section aims to pay tribute to this, and serve as a hub of memories, […]
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A2MP3 auction to benefit @rsuenaga fund
Two years after it was first unveiled at KansasFest 2009, Vince Briel’s A2MP3 card finally became commercially available at this year’s event, bringing MP3-playing capabilities to the Apple II. Attendees of KansasFest 2011 not only had the opportunity to assemble their A2MP3 kit under the watchful eye of its creator; they also got a custom […]
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A2Central IRC effected by SoCal Power Outage
At about 15:45, 8-Sept, 2011 – A power outage spread across Southern California, mostly San Diego and South Orange County, and it appears to be out of the ordinary, in that even the utility is predicting 24 hours or more of outage. EDIT: Update – As of 2135 Local time, the power has been restored. […]
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Bob Bishop to keynote KansasFest 2011
KANSAS CITY, MO — December 17, 2010 — Bob Bishop, co-founder of Apple’s R&D lab, will be the keynote speaker at KansasFest 2011. Bob is part of the early history of the Apple computer and has developed numerous commercial software titles, worked side-by-side with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, written a book on assembly language programming, […]