KansasFest 2018, the 30th annual Apple II convention, is open for registration. Users, programmers, hobbyists, and retrocomputing enthusiasts are invited to Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri, from Tuesday, July 17, through Sunday, July 22, for six days and five nights of sessions, demos, announcements, contests, and camaraderie. The keynote speaker will be Roger Wagner. […]
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Roger Wagner to deliver KansasFest 2018 keynote
KansasFest 2018, the premier annual Apple II convention, is scheduled for July 17 – 22 in Kansas City, Missouri. This year marks the 30th time that this event has been held. In July 1989, Resource Central held the first A2-Central Developer Conference, focused on the individuals and companies who were still producing hardware and software […]
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KansasFest 2017 opens for registration
KansasFest 2017, the 29th annual Apple II convention, is now open for registration. Antoine Vignau and Olivier Zardini, the French Brutal Deluxe Software programming team known for countless original Apple II programs and archiving efforts, will join us in Kansas City, Missouri from July 18 – 23 with a keynote presentation to celebrate the 40th […]
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Brutal Deluxe to deliver KansasFest 2017 keynote
KansasFest 2017, the 29th annual Apple II convention, is scheduled for July 18 – 23 in Kansas City, Missouri. Antoine Vignau and Olivier Zardini, the French Brutal Deluxe Software programming team known for countless original Apple II programs and archiving efforts, will join us with a keynote presentation to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the […]
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Steve Gozdziewski, former KansasFest committee chair, passes away
Steve Gozdziewski, the former “Grand Gouda” of the KansasFest committee, has passed away. He was 69. Steve was the champion of KansasFest for many years, leading the event around the turn of the century, after the Apple II had been discontinued but before it became retro. He recruited several committee members as well as such […]
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KansasFest appears on Cult of Mac
Five KansasFest related articles have been posted to Cult of Mac. Some general coverage, including a bit of the Garage Giveaway is available at: http://www.cultofmac.com/438978/apple-ii-fans-find-themselves-in-hog-heaven-at-kansasfest/ …and everyone’s restoration hero, Javier Rivera is featured at http://www.cultofmac.com/439119/this-guy-makes-badly-aged-apple-computers-sparkle-again/ SolderFest! http://www.cultofmac.com/439258/kansasfest-solder-session-proves-theres-fun-in-melting-metal/ Martin Haye interviewed, http://www.cultofmac.com/439484/kansasfest-is-a-second-chance-childhood-for-one-programmer/ Final Notes from Nerdvana, http://www.cultofmac.com/439621/kansasfest-final-notes-from-nerdvana/
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KansasFest 2016 HackFest videos and downloads
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_8ByM2n4E2vNBY4gv_73iQaV1Ahpr6K2 Rob McMullenOmnivoreJumpman Level Editor Jeremy Rand Bejeweled Project Page Bejeweled Bootable Disk Image Kay Savetz Kaverns of KFest Project Page Kaverns Bootable Disk Image Paul Hagstrom WavyDots Project Page
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4am releases Passport, automated copying tool
Passport is a verification program for 5.25-inch Apple II floppy disks. It can verify all unprotected disks and many copy-protected disks. It can also create a copy of the original disks in a standard 16-sector format, and optionally apply patches to the copy to help make the copy work properly. BOOM! Jeremy Barr-Hyde is already […]
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Call-A.P.P.L.E. releases updated books for KansasFest
Try using checkout code LULU30 or SHIPSAVE16. Press Release: Seattle, Washington — July 22, 2016 — Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.) is proud to announce the immediate availability of the classic book The Apple II Monitor Peeled. Last published by A.P.P.L.E. in 1979, this release returns the book to print and for the first […]