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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The Oregon Trail play opens in NYC
The Oregon Trail, playwright Bekah Brunstetter‘s original and unauthorized stage production of the classic MECC game, opens next week at the Fault Line Theatre in New York City. The play runs January 13–February 12, 2017, and tickets range from $9 to $24. This production was previously performed at the Portland Center Stage at The Armory […]
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Pics from Apple II Festival France 2016
Thanks to Stephane Briancourt, we can see pictures from France’s premier Apple II retro-computing event. Check out the gallery here:
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Happy 66th Birthday Woz!
It’s Steve Wozniak’s Birthday today!
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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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WOzFest $04 recap
Hi all, I’ve now posted my WOzFest $04 recap and photos galleries on my blog site, the recap is roughly the same as I posted here: http://apple2.europlus.zone/community/wozfest-iv-recap/ http://apple2.europlus.zone/community/wozfest-iv-galleries/ If you have any photos from WOzFest $04, please post a link to them in the comments to the galleries post. Talk soon, Sean
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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 […]