The source code for 45 Infocom text adventures is now available in its native ZIL (Zork Implementation Language) from GitHub. I’ve uploaded the entirety of source code of all Infocom text adventures/interactive fiction to Github. https://t.co/p0K8MRKoTN If you don’t understand ZIL, and you probably don’t, read this instruction manual. https://t.co/H8nl1fxWcv — Jason Scott (@textfiles) April […]
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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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A2Central on hiatus
There have been some interesting new developments in the Apple II community recently. You may have noticed we haven’t reported on them. I apologize for that, but my time has been constrained with family, work and other responsibilities and obligations that have left me with precious little time for my Apple II hobby. Effective immediately, […]
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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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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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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 […]
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Apple II Festival France 2016
Mark your calendars again! Coming this August 12th through August 15th is APPLE II FESTIVAL FRANCE 2016, at Maska to Castera-Verduzan in Gers. Join your fellow European Apple II enthusiasts for a few days of retrocomputing, gaming, hacking, good food and some wine. Apple II Festival France 2016 is being produced by Silicium and Facebook […]
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The GEnie Apple II RoundTables at Mac GUI Vault
Poof! The GEnie is out of the bottle in time for KansasFest 2016 as Mac GUI Vault now holds the Apple II GEnie and Delphi software and RoundTable archives. Both of these online services were central to the Apple II world and were used by thousands of Apple II subscribers in the 1980s and 90s. […]