As an Apple II fan site, we don’t post very many articles about our frenemy, the Macintosh. That’s unfortunate, because I’ve often felt several of the Macintoshes (especially later models) were amongst the best Apple II peripherals ever made. This story posted on CNET today is an exception, as it features pictures and anecdotes from […]
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Jim Salmons announces The Softalk Apple Project
Jim Salmons has announced The Softalk Apple Project, a site dedicated to preserving one of the most iconic (and ironically short-lived) Apple II magazines ever published. At just four volumes, there are still over 9,100 pages of features, tips, reviews, advertising and Apple II history to be OCR scanned, edited (via crowd-sourcing) and eventually published […]
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Open Apple special KansasFest 2013 coverage
The Open Apple team forced Carrington Vanston of 1 MHz and KansasFest first-timer Kay Savetz of the new (and excellent) ANTIC: The 8-bit Atari Podcast into a room in the basement of Corcoran Hall at Rockhurst to record the very first Open ANTIChertz. Listen in as we discuss KFest goings-on, from Kevin’s impressions — both […]
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KansasFest 2013 is officially here
Tuesday KansasFest seemed to start early this year, as some of the Apple II faithful began arriving Monday in anticipation of Tuesday’s usual early move-in day. Once Tuesday arrived, people started unloading their gear, computers and supplies for the week-long experience. We have *several* new attendees this year, and the dorms are buzzing with rumors […]
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Woz attends historic testing of five Apple 1 computers
Today’s Woz-stalking is courtesy Dean Nichols and The San Jose Mercury News. Tuesday, June 18th saw Steve Wozniak and several other *very notable* attendees gathered at History San Jose to power-on and test no fewer than five Apple 1 computers. How many of us wish they could have been there to see that?
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OzKFest dates announced, July 26-28 Brisbane Australia
Andrew Roughan has announced the date and location of the (we think) second-largest gathering of Apple II users in the world.
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Melissa Barron’s Glitch screencaptures on display at Furtherfield Gallery
If you find yourself in jolly ol’ England this summer, say between the dates of June 8th and July 28th, be sure to stop in at the Furtherfield Gallery’s McKenzie Pavillion in London and personally see Melissa Barron’s Glitch screencapture weavings on display as part of the Glitch Moment/ums exhibit.
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Prince of Persia source code analyzed, documented
You may recall from our prior Prince of Persia coverage that Jason Scott and Tony Diaz helped Jordon Mechner resurrect the PoP source code from Mechner’s old disks and upload it to Github. Recently, Jason Scott posted a follow-up on Facebook’s Apple II Enthusiasts group about the efforts of PoP fan Adam Green. Here’s Jason’s […]