Bill Martens wrote in with the sad news that A.P.P.L.E. founder and Apple II pioneer Val J. Golding has passed away. Our condolences go out to his family and friends. For those of you who knew Val J. Golding, the founder of A.P.P.L.E., it is with great sadness that I must announce his passing. He […]
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Q&A with James Littlejohn
One of the perks of attending KansasFest is getting to meet some of the active programmers and developers within the Apple II community firsthand and speak with them about their projects. James Littlejohn is one of our newest and most prolific developers, who has released an astonishing 6 new hardware products this year (available through […]
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Wozniak on creating the ‘computer of my dreams’
Andy Kessler of Tech Ticker recently recorded a video interview with Steve Wozniak about the early days of personal computing: We were gonna have machines that could out-calculate our companies’ huge million-dollar computers, and we the programmers … were gonna change the world with revolutionized education. We always spoke of the word “revolution” — all […]
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Get Lamp documentary update
Jason Scott, creator of BBS: The Documentary, recently updated the Web site for his latest project, Get Lamp, a documentary of text adventures: Primary shooting of GET LAMP has completed. Over 80 interviews were conducted across three countries to capture some amount of the massive story of the text adventure. While I certainly don’t consider […]
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Brutal Deluxe site returns with exciting new content
Famed French Apple II programming group Brutal Deluxe has launched a new web site with links to the programs they’ve produced over the years. The site also features a treasure trove of previously unreleased software, content and source code that Apple II users are definitely going to want to check out. It’s great to see […]
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KansasFest 2008 keynote speaker announced
KANSAS CITY, MO – January 2, 2008 – Lane Roathe, cofounder of Ideas From the Deep and former managing editor at Softdisk, will be the keynote speaker at KansasFest 2008. At Softdisk, a monthly magazine of original software for the Apple II, Mr. Roathe teamed with John Romero and John Carmack to create the internal […]
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Youngest Apple II programmer
Meet 8 year old Lim Ding Wen, possibly the youngest Apple II programmer in the world.
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The Apple II from Commodore? It almost happened
At a recent panel reflecting on the history of the Commodore 64, which turned 25 this week, Steve Wozniak revealed Apple’s early ambitions to sell the Apple II to Commodore, ensuring stable jobs for Woz and Jobs. Computerworld.com has the full story.