This episode features a special huge circle of podcasters around a single microphone at KansasFest 2015, where we reflect on KansasFest, relative merits of the Apple II, the CoCo, Atari 8-bits, and Commodores, and on the phenomenon that is KansasFest. We also make a couple of attempts at Carrington’s choose-your-own-adventure door decoration, and talk about […]
Rants and Raves
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Kahney’s Korner – the Apple II deserves its own festival (uh, thank you?)
Thanks Mac enthusiast dude… nice to have your blessing there.
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Apple ][ Watch
Check it out at: http://www.instructables.com/id/Apple-II-Watch/
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Brian Edwards of the UK Mirror is a [colorful metaphor]
Demonstrating he’s not much of an historical fact-checker, Brian Edwards dribbles out a hate piece that will probably rile you up too.
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Retro Computing Roundtable #93 released
Michael Mulhern posted via Facebook: In a host packed Episode 93, Earl, Carrington, Paul, Michael, Jack, and Ken discuss the controversial topic of “Are We Cheating Cheaters?” Flash storage devices, Internet modems, multi-cartridges with entire software libraries, super RAM add-ons, LCD flat panels – what’s so retro about all that? Also discussed is the saving […]
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Brian Picchi reviews the Apple II, David Murray thinks the Macintosh may have been a mistake
Brian Picchi David Murray
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Open Apple #42: 2014 Year-End Roundtable, Eric Shepherd, Sarah W., Carrington Vanston
This month on Open Apple, we close out the year with our traditional Year-End Roundtable discussion. We’re joined by Eric ‘Sheppy’ Shepherd, Sarah W., and Carrington Vanston. We talk about alternate universes, our collective love of the IIgs, and Quinn takes cheap shots at Carrington. It’s the holidays, so Commodore users are given a respite. […]
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ICONIC: A Photographic Tribute to Apple Innovation
I was recently given a copy of ‘ICONIC: A Photographic Tribute to Apple Innovation’ by Jonathan Zufi to review. I’ve spent the past week poring over it in my spare time. As I turned each page, I felt mesmerized and pleasantly surprised by the book’s high-quality photography of historical Apple products. Which is odd. I’m […]
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Happy 30th Birthday Macintosh
The Apple II is still better than you’ll ever be.
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Macintosh turns 25
You’ve probably seen or heard it somewhere in the media recently, Macintosh turned 25 years old today. They’re saying the Mac is the computer that revolutionized microcomputing… but I would argue otherwise. I think we all know it was really the Apple II that kicked off the microcomputer revolution. Still, the Mac quickly replaced the […]