According to the latest posting on the KansasFest web site, Vince Briel has volunteered to host an interactive workshop on assembling a Replica 1 kit. The Replica 1 is a functional clone of the original Apple-1 designed by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. For only the cost of the kit ($149 USD), attendees will have the opportunity to build their own Replica 1 under Briel’s expert supervision.

KansasFest is the worlds largest annual gathering of Apple II enthusiasts. Come join us!

Next weekend, the InfoAge Science Center of Wall Township, New Jersey, will host the fifth annual Vintage Computer Festival East. Admission for either day (Saturday, September 13th, and Sunday the 14th) is $10, or $15 for both.

VCF is an opportunity to participate in a variety of workshops, sit in on various educational sessions, enter your classic computer into an exhibition contest, and trade and swap at the vintage marketplace. Among this year’s schedule is a replica-building workshop sponsored by Briel Computers. You can build a replica of the historic Apple-1 or KIM-1 single-board computers.

VCF East 5.0 is sponsored by MARCH and VintageTech.

Michael Steil has produced what he calls “the first confirmed perfect dump of the 4096 bytes” that constituted the BASIC that shipped with the original Apple-1 computer. This software was recovered after Steil received a copy — in MP3 format. From his blog:

The Apple I is extremely rare. Only 200 were built, and less than 100 are believed to be in existence … The cassettes are even rarer, as not every Apple I came with one. There has not been a dump of the tape until 2002, when Achim Breidenbach of Boinx Software got an MP3 recording of an original Apple 1 BASIC tape … [and] managed to decode it by writing a program — in GFA BASIC on an Atari ST.

Hat tips to TUAW and 9 to 5 Mac.