This month on Open Apple, Mike and Ken chat with Kay Savetz, Internet publisher and author of the memoir Terrible Nerd. We cross enemy lines to look at a book about the cultural, scientific, and philosophical implications of Commodore 64 programming, some of it applicable to the Apple II. Paul Terrell’s Polaroid snapshots of the […]
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Open Apple is the first co-host Apple II podcast.
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Open Apple podcast #21 (November 2012) now available
This month on Open Apple, Em Maginnis invites guest co-host Geoff Weiss to discuss Spectrum Internet Suite and debut some new Classic Desk Accessories for the IIGS, based on his KansasFest 2012 presentation. Mike and Geoff review recent Apple II news, such as Brutal Deluxe’s latest software offering, a missing time capsule, a visit to […]
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Open Apple podcast #20 (October 2012) now available
This month on Open Apple, Mike and Ken chat with Ewen Wannop, British programmer of 16-bit telecommunications programs such as Spectrum, SAM, SNAP, and SAFE. The hosts share feedback galore from the last episode and contemplate how to record a live show. After catching up on some headlines from last month, we plow forward, celebrating […]
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Open Apple podcast #19 (September 2012) now available
This month on Open Apple, the Apple II community’s only co-hosted podcast, Mike and Ken chat with David Schmidt, the programmer responsible for ADTPro. Beyond his own program, David has also contributed to the development of Davex, GSport, AppleCommander, CiderPress, OpenEmulator, DiscFerret, CFFA3000 — and much, much more. Collectively, the show’s hosts marvel at the […]
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Open Apple podcast #18 (August 2012) now available
On the August episode of Open Apple, Ken Gagne speaks with Wayne Arthurton, who recently attended his first KansasFest since 2004, and Paul Hagstrom and Jeremy Rand, both first-time attendees at the world’s premier annual Apple II convention. In this panel-format discussion, the four veterans discuss their personal highlights from the show, what motivated them […]
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Open Apple podcast #17 (July 2012) now available
The July 2012 episode of Open Apple, the Apple II community’s only co-hosted podcast, is now available. This month, Mike and Ken speak with Rich Dreher, developer of the CompactFlash For Apple (CFFA) card. The first batch of CFFA3000 cards sold out in 2011, and the second batch is now shipping with similar sales numbers. […]
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Open Apple podcast #16: Martin Haye
This month on Open Apple, Mike and Ken speak with Martin Haye, 8-bit programmer extraordinare. We love us some conventions, be they KansasFest, the Vintage Computer Festival, @party, ROFLCon, or WordCamp. We wonder why video games have abandoned humor and if Kickstarter can bring it back. Steve Wozniak is advising the Steve Jobs film — […]
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Open Apple podcast #15
This month on Open Apple, Mike and Ken chat with David Finnigan, proprietor of the Mac GUI Web site and author of the upcoming book, The New Apple II User’s Guide. Our eyes are caught by another new book release, The Best of Creative Computing: Volume 3, as well as the upcoming biopic based on […]