A radio interview between the late Bob Bishop and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has been digitized and published
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Open Apple #53 (November 2015) : David Schroeder, Phreaking, 8-bit Mice
This month on Open Apple we sit down with David Schroeder, author of classic Apple II games such as Crisis Mountain, Dino Eggs, and Short Circuit. We talk about the randomness of our passionate brand-loyalty, the logistical realities of early Apple II development, and the magical era of “one-person, one-game”. We get into a lot […]
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Joe Ely releases album recorded with an Apple II, with liner notes by Woz
Texas rocker Joe Ely has released B4 84, an album he made with an Apple II, using the alphaSyntauri music system and a Roland 808 drum machine. In a brief interview with the San Antonio Current, Ely discusses the details of the album, which was recorded over 30 years ago, his interactions with Woz, and […]
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Woz recounts writing Integer BASIC
BASIC, that simple language that was an integral part of the Apple II experience for so many fans, turns 50 this month and to help celebrate, Woz has contributed a nice little memoir about how he wrote Integer BASIC from scratch.
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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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Woz hired to advise Jobs biopic
According to this Reuters report, Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak has been hired to act as an advisor on the new Steve Jobs biopic. No, not that one. This is the film currently being written by Aaron Sorkin and backed by Sony Pictures. Woz’s role is being described as that of “tutor” for the technical aspects […]
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Steve Wozniak to keynote CloudCon
We’re fairly certain Woz won’t be atĂ‚ KansasFest this year but if you missed himĂ‚ hanging out in line at the Century City, CA Apple store for an iPad 3, you still have a chance to see him. Ă‚ The jovial Apple co-founder will deliver the opening keynote at this year’sĂ‚
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Apple document goes for $1.35M at Sotheby’s auction
The Apple Computer Company Partnership Agreement, which established Apple as a partnership between Jobs, Woz and Ron Wayne and was signed by all three co-founders, went for an incredible $1.35 million dollars at a Sotheby’s auction yesterday. Ă‚ Once you add in all the various fees attached to the sale, the final cost weighs in at […]
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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 […]