Open Apple Podcast

Mar 7 2012

Open Apple Podcast #13 Now Available

Ken Gagne and Mike Maginis’s Open Apple Podcast issue #13 is now available on the Open Apple website.  This month’s issue includes a discussion with Marinetti curator Andrew Roughan.  They discuss a host of issues int he Apple ][ world including the forthcoming Kansasfest as well as Brian Fargo's current attempt to re-create the Wasteland franchise with a kick starter project.   Other topics include the Uthernet, Lim Thye Chen's Apple ][ programmin iBook and Kim Howe's software reclassification.

You can listen to the podcast on the Open Apple website at:

http://www.open-apple.net/2012/03/07/show-013-roughan-marinetti-karateka-ebooks/

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Jan 11 2012

Open Apple Podcast # 11 now Available

The Open Apple Podcast, produced by Apple ][ fans Mike Maginnis and Ken Gagne, is now available on the Open Apple Poscast website.  This is the 11th edition of Open Apple and features guest host David Greelish of the Retro Computing Rountable Podcast.

This month Ken and Mike run through a host of news items including Steve Jobs' passing, the 175,000 Apple-1, the 1.6 million dollar apple document, and the John Scully Interview done by David Greelish, as well as a bit about Apple ][ History curator, Dr. Steven Weyhrich.

David Greelish has also released his new book of the entire "Historically Brewed" newsletter.  The book was funded  through kickstarter and at last count, less than 30 were left available.

You can hear the podcast in its entirety at the Open Apple Podcast Website:

http://www.open-apple.net/2012/01/11/show-011-greelish-weyhrich-sculley-jobs/

 

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Dec 9 2011

Open Apple Postcast # 10 Released

The only Apple ][ related podcast currently available is now in its 10 edition.  The December version of the show has been posted to the Open Apple website according to this note from Mike Maginnis:

This month on the Open Apple podcast, Mike and Ken are joined by Rob Kenyon, a two-time KansasFest attendee as well as a professional programmer and 30-year veteran of the Apple II. We talk about how great it is to be a part of the international community of Apple II users, even if none of us can afford to buy Apple's founding contract in a Sotheby's auction. Rob asks, did Steve Jobs purposely kill HyperCard to turn the Mac into a more closed environment? We congratulate Wade Clarke and Andrew Schultz on their showing in the 17th annual Interactive Fiction Competition. Plenty of original Apple II computers are selling on eBay, with Mike and Rob discussing how to distinguish an authentic classic from a modified one. We share our wishes for the holiday season, including for an affordable accelerator card and a CFFA3000, before signing off for the calendar year. Please take our listener survey, and see you in 2012!

[Please note: technical difficulties have resulted in a low volume on Ken's track, and a loud volume for Rob. Our apologies for the inconvenience.]

The show can be heard at:

http://www.open-apple.net/2011/12/06/show-010-kenyon-hypercard-ifcomp-authenticity/

The good folks who put on the show are asking for feedback from their listeners at the following URL.

http://www.open-apple.net/2011/12/01/listener-survey/

Please take the time to let Ken and Mike know what you think of the show.  Also be sure to check out other related websites:

Blog:           http://6502lane.net
Scans:          http://apple2scans.net
Podcast:        http://open-apple.net

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Nov 14 2011

Open Apple Show #9 Posted

The November 2011 episode of Open Apple, the only co-hosted Apple II
podcast, is now available!

This month, Mike and I talk with Melissa Barron, the Apple II
community’s famed tapestry artist. We three relate their experiences
exploring the past and future of computer media at conventions and
museums in Chicago and Rochester, exploring the methods used to create
and preserve history. Further tributes are made to Steve Jobs, while
Mike Westerfield reclassifies old BASIC tools and releases new ones.
Lord British’s Texas mansion is up for sale — a fitting home for
Vintage Computer Festival Southwest? We debate various models of
floppy drives and are wary of fake and expensive Apple II computers on
eBay but excited about new e-books and iOS apps of interest to
retrocomputing enthusiasts.

Find this show at any of these URLs:

http://www.open-apple.net/2011/11/14/show-009-barron-britannia-floppy…

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/open-apple/id418895188

http://social.zune.net/podcast/Open-Apple/93ccfacb-1043-4a1e-aaf0-b26…

Our thanks to everyone who listens — we look forward to your
feedback!

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Oct 5 2011

Open Apple Podcast # 8 Available

Posted by Mike Maginnis on CSA2:

The latest episode of Open Apple, the monthly Apple II podcast has
been been released.  This time Ken and Mike chat with IIGS programmer
Kelvin Sherlock about GShisen, his favorite programming languages,
eBay finds, Apple II news and everything else we could think of.

Find us on iTunes (and give us a review or a rating if you have a
minutes) or stop by http://open-apple.net to download the MP3.

Feedback is always welcome and thanks for listening.

Mike Maginnis

Blog:           http://6502lane.net
Scans:          http://apple2scans.net
Podcast:        http://open-apple.net

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Mar 7 2011

Second Episode of Open Apple Podcast Available

Mike Maginnis, curator of the Apple II Scans website,  announced the availability of the second edition of Open Apple, the podcast with he and Ken Gagne.  Join them as they delve into their blast from the past and their favorite software from yesteryear.

According to the releases on CSA2, “This time, Mike and Ken are joined by Ivan Drucker: two-time  KansasFest alumnus, Juiced.GS staff writer, and Mac consultant based out of New York City. News this month includes a look forward to  Vintage Computer Festival (VCF) East 7.0 by two of its alumni, an  Apple-1 expansion card for the Apple II, and controlling Apple II  emulators via an iOS VNC; reviews of our favorite Beagle Bros  programming utilities; the exorbitant prices Apple II hardware and  software are fetching on eBay; and new iterations of our favorite  adventure, role-playing, and text-adventure games.”

For more information or to listen or subscribe to the Open Apple podcast, check out their website at:

http://open-apple.net

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