An important documentary about the origins of many modern technologies, “General Magic,” premiered in April at the Tribeca Film Festival. General Magic was founded in 1990 to reinvent telephony, and in 1994 – over a decade before the iPhone – they shipped one of the first smartphones and created a voice assistant. The visionaries at […]
The 2018 edition of Kansasfest has closed and along with this ending came the announcement by the committee of the 2019 dates for the event Can’t wait for the next #A2KFest? It’s less than a year away: July 15–21, 2019! pic.twitter.com/AsuWiV5rX0 — KansasFest (@kansasfest) July 22, 2018
Henry Courbis of Reactive Micro and Anthony Smith of Ultimate Apple2 have announced an effort to continue the tradition of the KansasFest Garage Giveaway which has been the brainchild of Sean Fahey and James Littlejohn until now. According to the email from Henry, As announced previously, this is unfortunately the last year of the Garage […]
From the europlus zone blog: Yes, I know I’ve been slack not posting my WOzFest DB9 Recap and Photos Galleries, but I am able (and happy) to announce the date for the next WOzFest, WOzFest X – Saturday 21 July 2018, starting around midday Sydney time (UTC+10:00). I haven’t set a theme for WOzFest X – however, I have organised the […]
From Brian Court: The fourth edition of the Apple II Festival France will take place in early August 2018 (1st to 5th). The Silicium association, along with the Apple II France group on facebook, the Maska team and many enthusiasts prepare the meeting. For more information, go to https://www.apple2festivalfrance.fr/
The Vintage Computing Federation has announced the dates and the locations of three more of the VCF events. According to the VCF website, Vintage Computer Festival Southeast 6.0 (produced by our friends at the Atlanta Historical Computing Society) is April 21-22 in the Atlanta area (Roswell, Georgia). Vintage Computer Festival East XIII is May 18-20 at […]
Roger Wagner KansasFest 2018, the premier annual Apple II convention, is scheduled for July 17 – 22 in Kansas City, Missouri. This year marks the 30th time that this event has been held. In July 1989, Resource Central held the first A2-Central Developer Conference, focused on the individuals and companies who were still producing hardware […]
Eventbrite has announced the 2018 rendition of the Seattle Retro Gaming Expo. The Expo which takes place each year at Seattle Pacific Science Center is considered to be one of the largest retro gaming conventions in the Pacific Northwest. According to the website, SRGE 2018 dives in to the nuts & bolts of what makes […]
A gathering of Apple II hobbyists from around Japan this week put together one of the most interesting events this Apple guy has been to yet. While most events tend to put together schedules that are structured and adhered to religiously, the schedule for this event was pretty much out the window the minute people […]
From the europlus zone blog: I’m very happy to announce the date for the next WOzFest, WOzFest DB9 – Saturday 28 April 2018, starting around midday Sydney time (UTC+10:00). The theme for WOzFest DB9 is “Communications” – serial, networked, wireless, and wired. Further details on the announcement post, and updates will be posted under the europlus blog’s WOzFest […]
