Open Apple #34 (Jan 2014): 2013 end-of-year roundtable
Episode description
At the dawn of 2014, Open Apple engages in its annual tradition of reflecting on all that has transpired in the Apple II community in the past year. Ken Gagne moderates a panel of Mike Maginnis, Andy Molloy, Ivan Drucker, and David Schmenk to look at topics in news, emulation, hardware, software, conventions, and publications. Popular themes include the Raspberry Pi, the S-Prize, social media, JSMESS, the Jobs film, and KansasFest 2013.
Click past the jump for links mentioned in this episode.
News (0:00 – 17:49)
- Ivan Drucker’s Raspple II
- David Schmenk’s Apple II Pi
- Craig Johnston & John Romero’s Apple Time Warp podcast
- Rich Dreher’s CFFA3000
- John Romero’s KansasFest 2012 keynote speech
- Eric Shepherd’s S-Prize for the SMB protocol
- Juiced.GS
- UltimateApple2 and ReactiveMicro.com to re-open
Emulation (17:50 – 25:09)
Hardware (25:10 – 36:24)
- Nishida Radio products
- iDisk Bluetooth card
- Replica 1 Ten
Software (36:25 – 50:55)
- Lamb Chops!
- RetroChallenge Winter Warmup
- Lawless Legends 3D Ray casting engine demo 1.0
- Software by Martin Haye
- Ewen Wannop’s software
- No Quarter podcast
Conventions (50:56 – 1:00:46)
Books (1:00:47 – 1:06:46)
- Iconic, by Jonathan Zufi
- Sophistication & Simplicity: The Life & Times of the Apple II Computer, by Steven Weyhrich
- The First Apple, by Bob Luther
- The WOZPAK Special Edition: Steve Wozniak’s Apple-1 & Apple ][ Computers, by Steve Wozniak, Bill Martens, Brian Wiser
In Memory (1:06:47 – 1:07:39)
Predictions (1:07:40 – 1:17:24)
Participants’ Picks (1:17:25 – 1:23:37)
- Juiced.GS
- KansasFest
- comp.sys.apple2 (csa2) Usenet newsgroup
- Apple II Enthusiasts on Facebook
- Apple II Enthusiasts on Google+
- Gallery of Undiscovered Entities
Parting Shots (1:23:38 – 1:26:28)
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