Show #4 (May 2011): Steve Weyhrich, archiving history, humanism, and Outland
Posted By Ken Gagne On May 11, 2011 @ 1:00 pm In Episodes | 1 Comment
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[5]This month in Open Apple, Mike and Ken chat with Apple II historian Steve Weyhrich about strategies and philosophies for scanning, preserving, and publishing the story of the Apple II. Hardware hacks for the Apple IIc and expansion cards making their KansasFest debut caught our attention this month, as did the American Humanist Association recognizing Steve Wozniak, who earned a musical tribute from Jonathan Mann. Watches, shirts, boxes, and Risk topped our eBay auctions, while games ran the gamut from text adventures to Xbox spiritual successors to IIGS classics, with a few decorative posters thrown in for good measure. In addition to Dr. Steve, former KansasFest logo designer Chris Lackey [6] makes not one but TWO guest appearances this month!
Congratulations to Jeremy Rand, who correctly named the game as Out of this World! He wins a $25 discount off KansasFest 2011 registration [7] or a free KansasFest shirt [8]. Next month's winner will earn a 20% or $50 discount off one ReactiveMicro.com [9] order.
Click past the jump for links mentioned in this episode.
Introduction (0:00 – 23:21)
- Taking the Apple II online with Uthernet [10]
- Ken's blog post about Jeri Ellsworth [11]
- Triangulation podcast interview with Jeri Ellsworth [12]
- 6502 Lane [13]
- Transmit [14] FTP client for Mac OS X
- Navicat [15] MySQL tool
- Graduate school presentation about the Apple II [16]
- Echoes of KFest [17]
- Steve Weyhrich's Apple II History [18]
- Steve Weyhrich's Apple II History, circa 1991 [19]
- Copy protection for Apple II cassettes [20]
- Minecraft Apple II [21]
- Apple II Scans [22]
- A scanned Blue Book [23]
- Visioneer Mobility scanner [24]
- Eye-Fi memory card [25]
- Visioneer Mobility + Eye-Fi bundle at Newegg.com [26]
II News (23:22 – 52:02)
- Apple IIc mass storage Smartport hack [27]
- Apple II Weather Display [28]
- Rich Dreher's CFFA3000 [29]
- Vince Briel's A2MP3 card at KansasFest [30]
- Jonathan Mann's "That's Just the Woz" song [31]
- Song-A-Day: The Album by Jonathan Mann — Kickstarter [32]
- Steve Weyhrich's audio parody [33]
- RetroMacCast #200 [34]
- David Greelish's Retro Computing Roundtable [35]
- Carrington Vanston's 1 MHz [36]
- Vintage Computer Festival East 7.0 [37]
- What's an "Atari 64"? [38]
- BYTE.com [39]
- iWoz [40], by Gina Smith
- Cold Spring Design [41]
- Steve Wozniak wins the American Humanist Association's Isaac Asimov award [42]
- 2011 Humanist Awards Banquet video [43]
- The true origin of the Apple logo [44]
- Electronic Frontier Foundation [45]
- Steve Wozniak on Big Bang Theory [46]
- Syndicomm's DVD of Steve Wozniak's KansasFest 2003 keynote [47]
Apple Pickings (52:03 – 1:01:20)
- Vintage Computer Museum collection [48]
- Englebart mouse [49]
- Apple boxes [50]
- Letting the Boxes Go: A Tale of Sadness [51], by Blake Patterson
- Bell & Howell Apple II Plus (Darth Vader) [52]
- Apple Computer watch, 18k plated [53]
- Timex watch, boxed [54]
- Juiced.GS Volume 9, Issue 2 [55]
- Risk [56] (relisted [57])
- Another Risk [58]
- Risk Factions [59] for Xbox Live
- Commandant SixFour [60]
- IIGS PRAM battery [61]
- ReactiveMicro's IIGS PRAM battery [62]
- ROM 01 battery pack [63]
- Radio Shack PRAM battery [64]
Name the Game (1:01:21 – 1:19:53)
- Out of this World coming to iOS [65]
- Outland [66] for Xbox Live
- Portal: The Flash Version [67]
- Wolfenstein 3D turns 19 [68] (and acknowledging its roots [69])
- Catacombs 3-D [70]
- Creating Interactive Fiction with Inform 7 [71] (and Jason McIntosh's review [72])
- Usenet group rec.arts.int-fiction [73]
- Trizbort, the Interactive Fiction Mapper [74]
- Retro videogame propaganda posters [75]
- Panic's lost 1982 artwork. Found. [76]
- OverClocked Remix fundraiser [77]
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[6] Chris Lackey: http://www.christopherlackey.com/
[7] KansasFest 2011 registration: http://www.kansasfest.org/register/
[8] KansasFest shirt: http://www.kansasfest.org/2011/03/kfest-2011-shirts/
[9] ReactiveMicro.com: http://www.reactivemicro.com/
[10] Taking the Apple II online with Uthernet: http://www.apl2bits.net/2011/04/21/uthernet-online/
[11] Ken's blog post about Jeri Ellsworth: http://www.apl2bits.net/2011/04/18/jeri-ellsworth-interview/
[12] Triangulation podcast interview with Jeri Ellsworth: http://twit.tv/tri3
[13] 6502 Lane: http://www.6502lane.net/
[14] Transmit: http://panic.com/transmit/
[15] Navicat: http://www.navicat.com/en/products/navicat_mysql/mysql_overview.html
[16] Graduate school presentation about the Apple II: http://www.apl2bits.net/2011/05/05/emerson-college-presentation/
[17] Echoes of KFest: http://www.kansasfest.org/category/podcast/
[18] Steve Weyhrich's Apple II History: http://apple2history.org/
[19] Steve Weyhrich's Apple II History, circa 1991: http://www.textfiles.com/apple/
[20] Copy protection for Apple II cassettes: http://apple2history.org/2011/01/27/cassette-security/
[21] Minecraft Apple II: http://apple2history.org/2011/02/24/minecraft/
[22] Apple II Scans: http://apple2scans.net/
[23] A scanned Blue Book: http://apple2history.org/2010/07/27/got-blue/
[24] Visioneer Mobility scanner: http://www.visioneer.com/products/item.asp?PN=90-0537-00U
[25] Eye-Fi memory card: http://www.eye.fi/products/connectx2
[26] Visioneer Mobility + Eye-Fi bundle at Newegg.com: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16838113054&Tpk=Visioneer%20Mobility
[27] Apple IIc mass storage Smartport hack: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wT3nhcQc1I
[28] Apple II Weather Display: http://hackaday.com/2011/04/18/apple-ii-weather-display-part-1/
[29] Rich Dreher's CFFA3000: http://dreher.net/?s=projects/CFforAppleII&c=projects/CFforAppleII/main.php
[30] Vince Briel's A2MP3 card at KansasFest: http://www.kansasfest.org/2011/04/a2mp3-workshop/
[31] Jonathan Mann's "That's Just the Woz" song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FzuZdZLt54
[32] Song-A-Day: The Album by Jonathan Mann — Kickstarter: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jonathanmann/song-a-day-the-album
[33] Steve Weyhrich's audio parody: http://apple2history.org/2010/12/31/apple-lang-syne/
[34] RetroMacCast #200: http://retromaccast.libsyn.com/episode-200-tambour-doors
[35] David Greelish's Retro Computing Roundtable: http://web.me.com/dgreelish/Classic_Computing_Podcasts/Retro_Computing_Roundtable/Retro_Computing_Roundtable.html
[36] Carrington Vanston's 1 MHz: http://monsterfeet.com/1mhz/
[37] Vintage Computer Festival East 7.0: http://www.vintage.org/2011/east/
[38] What's an "Atari 64"?: http://www.policeone.com/police-products/firearms/accessories/articles/3650162-Product-Review-Shooter-app-for-Droid/
[39] BYTE.com: http://byte.com/
[40] iWoz: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393330435/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=showbits-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=0393330435
[41] Cold Spring Design: http://www.coldspringdesign.com/
[42] Steve Wozniak wins the American Humanist Association's Isaac Asimov award: http://www.americanhumanist.org/HNN/details/2011-03-steve-the-woz-wozniak-2011-isaac-asimov-science-awar
[43] 2011 Humanist Awards Banquet video: http://vimeo.com/24024434
[44] The true origin of the Apple logo: http://reverttosaved.com/2011/02/23/an-interview-with-rob-janoff-designer-of-the-apple-logo/
[45] Electronic Frontier Foundation: http://www.eff.org/
[46] Steve Wozniak on Big Bang Theory: http://gizmodo.com/5653062/watch-steve-wozniak-on-last-nights-big-bang-theory
[47] Syndicomm's DVD of Steve Wozniak's KansasFest 2003 keynote: http://store.16sector.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=0&products_id=151
[48] Vintage Computer Museum collection: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&rt=nc&nma=true&item=190523729625&si=qbwrEpEXXFnWkS2feXVCzDmWoOk%253D&viewitem=#ht_3967wt_772
[49] Englebart mouse: http://cgi.ebay.com/Englebart-Mouse-Very-rare-Engineering-Prototype-/150594703944#ht_500wt_787
[50] Apple boxes: http://cgi.ebay.com/APPLE-MACINTOSH-VINTAGE-IIe-2-E-BOXES-RARE-MONITOR-ETC-/300550062061#ht_9176wt_772
[51] Letting the Boxes Go: A Tale of Sadness: http://www.bytecellar.com/2011/05/04/letting-the-boxes-go-a-tale-of-sadness/
[52] Bell & Howell Apple II Plus (Darth Vader): http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&hash=item3a658b8f6b&item=250811748203&nma=true&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&rt=nc&si=qbwrEpEXXFnWkS2feXVCzDmWoOk%253D#ht_500wt_1020
[53] Apple Computer watch, 18k plated: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&item=330557962798&nma=true&rt=nc&si=qbwrEpEXXFnWkS2feXVCzDmWoOk%253D#ht_500wt_1020
[54] Timex watch, boxed: http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Timex-APPLE-COMPUTER-Watch-Boxed-NEW-OLD-STOCK-/370504972330#ht_526wt_1006
[55] Juiced.GS Volume 9, Issue 2: http://juiced.gs/wp-content/uploads/juicedv9i2.pdf
[56] Risk: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&rt=nc&nma=true&item=260776472864&si=qbwrEpEXXFnWkS2feXVCzDmWoOk%253D&viewitem=&sspagename=ADME%3AB%3AWNA%3AUS%3A1123#ht_500wt_1020
[57] relisted: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260781332123&ssPageName=ADME:B:WNARL:US:1123#ht_500wt_1020
[58] Risk: http://cgi.ebay.com/Risk-World-Conquest-Game-Manual-APPLE-II-board-game-/260585233355#ht_2383wt_902
[59] Risk Factions: http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/RISK-Factions/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80258410a13?cid=search
[60] Commandant SixFour: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff4c0jbOa-4
[61] IIGS PRAM battery: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360364782059&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en#ht_1826wt_1006
[62] ReactiveMicro's IIGS PRAM battery: http://www.reactivemicro.com/product_info.php?cPath=1_36_25&products_id=46
[63] ROM 01 battery pack: http://www.reactivemicro.com/product_info.php?cPath=1_36_25&products_id=45
[64] Radio Shack PRAM battery: http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3795397
[65] Out of this World coming to iOS: http://toucharcade.com/2011/03/03/gdc-2011-out-of-this-world-another-world-coming-to-ipad/
[66] Outland: http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Outland/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80258410a05?cid=search
[67] Portal: The Flash Version: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/404612
[68] Wolfenstein 3D turns 19: https://twitter.com/#!/theromero/status/66220841976856576
[69] acknowledging its roots: https://twitter.com/#!/theromero/status/66323183187406848
[70] Catacombs 3-D: http://idsoftware.com/games/vintage/catacomb/
[71] Creating Interactive Fiction with Inform 7: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1435455061/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=showbits-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=1435455061
[72] Jason McIntosh's review: http://gameshelf.jmac.org/2011/03/i-read-a-book/
[73] Usenet group rec.arts.int-fiction: http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.int-fiction/topics
[74] Trizbort, the Interactive Fiction Mapper: http://trizbort.genstein.net/index.php#overview
[75] Retro videogame propaganda posters: http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/posters/de7f/
[76] Panic's lost 1982 artwork. Found.: http://www.panic.com/blog/2009/12/panic-retro-art/
[77] OverClocked Remix fundraiser: http://ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=34537
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1 Comment To "Show #4 (May 2011): Steve Weyhrich, archiving history, humanism, and Outland"
#1 Comment By Wade On May 12, 2011 @ 2:48 am
Nice work again guys.
Re: Inform 7, while it is a new and more accessible way to program IF, when you compile your game in I7, behind the scenes, it all becomes Inform 6 code anyway (which you never have to see). And Inform 7 can still turn out regular Z-code games, though you really limit your gamesize and features that way.
I also bought Aaron Reed's book and I think it's a much better starting point for programming I7 than using the language's built-in docs. I'm working on my first I7 game atm.
Re: John Romero, have you seen any of his Apple II reunion (1998) video(s)? In one he talks to Nasir Gebelli, who co-founded Sirius Software and pioneered (I believe) the page-flipping animation technique on the Apple.