In the November 2012 episode of the Open Apple podcast, Mike and Geoff reviewed several eBay lots. The results of those auctions are below.
Title | Starting bid | End date | # Bids | Sold |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mimic Spartan Apple II Plus emulator for the Commodore 64 | $299.00 | Oct 25, 2012 14:09:05 PDT | 16 | $1,552 + $55 S&H |
| 1982 Vintage ED-LAB Microcomputer Lab Franklin Apple clone teaching system | $300 (Buy It Now) | Oct 13, 2012 07:20:34 PDT | $300 + $80.13 S&H |
In the October 2012 episode of the Open Apple podcast, Mike and Ken reviewed several eBay lots. The results of those auctions are below.
Title | Starting bid | End date | # Bids | Sold |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Mangin's Mac Mini in Disk II enclosure | $1,000 (Buy It Now) | Oct 23, 2012 10:42:53 PDT | Did not sell | |
| Prototype RAMWORKS VGA interface for Apple IIe Applied Engineering | $0.99 | Sep 24, 2012 08:02:50 PDT | 9 | $56 + $10 S&H |
| Prototype Apple IIc VGA adapter | $0.99 | Sep 24, 2012 07:56:48 PDT | 7 | $36 + $14 S&H |
| ADTPro with adapters | $160.00 | Sep 28, 2012 19:19:03 PDT | Did not sell | |
| Apple II ProDOS | $35 (Buy It Now) + $9.65 S&H | Oct 02, 2012 01:36:52 PDT | 3 sold | |
| Apple II GS/OS | $24.99 (Buy It Now) + $8.86 S&H | Oct 03, 2012 16:05:02 PDT | 2 sold | |
| Apple II-shaped lighter | $499.99 (Buy It Now) + $29.99 S&H | Sep 15, 2012 21:24:03 PDT | Did not sell | |
| Apple II-shaped USB thumb drive | $0.78 | Oct 02, 2012 10:30:31 PDT | 28 | $102.51 + $5.25 S&H |
| Stickers! | $15 (Buy It Now) | 30 Sep, 2012 04:40:48 BST | Did not sell | |
| More stickers! | $11.99 (Buy it Now) | 05 Oct, 2012 17:14:23 BST | 20 sold |
In the September 2012 episode of the Open Apple podcast, Mike and Ken reviewed several eBay lots. The results of those auctions are below.
Title | Starting bid | End date | # Bids | Sold |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st-generation iPad, still in shrinkwrap | $1,099.99 (Buy It Now) | Sep 18, 2012 17:02:32 PDT | Did not sell; item has been relisted and relisted | |
| Huston Bros' IMSAI | $15,000 (Buy It Now) | Aug 23, 2012 19:33:13 PDT | 0 | Did not sell |
| Apple III | $215 | Sep 08, 2012 18:06:32 PDT | 10 | $610 + $80 S&H |
| Apple III w/Titan emulator | Aug 22, 2012 12:31:59 PDT | 7 | $127.50 + $24.99 S&H |
This month on Open Apple, Mike and Ken chat with Kevin Savetz, Internet publisher and author of the memoir Terrible Nerd. We cross enemy lines to review a book about the cultural, scientific, and philosophical implications of Commodore 64 programming, some of it applicable to the Apple II. Paul Terrell's Polaroid snapshots of the first Apple-1 computers are cool, just like our reception to Jordan Mechner's new Karateka game. On eBay, we discover the Androbot is not just another neat product from a Nolan Bushnell company, but another reason we prefer the Apple II to other platforms. And Ken's accidental purchase of some Microzines produces the concept for a new and very expensive podcast!
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This month on Open Apple, Ken takes the month off as Mike chats with Apple IIGS programmer Geoff Weiss, who does double-duty as both guest and co-host. Geoff discusses his work on the Spectrum Internet Suite and debuts some new Classic Desk Accessories for the IIGS, based on his KansasFest 2012 presentation. Mike and Geoff go over some recent Apple II news, such as Brutal Deluxe's latest software offering, a missing time capsule, a visit to the Russian Apple Museum in Moscow, and Woz's Ask Me Anything on Slashdot, as well as Apple II-related movie and TV items.
eBay items this month include a Franklin ACE-based educational unit and Geoff and Mike pause to puzzle over an Apple II Plus emulator for the Commodore 64. A discussion of recent Apple-1 auctions rounds out the episode this month.
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This month on Open Apple, Mike and Ken chat with Ewen Wannop, British programmer of 16-bit telecommunications programs such as Spectrum, SAM, SNAP, and SAFE. The hosts share feedback galore from the last episode and contemplate how to record a live show. After catching up on some headlines from last month, we plow forward, celebrating the return of an interactive fiction publication and grumbling that even beginner IF can be as obscure as the medium is infamous for. The September 2012 issue of Juiced.GS just shipped, and with it, a look at what features a hypothetical System 7.0 operating system would include. Is it reasonable to consider that a software upgrade warrants a hardware bump, and what the next model of Apple II would look like? Photos of Steve Jobs in his natural habitat show an Apple stronghold as Spartan as ever, but you can decorate yours with Melissa Barron's screenprints from Etsy. There's a Disk II floppy drive on eBay that holds within it a working Mac mini — a cool hack, but is it worth a cool grand? We question the value of purchasing free software on eBay and marvel at everything from lighters to thumb drives in the shape of an Apple II.
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This month on Open Apple, Mike and Ken chat with David Schmidt, the programmer responsible for ADTPro. Beyond his own program, David has also contributed to the development of Davex, GSport, AppleCommander, CiderPress, OpenEmulator, DiscFerret, CFFA3000 — and much, much more. Collectively, the show's hosts marvel at the deluge of Apple II games that are being ported to iOS, Apple's mobile operating system … though we question the direction Jordan Mechner is taking the classic Karateka. Apple-1 computers continue to fetch exorbitant prices at live auctions, while iPads and IMSAIs fail to sell on eBay — though the latter may soon get a Kickstarter from Vince Briel. Finally, Ken quietly broods while Mike and David enthusiastically sing the praises of their favorite computer, the Apple III.
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In the July 2012 episode of the Open Apple podcast, Mike and Ken reviewed several eBay lots. The results of those auctions are below.
Title | Starting bid | End date | # Bids | Sold |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple IIe 8 MHz UltraWarp accelerator card | $1.00 | Jun-18-12 19:05:36 PDT | 35 | $328.55 + $15 S&H |
| Apple IIe joystick controller | $29.99 | Jul 02, 201204:47:05 PDT | 5 sold | |
| Bill Budge's Space Album auction | $60.00 | Jun-11-12 19:32:07 PDT | 2 | $61 + $15 S&H |
| Akalabeth in a plastic bag | $100.00 | Jun 11, 201219:17:45 PDT | 27 | $1285.13 + $15 S&H |
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