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Welcome to the inaugural episode of Open Apple, the Apple II community’s first co-hosted podcast. In this show, hosts Mike Maginnis and Ken Gagne reflect on their Apple II history before welcoming guest Andy Molloy. Segments include “II News”, a roundup of the latest events in the Apple II community, such as a CompactFlash adapter for the Apple IIc, the downsizing of the Apple II’s Usenet newsgroups, public appearances by Bill Budge, Bob Bishop, and Steve Wozniak, and a classic game now available for iOS; “Apple Pickings”, a review of Apple II software, hardware, and accessories on eBay and Craigslist; and the audio trivia challenge “Name the Game”.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Introduction (0:00 – 9:09)
- Trekcast, a Star Trek podcast
- Open-Apple newsletter reclassified under Creative Commons
- Dan McLaughlin’s Appleslices blog
II News (9:10 – 25:55)
- Robert Justice’s Apple IIc Smartport Compact Flash Adapter
- RFD: Apple II Usenet downsizing
- Bill Budge to receive AIAS Pioneer Award
- Bob Bishop to keynote KansasFest 2011
- Computer History Museum
- DigiBarn Computer Museum
- AppleTrek for iOS
- Retrochallenge 2011 Winter Warmup
Apple Pickings (25:56 – 31:52)
Name the Game (31:53 – 37:34)