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)
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Tags: ACAM, AIAS, American Classic Arcade Museum, Andy Molloy, AppleTrek, Bill Budge, Bob Bishop, CompactFlash, Computer History Museum, csa2, David Crane, DigiBarn, Funspot, IIGS College, inaugural, KansasFest, Laconia, Microsoft Adventure, newsgroup, Pelham, Pinball Wizard, Pioneer Award, premiere, Raster Blaster, Retrochallenge, RetroTrek, Usenet
2 Comments to 'Show #1 (Feb 2011): Welcome to Open Apple'
Feb 9, 2011 7:44 PM
I really enjoyed your first podcast. It was especially great to hear what Bill Budge has been doing since his Apple II RasterBlaster days. I’m going to subscribe.
Feb 13, 2011 8:24 AM
Congrats on your podcast! The world can’t have enough retro computing podcasts and yours definitely fills a void.