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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.
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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)