This month on Open Apple, Kevin Savetz sits down with Amy Kefauver and Lorri Hopping. Amy was the editor of Scholastic Microzine, an educational magazine focused on the Apple II. Lorri was a writer and editor for Microzine. They share many great memories creating lessons with computers, the nature of the educational market, and how computers can engage kids in ways that static media can’t.
After those interviews (thanks Kevin!), Mike and Quinn talk ear worm game introductions, crappy early advertising, and hardware with Bumper Stumper product names. It wouldn’t be a show if they didn’t mention UltimateMicro and Brutal Deluxe, so they make sure to do that too.
Bathe in the glory of 1980s video game box art, enjoy mobile versions of KansasFest memories, and roll your eyes at teenage boy whimsy.
More information on everything discussed in this episode, after the jump.
- ANTIC : The Atari 8-bit interview show that is sometimes a podcast.
- Doug Carlston : A great interview by friend-of-the-show Chris Torrence.
- 4Play Joystick card : An awesome new way to multiplay on your GS.
- 4Soniq quadrophonic sound card : Unlock all the sound channels on your Ensoniq.
- WoZFest IIIÂ : Great demos of Kaboom support for both of the above!
- VCF East Hackathon on Apple IIs : Live programming competition done right.
- 1980s game box art : Let’s be honest- it’s all about Sirius.
- UltimateMicro Universal Power Supply : The design is finalized! Get yours now.
- Apple II Festival France : Party with your Apple II, like all classy and stuff.
- Early Games Influencing Internet : The Apple II echoes and echoes and echoes.
- France United Cracker’s Klan tribute : Teenage boys behaving badly.
- Structris for iOS released : Play the KansasFest classic on your iPhone.
- UltimateMicro Scalable Oscillator v2.0Â : A new version of the nifty accelerator hack.
- Dino Eggs: Rebirth : Available now on Steam. Go get it!
Oh, and here’s a link. You’re welcome.
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Tags: Alex Lukazi, amy kefauver, antic podcast, Apple II Festival France, david a. schroder, dino eggs rebirth, doug carlston, france united crackers klan, Kevin Savetz, lorri hopping, microzine.chris torrence, plasmania, sirius, structris, UltimateMicro, VCF, VCF-E
3 Comments to 'Open Apple #59 (May 2016) : Amy Kefauver, Lorri Hopping, Stuff4YourGS'
Jun 8, 2016 5:58 AM
I enjoyed the Microzine interviews, and the rest of the episode too.
I was surprised, but pleased, that you considered my comment about Levelation appeared 3 months after me making it, so thanks for that. My question is – are you going to Levelate? The thing about it is, when the podcast isn’t levelated, by the time one’s downloaded it and put it on an ipod and is walking around with it out in the world, it’s too late to do anything about it if one finds the levels too variable for an ambient noise environment.
Speaking as an audio engineer, my advice is that it’s much easier to Levelate to get a good overall result than to expect that a non-studio or studio monitored mix of multiple speakers who all recorded with their own equipment is going to come out well equalised every time. The effect on bumpers is pretty negligible in light of the legibility gains. If this was a podcast containing classical music recordings, I would never suggest Levelating, but it’s a 100% speech podcast.
Cheers.
Jun 8, 2016 8:39 PM
The April and May episodes were Levelated, as we mentioned in the show. We will likely continue to do so.
Jun 9, 2016 2:30 PM
Thanks Quinn for answering my question! (about green/amber for composite color output). I think I didn’t word my question very well though.
I was hoping to find a device that would allow tweaking the colors of a composite signal such that I could do amber/green but still keep it a composite signal (I imagine this would require going to RGB and back, I found one device [actually a kit] that can /kinda/ do this, but it is PAL only and I haven’t found substitute chips for NTSC).
I know there are monitors that can do this (like some 1084s), but I am fully invested in my 1702 with a few backups in case I need parts.
Thanks again and REALLY enjoyed the Microzine interviews as well, plan on firing up some of those games with my daughter this weekend. :)