Open Apple -- An Apple II podcast

Open Apple #19 (Sep 2012): David Schmidt, iOS games, Apple III, and IMSAI

Posted on Sep 3, 2012Feb 8, 2022 by Ken Gagne

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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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Introduction (0:00 – 11:20)

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Show #17 (July 2012) eBay auction results

Posted on Aug 27, 2012Feb 8, 2022 by Ken Gagne

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

Open Apple #18 (August 2012): Wayne Arthurton, Paul Hagstrom, Jeremy Rand, and KansasFest

Posted on Aug 14, 2012Feb 8, 2022 by Ken Gagne

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This month on Open Apple, Ken Gagne speaks with Wayne Arthurton, who recently attended his first KansasFest since 2004, and Paul Hagstrom and Jeremy Rand, both first-time attendees at the world’s premier annual Apple II convention. In this panel-format discussion, the four veterans discuss their personal highlights from the show, what motivated them to attend, and their favorite sessions, HackFest challenges, keynote speaker memories, vendor fair purchases, and more.

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Open Apple #17 (July 2012): Rich Dreher, Apple-1, Atari, and Robert Tripp

Posted on Jul 8, 2012Feb 8, 2022 by Ken Gagne

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This month on Open Apple, Mike and Ken speak with Rich Dreher, developer of the CompactFlash For Apple (CFFA) card. The first batch of CFFA3000 cards sold out in 2011, and the second batch is now shipping with similar sales numbers. Rich takes us behind the scenes of the product’s success before dishing on other II hardware developers Vince Briel and Mike Willegal. We look at the astronomical numbers rare Apple-1 computers are fetching on eBay and at Sotheby’s and celebrate HyperCard turning 25 while Atari turns 40, though Mike objects to the latter. David Finnigan’s new book is out, and Robert Tripp is hot on his heels when an updated and digitized version of the classic What’s Where in the Apple — and we have the exclusive interview with Bob! All this content and all these guests make for our longest episode ever, perfect for listening to while you drive to next week’s KansasFest.

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Show #16 (June 2012) eBay auction results

Posted on Jun 27, 2012Feb 8, 2022 by Ken Gagne

In the June 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
Steve Jobs' personal Apple IIe	$45,000 (Buy It Now)			Still available
Apple II clone computer	$325 (Buy It Now)			Still available
Rainbow logo ballpoint pen	$399.00	Jun 01, 2012 18:59:57 PDT		Did not sell
Cross Apple pen	$8.99	May 28, 2012 18:17:07 PDT	8	$29
Basic Computer Programming for Kids	$11 (Buy It Now)			Still available

Open Apple #16 (Jun 2012): Martin Haye, demoparty, Leisure Suit Larry, and clones

Posted on Jun 4, 2012Feb 8, 2022 by Ken Gagne

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Show #15 (May 2012) eBay auction results

Posted on Jun 3, 2012Feb 8, 2022 by Ken Gagne

In the May 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	Sold
Wizard and the Princess reprint from Sierra	$300 (Buy It Now)		Still available
Wizardry I: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overload	129.95 (Buy It Now)	Apr 30, 2012 16:22:43 PDT	Did not sell; item has been relisted, relisted, relisted, relisted, relisted, relisted, relisted, relisted, relisted, relisted, relisted, and relisted
Prototype ROM 3 Apple IIGS	$450 (Buy It Now)	May 05, 2012 18:04:50 PDT	Did not sell; item was relisted and sold for $107.50 after 13 bids
Appe III Logic boards — guaranteed to not work!	59.99 (Buy It Now)	May 18, 2012 18:07:03 PDT	4 sold

The Open Apple episode & eBay index

Posted on May 15, 2012Feb 8, 2022 by Ken Gagne

The Open Apple Web site has added two new features to help you find specific episodes and eBay listings.

In the more than a year since Open Apple began broadcasting, 21 episodes have been published, with more to come. Now that we have such an extensive catalog of content, we have created a sortable, searchable database of shows that lists our airdates, episode titles, guests, and show length (in minutes).

Many of those episodes reviews several eBay listings, the results of which are later posted to the Open Apple blog. Every auction we’ve ever covered can now additionally be found in a single, comprehensive table. Excerpts from this table will be used for each monthly report.

Both listings can be found using the horizontal navigational bar at the top of the site.

We hope you find these tools useful and will let us know how we can further improve our site and show to better serve you!