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Open Apple #10 (Dec 2011): Rob Kenyon, HyperCard, IFComp, and authenticity

Posted on Dec 6, 2011Feb 8, 2022 by Ken Gagne

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This month on the Open Apple podcast, Mike and Ken are joined by Rob Kenyon, a two-time KansasFest attendee as well as a professional programmer and 30-year veteran of the Apple II. We talk about how great it is to be a part of the international community of Apple II users, even if none of us can afford to buy Apple’s founding contract in a Sotheby’s auction. Rob asks, did Steve Jobs purposely kill HyperCard to turn the Mac into a more closed environment? We congratulate Wade Clarke and Andrew Schultz on their showing in the 17th annual Interactive Fiction Competition. Plenty of original Apple II computers are selling on eBay, with Mike and Rob discussing how to distinguish an authentic classic from a modified one. We share our wishes for the holiday season, including for an affordable accelerator card and a CFFA3000, before signing off for the calendar year. Please take our listener survey, and see you in 2012!

[Please note: technical difficulties have resulted in a low volume on Ken’s track, and a loud volume for Rob. Our apologies for the inconvenience.]

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Introduction (00:00 – 7:08)

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Show #8 (October 2011) eBay auction results

Posted on Oct 31, 2011Feb 8, 2022 by Ken Gagne

In the October episode of the Open Apple podcast, Mike and Ken reviewed several eBay auctions. The results of those auctions are below, in the order in which they ended. Some “Buy It Now” auctions with no end dates are not included.

Title	Starting bid	End date	# Bids	Sold
Metal Gear Solid 3 soundtrack	$12.99 + $4.95 S&H;(Buy It Now)	Sep 28, 2011 16:33:58 PDT		2 units left unsold
Karate Kid soundtrack	$3.99 + $3 S&H (Buy It Now)	Sep 22, 2011 5:55:22 PM PDT		Sold
Microzine lot	$23.99 (Buy It Now)	Sep 08, 2011 13:02:40 PDT		Sold for $22.49
A2MP3 auction to benefit @rsuenaga fund	$0.99	Sep 20, 2011 14:36:23 PDT	12	$237.06 + $4 S&H
DRALS's CP/M card	$50.00	Oct 04, 2011 10:50:56 PDT	8	$101 + $35 S&H
AutoArk	$8 + $4 S&H (Buy It Now)	Oct 30, 2011 15:19:45 PDT		2 units left unsold
Ultima IV	$125.00	Sep 30, 2011 19:00:48 PDT		Did not sell
Apple IIGS crystal paperweight	$19.99	Sep 22, 2011 15:58:39 PDT	40	$315
Electric car with on-board Apple IIc	$10.00	Sep 26, 2011 16:26:19 PDT	20	$2000
Boston Computer Society newsletter	$9.99	Oct 07, 2011 11:33:42 PDT	1	$9.99 + $4.82 S&H

Show #8 (Oct 2011): Kelvin Sherlock, Kickstarter, BASIC, and BCS

Posted on Oct 3, 2011Feb 8, 2022 by Ken Gagne

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This month in Open Apple, Mike and Ken talk with Kelvin Sherlock, prolific Apple II programmer of GShisen, Silver Platter, ProFUSE, and more. Ken builds the suspense before revealing the identity of KansasFest 2012’s keynote speaker before we look at the latest Kickstarter fundraising projects that appeal to Apple II users. We ask ourselves, “Why are Apple II users different?” when sharing knowledge, products, and magazines. On eBay, we’re looking at soundtracks, CP/M cards, compression software, and defunct user group newsletters, before engaging in a smackdown of BASIC programming languages. Finally, we enjoy classic Apple II games on iOS and challenge Kelvin to explain why we can’t port Portal to the 6502.

Congratulations to Sal Bugliarisi, who named the game as Choplifter! He won a $20 credit to the Juiced.GS store, courtesy publisher Gamebits. Our next winner gets an autographed copy of Bob Bishop‘s Bomber on cassette.

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Show #5 (June 2011) eBay auction results

Posted on Jul 14, 2011Feb 8, 2022 by Ken Gagne

In the June episode of the Open Apple podcast, Mike, Ken, and Brian reviewed several eBay auctions. The results of those auctions are below.

Title	Starting bid	End date	# Bids	Sold
Ultima trilogy	$9.99	May 22, 2011 19:50:46 PDT	14	$91 + $2.82 S&H
Apple IIe in portable carrying case	$45 AU	Jun 05, 2011 21:18:28 AEST	9	$205.50 AU
Apple IIGS System 6.0.1	$29.95	Jun 08, 2011 14:24:48 PDT	0	relisted, relisted, relisted, relisted, relisted, and relisted
Vulcan Gold 100MB hard drive	$1,195.95	Jun 05, 2011 22:19:12 PDT	0	relisted, relisted, relisted, and relisted
The Visible Computer	$0.99	Jun 07, 201116:04:29 PDT	11	$20.50 + $5 S&H

Show #5 (June 2011): Brian Wiser, museums, magazines, and Ultima

Posted on Jun 6, 2011Feb 8, 2022 by Ken Gagne

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This month in Open Apple, Mike and Ken are joined by Brian Wiser, an unsung hero of the Apple II archivist movement, as well as a director and producer of films related to Joss Whedon’s Firefly television show and Serenity movie. Ken reports on his trip to the Vintage Computer Festival East 7.0, Mike notes the changing of the guard at Syndicomm, and Brian brags about the Apple employees he’s met and the museums he’s visited, after which Mike and Brian chat about their favorite Apple II publications. We all lusted after the Ultima trilogy on eBay but were dismayed by two other auctions that were not what they seemed. Classics that need to be remade, those that are being remade, and those that were and failed are our gaming topics of the month.

Congratulations to Brian Sturk, who named the game as Lode Runner! He won a 20% or $50 discount off one ReactiveMicro.com order. Next month’s winner gets a $20 credit at the RetroFloppy store, courtesy David Schmidt.

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Show #3 (Apr 2011): Peter Neubauer, waiting for KansasFest, and edutainment

Posted on Apr 11, 2011Feb 8, 2022 by Ken Gagne

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The third monthly episode of Open Apple, recorded on April 3, 2011, has Mike and Ken joined by KansasFest committee member Peter Neubauer. The three look forward to attending KansasFest and VCF and reading Juiced.GS, 300 Baud, Twisty Little Passages, and Don Lancaster’s Assembly Cookbook; review favorite edutainment software; gawk at outrageous eBay “Buy It Now” prices; and discover remakes of classic games Ultima, King’s Quest, SimCity, Lode Runner, Wizardry, Choplifter, and more.

Winning a two-day pass to VCF East is Marvin Malkowski Jr., who correctly named the game from last month’s episode! The prize for this month’s contest is a $25 discount off KansasFest registration or a free KansasFest 2011 t-shirt, both courtesy KansasFest sponsor 16Sector.

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Introduction (0:00 – 10:46)

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Show #2 (Mar 2011): IvanX, VCF, VNC & GPLE

Posted on Mar 7, 2011Feb 8, 2022 by Ken Gagne

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In the second monthly episode of Open Apple, Mike and Ken are joined by Ivan Drucker: two-time KansasFest alumnus, Juiced.GS staff writer, and Mac consultant based out of New York City. News this month includes a look forward to Vintage Computer Festival (VCF) East 7.0 by two of its alumni, an Apple-1 expansion card for the Apple II, and controlling Apple II emulators via an iOS VNC; reviews of our favorite Beagle Bros programming utilities; the exorbitant prices Apple II hardware and software are fetching on eBay; and new iterations of our favorite adventure, role-playing, and text-adventure games.

Congratulations to Wade Clarke, who correctly guessed Karateka for last month’s “Name the Game” contest! His prize is a free Juiced.GS Concentrate, courtesy Juiced.GS publisher Gamebits. The prize for this month’s contest is a free two-day pass to VCF East 7.0, courtesy Evan Koblentz of MARCH.

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Introduction (0:00 – 11:56)

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