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Open Apple #36 (Mar 2014): Evan Koblentz, VCF East, Softalk, and Apple2pi

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This month on Open Apple, Mike and Ken chat with Evan Koblentz, producer of Vintage Computer Festival East. VCF East 9.1 is happening this spring, and Evan has an inside look at the event’s founding, growth, and lineup. Margot Comstock has been announced as the keynote speaker of KansasFest 2014, prompting us to reflect on the history of Softalk magazine. The Apple2pi card is now shipping, and it reminds us of other small devices that left a big impression, like the Replica-1 and even the Apple Newton PDA — which still has an active user group! Finally, Steve Jobs is appearing in all kinds of icons, from e-waste portraits to unlickable postage stamps. When will Woz get the recognition he deserves?

Click past the jump for links mentioned in this episode.

Introduction (0:00 – 10:10)

  • Underground Retrocade
  • American Classic Arcade Museum at Funspot
  • Bob Lawton and his business card
  • Pinball Wizard and its Groupon
  • Wreck-It Ralph’s Fix-It Felix Jr. game
  • Danger!awesome makerspace in Cambridge, MA — and its Kickstarter
  • Denhac hackerspace in Denver, CO
  • Open Apple turns three, as commemorated by Mike Maginnis and Ken Gagne

    • User Login (10:11 – 37:42)

    • Evan Koblentz
    • Evan’s article for Juiced.GS
    • Vintage Computer Festival East 9.1
    • Mid-Atlantic Retro Computing Hobbyists (MARCH)
    • InfoAge – Science History Learning Center and Museum
    • Viva Amiga

    II News (37:43 – 1:25:44)

    • KansasFest 2014 teaser shared on Facebook
    • Margot Comstock of Softalk to keynote KansasFest 2014
    • All KansasFest keynote speakers, ever!
    • Softalk Apple Project by JiM Salmons
    • Computer Gaming World #101 (December 1992), page 192: Wizardry’s Family Infotree (hat tip: Reggie C. of World 1-1)
    • Social media is not good for archiving
    • Apple2pi card by David Schmenk
    • Boston PDA User Group
    • Bug in Silvern Castle v9.5
    • Swashbuckler from Datamost
    • stitch by krüe
    • Software Automatic Mouth (SAM)
    • mspysu79’s Apple II unboxing videos on YouTube
    • Dan Budiac’s unboxing photos on Flickr
    • Highretrogamelord89 on YouTube
    • Elgato Game Capture HD used to record Let’s Play Retro Fever
    • Steve Jobs rejected George Diamond’s medical app in 1977
    • Dealers of Lightning by Michael A. Hiltzik
    • Jason Mecier’s portrait of Steve Jobs made entirely out of e-waste
    • Steve Jobs slated to grace US postage stamp in 2015
  • Evan Koblentz on Retrobits, Floppy Days, and the Retro Computing Roundtable
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