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

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.

Click past the jump for links mentioned in this episode.

Introduction (0:00 – 19:36)

* KansasFest* KansasFest on Wikipedia* WordCamp NYC 2012* Behind the scenes at Tekserve* Ken’s presentation at @party demoparty* @party’s Kickstarter (August 2010)* TEDxBoston 2012* TED iOS app* Podcasts app for iOS* Open Apple on iTunes* Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes in theaters on July 23, 2012* KansasFest on backchan.nl

User Login (19:37 – 30:14)