Open Apple #30 (Sep 2013): Charles Mangin, Jobs movie, Tetris, and S-Prize

This month on Open Apple, Mike and Ken chat with Charles Mangin, the mad scientist who puts Mac Minis inside Apple II cases and inventor of the RetroConnector. It’s our first show since KansasFest, and we share our highlights and favorite products and announcements from the show. The Steve Jobs film is now out, and Ashton Kutcher and Steve Wozniak have words while critics publish their own mixed reviews. However, we have nothing but praise for Walter Isaacson’s biography, and Steve Wozniak gets his own moment in the spotlight courtesy interviews with the Verge and Game Informer. We’re super-psyched that Eric Shepherd has established the S-Prize — how big will the pot grow before some enterprising programmer claims it?

Click past the jump for links mentioned in this episode.

Introduction (0:00 – 7:46)

* Open ANTIChertz KansasFest episode* Open Apple interview with Steve Wozniak in audio and video* “Have you ever wondered why we’re here?”

* Mike Maginnis’s documentation scans* Jason Scott’s BBS: The Documentary* KenGagne.com* Johngineer of Adafruit plugs Open Apple‘s interview with Steve Wozniak

User Login (7:47 – 37:09)

* Charles Mangin of Mental Hygiene, RetroConnector, and Twitter* Charles’ KansasFest 2013 interview on Computerworld

* Ken’s blogs about Charles’ Frankintosh machines* <a href="https://www.youtube.