Welcome to the inaugural episode of Open Apple, the Apple II community’s first co-hosted podcast. In this show, hosts Mike Maginnis and Ken Gagne reflect on their Apple II history before welcoming guest Andy Molloy. Segments include “II News”, a roundup of the latest events in the Apple II community, such as a CompactFlash adapter for the Apple IIc, the downsizing of the Apple II’s Usenet newsgroups, public appearances by Bill Budge, Bob Bishop, and Steve Wozniak, and a classic game now available for iOS; “Apple Pickings”, a review of Apple II software, hardware, and accessories on eBay and Craigslist; and the audio trivia challenge “Name the Game”.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Introduction (0:00 – 9:09)

• Trekcast, a Star Trek podcast
• Open-Apple newsletter reclassified under Creative Commons
• Dan McLaughlin’s Appleslices blog

II News (9:10 – 25:55)

• Robert Justice’s Apple IIc Smartport Compact Flash Adapter
• RFD: Apple II Usenet downsizing
• Bill Budge to receive AIAS Pioneer Award
• Bob Bishop to keynote KansasFest 2011
• Computer History Museum
• DigiBarn Computer Museum
• AppleTrek for iOS
• Retrochallenge 2011 Winter Warmup

Apple Pickings (25:56 – 31:52)

• Raster Blaster
• Microsoft Adventure
• Apple IIGS College shirt

Name the Game (31:53 – 37:34)

• Major Nelson’s Xbox podcast
• American Classic Arcade Museum
• Pinball Wizard Arcade