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

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.] Click past the jump for links mentioned in this episode. Introduction (00:00 – 7:08) Funspot, home of the American Classic Arcade Museum Pinball Wizard Super Mario Bros. pinball Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One (hat tip: Retro Computing Roundtable) Open Apple listener survey Peter Neubauer’s Advanture Trek User Login (7:09 – 17:29) GNO/ME UNIX environment for the Apple IIGS Present a session at KansasFest 2012! Vote for your favorite Apple II license plate II News (17:30 – 1:04:03) A Dream Comes True! IIGS Users Unite in Paris!”>Alex Lee’s trip tp Paris FTA Wormz Party Mt. Keira Fest (2009) Apple-picking on Cult of Mac Denver Apple Pi Macintosh User Group Fine Books & Manuscripts – Lot 241 : Apple computer contract and dissolution of contract signed by Jobs, Wozniak and Wayne (3 documents) -” data-wpel-link=”external” target=”_blank” rel=”external noopener”>Sotheby’s to auction off Apple’s founding contract (hat tip: Computerworld) Chris Espinosa’s Bandley 1 floor plan Folklore.org: Macintosh stories Apple Design coffee table book (hat tip: RetroMacCast) Denver Art Museum Why HyperCard had to die (hat tip: /.) HyperCard for the Apple IIGS 8 Bit Weapon’s DMS Drummer software Michael J. Mahon’s DMS Drummer details & demo disk AppleCrate parallel computer ChatterBox Video Game Radio interviews 8 Bit Weapon (Sep 12, 2005) 8 Bit Weapon’s Disko Apocalypse Tour on Kickstarter Commodore Users Group of Kansas City Daniel Kottke on TWiT’s Triangulation podcast Steve Jobs Obama & Steve” data-wpel-link=”external” target=”_blank” rel=”external noopener”>Obama & Steve The Jason Scott Documentary Three Pack on Kickstarter The 6502: A Documentary Building a cast list Jason Scott’s travel calendar Jimmy Kimmel’s Footloose parody trailer Finders Keepers: The Heart of Collecting Project: Ultima — The Ultimate Collector’s Guide DOSBox Boxer, a DOSBox client for Mac OS X Ultima VII on GOG (hat tip: The Escapist) Brian Picchi’s Apple IIGS video reviews Matt’s Macintosh Choplifter HD, published by Konami Ninjaforce Results of the 17th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition Six, by Wade Clarke Fan Interference, by Andrew Schultz Andrew Schultz’s GameFAQs Apple Pickings (1:04:04 – 1:24:46) Lot of Microzine lot Steve Jobs and Woz phreaking blue box Apple II computer sells for $6,100 (hat tip: MacNN) 1978 Apple II sells for $3,000 1978 Apple II sells for $5,995 Mike Willegal’s motherboard identification page 1977 Apple II photo gallery Australian lot of Apple hardware & software Rich Dreher’s CFFA3000 Apple Silentype printer ADTPro RetroFloppy cables a2RetroSystem’s Uthernet card You had me at Hello World t-shirt The post Open Apple #10 (Dec 2011): Rob Kenyon, HyperCard, IFComp, and authenticity first appeared on Open Apple.